‘Karen’ Halloween costume slammed for ‘profiting from racism’

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A Halloween hairpiece poking fun at “Karen” — the heavily memed term for entitled white women who call the cops on black people and defy mask mandates — is being slammed as tone deaf and racist on social media.

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The description on the retailer’s site reads, “Everyone will know you’re looking to speak to the manager when you complete your Karen outfit with this hilarious Karen Wig. This short and stylish cut is the perfect hairstyle to show everyone you ain’t the one to mess with.”

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“I don’t like how they’re profiting from the very real issue of racism,” fumed one incensed critic on Twitter.

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“This is super wack,” wrote another. “Absolutely nothing funny about a whole species of people that put Black people in danger of losing their lives with a simple phone call. I hate it here.”

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One outraged detractor lamented, “The way yt people have managed to turn this into a joke is honestly so unsurprising. A whole costume for a label that’s supposed to identify yt women who weaponize their whiteness to brutalize black people.”

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“Ion like how they profiting off racist entitled white woman and using a word ppl use to call them out into a trendy Halloween costume…but ima be quiet,” said another.

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