![]() As is the case with many Beckys (or Karens) there’s a freak out and made up lie, but this situation escalated as she worked to get police to report to the scene of her made up crime- Barbequing While Black. In April of 2018, Jennifer Schulte, now rechristened “BBQ Becky” by the Internet, made headlines when she called the police on a Black family barbequing in Oakland, California. Buggin’ Becky Cooper, who worked for Franklin Templeton, was fired from her job following the Black Cooper’s video going viral, and the major investments managing company later tweeted, “We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton.” When Cooper began filming the White woman, she quickly turned on her Buggin’ Becky, and told him she would call the police and say, “there’s an African-American man threatening my life.” She then proceeded to do so, pleading to the police dispatcher to send help. In May 2020, a White woman named Amy Cooper, called the police on a Black man, Christian Cooper (no relation, but tons of irony) after he told her to put her dog on a leash in an area in Central Park where it clearly states that is the rule. In modern day, they’re Karens with a cell phone and a plan to escalate situations with intervention from police, but even in the days of Jim Crowe (and before), Buggin’ Beckys existed and created ways to bother or harm Black lives. They’re sneaky in making Black people’s lives miserable, but cause more harm and sometimes get authorities involved. While the names Karen and Becky are utilized interchangeably, this reporter contends, Buggin’ Beckys are the more problematic of the two types of White women. While the White woman has not been identified, Dillard has since received death threats for recording and posting the racism. ![]() In a shortened version of the video on the Instagram account, “Karens Going Wild,” Dillard shows that the erratic White woman was being comforted, although the comedian was the true victim. When Dillard confronted her on camera, she began shrieking, hiding behind her car, panicking uncontrollably and yelling that the comedian was attacking her, even as he asked, “Karen, are you okay?” ![]() This is when this incident changed from road rage to a racial incident,” Dillard wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. I then went around her car and drove away and she proceeded to follow me. “I would like to make it clear that the incident was initiated by the lady’s road rage and her flicking me off and screaming obscenities outside her window and brake checking me. ![]() While they’re mostly all bark no bite, these cuckoo Karens make things hard for Black people simply by their nosiness, made up accounts and craziness.Ī perfect example of a Cuckoo Karen would be the Seattle woman who, on June 22, had extreme road rage, cut off Karlos Dillard, a Black comedian and influencer, and then began yelling racial obscenities out of the car. Thanks to the Internet, Cuckoo Karens are the gift that keeps giving, as crazy White women prove their racist ways with meltdowns and made up stories that look and sound like the trailers for award winning dramas. ![]()
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