BECKY VS KAREN FULL
BECKY VS KAREN CODE

> If you have an interest in attending a workshop on Sat Oct 3rd and 10th 8:30 AM – 12 PM, on Racism & Sexism in Society and the Workplace, please send an email to as I have a workshop presenter committed to those dates. Missed the previous LinkedIn article on Have You Examined Your Spots and Stripes on LinkedIn? Click here. So, enough of Karen, “ Bye, Felicia.” Or should we end with “Can I Speak to the Manager?” Now you hopefully know more than you did a few minutes ago and where all this started.

Are you adding your credentials AFTER your last name (because Linkedin is a database and first name and last name have a specific field)?Īpologies to my family members, friends, colleagues, clients, and readers with these names mentioned.

Do you need to record and display your name pronunciation?.

Do you need to change the name of your company page?.

BECKY VS KAREN FULL

Are you showing your full last name or just the first letter to the public?.

Are you mixing upper and lower case or typing all caps for your name? There is one week left to take the LinkedIn poll – click here.

Are you using your true name on LinkedIn?.Need to look up your name in the LinkedIn directory?.Need to customize your name in your LinkedIn URL?.Need a former or married name on your profile?.So what does all of this have to do with LinkedIn? Since the topic is NAMES, here are some considerations about names on LinkedIn:

Would you name your child Karen or any of these other names now? Have you listened to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s hit song from 1992 called Baby Got Back? Meet Becky and meet her again in 2016 with Beyonce’s Lemonade album with You Better Call Becky with the Good Hair. There is still an African American adult male who calls me Miss Lynne, but he tells me that is how he was raised to respect others and that it’s a habit.

BECKY VS KAREN CODE

Now meet Miss Ann, which is an African American expression, referring to a European American Woman or, sometimes, a black woman, who is condescending and arrogant.Īlthough there are more profound implications of using the code name Miss Ann, what do we teach young children? Many of my friends’ children called me Miss Lynne as a show of respect. The Urban Dictionary gave Karen a definition back in 2018 as a stereotypical name associated with “rude, obnoxious and insufferable middle aged white women.” Now there is the Coughing Karen and also the Coronvirus Karen, who refuses to wear a mask. Karen now stands for a white woman with white privilege who feels they are entitled to make 911 calls towards marginalized community members.

There is legislation happening in other cities where there are fines imposed for false reports. The beginnings of “ Karen” is not precisely known, but it may have originated in 2005 with Dane Cook’s Comedy Act aired after the 2004 release of Mean Girls.ĬAREN, with a C, is now the root of the CAREN Act, which stands for Caution Against Racially Exploited Non-Emergencies and was enacted on July 8, 2020, in San Francisco. If you enjoy listening to podcasts, listen to the Jepisode on “ What’s in a Karen?” on NPR’s Code Switch. The headlines, hashtags, and memes on Reddit should be a cause for a pause of reflection, hoping that we are the solution, rather than the reason for the problem. I figured if I did not know all of this information, maybe the readers of this publication did not know either, other than hearing bits and pieces on the news.Īlthough there are stories that explain #BBQBecky, #CornerstoneCaroline, #PermitPatty, and #GolfCartGail, today is the day we shed light on the archetype known as #Karen or #TheKarens. The synthesized content for this article is from one of my assignments. (Doctor of Education) Candidate, I have taken courses over the past six months. Here’s research to learn more about the onslaught of nicknames and monikers, which are now memes.Īs an Ed.D.

Don’t shoot the messenger, especially if your name is Karen, Becky, Caroline, Patty, Gail, or Ann.

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