What is a "KAREN"?

How do we achieve healing between blacks and whites when this happens?

When Pastor Chris Leevy Johnson referred to a white Richland 2 School Member as a "KAREN" [sic] in a Facebook post on June 30, was that a racist comment? I say it was.

We all know what happens when a white person calls a black person the "n-word". In fact, the white person who even pronounces the word represented by the "n-word" will quickly find him a target. To do so these days results in anger, outrage and, in Columbia, S.C. and other places, quite likely a criminal charge of committing a hate crime.

But what about when a black person calls a white woman a "KAREN"?

Are there protests? Demonstrations? Riots? Looting? Arsons? Acts of intimidation? Assaults? Batteries? Murders? Rampaging on the streets? Broken windows? Graffiti?

What consequences should the person who utters such a word face? Should Johnson be investigated? Charged? Jailed? Prosecuted? Convicted? Imprisoned? Shunned by fellow blacks?

I don't know him. I don't want to know him.

Anyone who thinks racism isn't alive and well around here is nuts.

Isn't a pastor to be thought of as one who promotes peace and healing between races?