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Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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Karen calls Black man ‘pimp,’ blocks his car in viral TikTok

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

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‘I don’t get paid enough for this’: Karen yells at Arby’s worker about root beer float proportions

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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‘Karen standoff’: Women accuse each other of being racist at baggage claim in viral TikTok

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Karen throws drink at Black diners in hibachi grill restaurant in viral TikTok

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration, sexual violence, and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards. Follow: @Samideque

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‘Get me a cop right now!’: Male Karen throws tantrum after allegedly getting kicked out of restaurant for grabbing waitress’ butt (updated)

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‘Get your employees to speak enough English’: Karen belittles employees at Vietnamese restaurant in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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In a video posted on Reddit, a white man tells an Asian man to "go eat some fucking rice."

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‘Go eat some f*cking rice’: Male Karen calls Asian driver and passenger slurs in viral video

In a TikTok, a woman calls a mover a "monkey."

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‘That was filled with hate’: Karen calls mover ‘monkey’ for parking next to her car in viral TikTok

A man yells and records a Tiktoker in the gym for working out shirtless.

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‘This is toxic masculinity in action’: Male Karen hurls slurs at TikToker working out shirtless

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‘This is the last time I’ll ever shop at this store again’: Walmart Karen shouts at manager over checkout issue

A woman knocked over trays and table markers at a McDonald's because she felt she didn't get her order fast enough.

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‘Why can’t people act like adults’: Karen trashes McDonald’s dining room in viral TikTok

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‘You’re older than me but you’re acting younger’: ‘Karen’ harasses landscapers, grabs at their equipment in viral TikToks

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‘It’s her own dumb asphalt’: Karen ignores road work signs and drives into wet concrete in viral video

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‘That’s the best part of the military’: Karen freaks out at restaurant, tries using military status to barge into kitchen

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‘You are aware of your wait time, so what’s the problem?’: Karen tries to skip the line at urgent care clinic in viral TikTok

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