A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from June 28, 2020
“What is a Karen called in Europe?”/“An American.”

A riddle about a “Karen” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on June 27, 2020:
       
Q: What is a Karen called in Europe?
A: An American.

     
An older, related term is “Ugly American.”
   
     
Wikipedia: Karen (slang)
Karen is a pejorative term used in the US and other English-speaking countries for a woman perceived to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is considered appropriate or necessary. A common stereotype is that of a racist white woman who uses her privilege to demand her own way at the expense of others. Depictions also include demanding to “speak to the manager”, being an anti-vaxxer, or having a particular bob cut hairstyle. As of 2020, the term was increasingly being used as a general-purpose term of disapproval for middle-aged white women.
   
Wikipedia: Ugly American (pejorative)
“Ugly American” is a stereotype depicting American citizens as exhibiting loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless, ignorant, and ethnocentric behavior mainly abroad, but also at home. Although the term is usually associated with or applied to travelers and tourists, it also applies to U.S. corporate businesses in the international arena.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/CrazyGeetar June 27, 2020
What is a Karen called in Europe?
An American.
COMMENTS
MustiParabola
In Belgium we call those a “trut”, regardless what here name is.
 
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Living Sarcasm
@SarcasmLiving
What is a Karen called in Europe?
An American.
6:54 AM · Jun 27, 2020·TweetCaster for Android
 
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Mike Fine
@michaelcfine
What is a Karen called in Europe?
An American.
11:21 AM · Jun 27, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
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Richie Brklacich
@RichieBrklacich
A joke.. what’s a Karen called in Europe?
An American.
1:36 PM · Jun 27, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Average Corporate Democrat
@america_biden
What is a Karen called in Europe?
An American #KarensGoneWild
3:35 PM · Jun 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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nouns
@nouns
“what’s a karen called in europe?... an american” LMAO drag amerikkka!! but sadly europeans are just as, if not more, xenophobic than americans so maybe i should rewrite the joke.. “what’s a karen called in europe?... a european”  there we go
3:49 PM · Jun 27, 2020·Twitter Web App

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