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Karen Calls Police On Lady Feeding Homeless, N-Word Karen Shoots Her Shot, DJ Vlad Pulled a Karen, Black Karen Loses Job, Remembering Cannes Karen and More

We’re more than half way through 2024, so what better way to measure how this year has worked our nerves by remembering the unmitigated gall of the Karens.

By

The Root Staff

Published

July 18, 2024
Entertainment, Television, What’s Black On TV

The Black Man ‘Central Park Karen’ Put in Danger Just Achieved An Extraordinary Win

The subject of the viral bird watching incident of 2020 earned one of the greatest awards in television at the Daytime Emmys over the weekend.

By

Jared Alexander

Published

June 14, 2024
News, Race Matters

Central Park Karen Claimed She Was “In Fear of Her Life” When Approached by Birdwatcher

Amy Cooper wrote an opinion piece explaining “her side” of the viral Central Park incident.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

November 7, 2023
News, Race Matters

Playing the Victim: Amy Cooper Says She Was ‘Scared’ of Black Man and Now She’s ‘Terrified’ of Walking Her Dog

Amy Cooper is the epitome of white women being so accustomed to playing the victim, they could do it in their sleep.

By

Zack Linly

Published

August 4, 2021
Criminal Justice, Legal

Can’t Stop Karening: Amy Cooper Files Lawsuit Against Ex-Employer Alleging Discrimination After She Was Fired When Central Park Video Went Viral

Whatever happened to just taking the L? Whether it be the former president and his acolytes or the Central Park Karen, there’s an alarming lack of folks going, “you know what, that’s on me, I fucked up.” One would hope a year was enough time for Amy Cooper to realize why she was wrong, why…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

May 27, 2021
News, Race Matters

'New Central Park Karen' Swipes Black Woman's Charger, Tells Cops She's Being 'Threatened' and 'Beaten.' Video Shows She Lied

First, let me just say that I refuse to call this one a “Karen.” The internet has already dubbed her the “New Central Park Karen”—meaning she’s the uninspired sequel to Amy “Central Park Karen” Cooper that nobody asked for—but in this America where Black people have managed to force a spotlight on systemic racism in…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 8, 2021
Criminal Justice, News

Charges Dropped Against Amy Cooper, the Woman Who Called the Cops on a Black Man in Central Park Last Year

In news that is shocking to absolutely no one, misdemeanor charges have been dropped against Amy Cooper, the white woman who called the cops on a Black man in Central Park who asked her to leash her dog last May. According to CNN, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office dismissed the charge of falsely reporting an…

By

Joe Jurado

Published

February 16, 2021