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Title: A Day in the Life of ‘Karen,’ a Race Industry Caricature for a New American Agenda
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Winter Watch
URL Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2020/07 ... ure-for-a-new-american-agenda/
Published: Jul 12, 2020
Author: Torchy Blane
Post Date: 2020-07-13 10:50:32 by Bill D Berger
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Views: 142
Comments: 2
On the sunny morning of June 11, a white, fit, heterosexual, Boomer couple probably did what they undoubtedly had done hundreds of times before at their home in Pacific Heights; a scenic, historic, hill-top district in San Francisco. They rolled out of bed, ate a quick breakfast and headed out the door for a brisk walk around their picturesque neighborhood. No shower, no makeup, no shave, no hairdo. Just some exercise. Pacific Heights is not a single-family home suburb. It’s dominated by high-density, low-rise buildings, mostly constructed sometime between the 1860s and the 1960s. Block after block of studio-size apartments, “efficiency” condos and subdivided Victorian manor houses are what you will find there. Nearly all look newly refurbished, freshly painted, beautifully styled. Pacific Heights couple Lisa Alexander and her husband, Robert Larkins were out on their power walk. They rounded the corner of their block and were walking along Gough Street across from Lafayette Park when they came across a light-skinned, silver-haired Filipino man named James Juanillo, whose style is reminiscent of an overweight Mr. Miyagi circa 1980. Juanillo was crouched on the sidewalk outside of C.A. Belden House, one of the city’s registered historic landmarks and, on the decorative wall that defines the entrance to the home, he was stenciling in large, bright-yellow, block letters a message: “Black Lives Matter.” C.A. Belden House, at 2004 Gough Street, was designed by Walter J. Mathews in the Queen Anne fish-scale style and completed in 1889, according to Wikipedia. The Beldens lived there until 1900. The sight of someone writing graffiti on the entry wall disturbed Lisa and her husband. It wasn’t the message on the wall that bothered them. What bothered them is that a historic landmark was being defaced. So the couple confronted James. And at some point, James started recording the confrontation. From the start, we hear Lisa and Robert trying to reason with James, explaining that the issue isn’t with the message, it’s about defacing private property. “Absolutely, your [BLM] signs and everything. That’s good,” she says in an apologetic tone and with non-threatening body language, “This, this is not the way to do it. It’s private property.” “If I did live here and this was my property, then this would be fine,” Juanillo questions back at the couple, adding, “And you don’t know if I live here or if this is my property.” “Actually, I do know. That’s why were asking,” Lisa replies in a snarky yet polite way while touching her index finger to her chin. Her body language is telling him the jig is up. “Oh, really,” James says. “You do know, because you live here. Right.” “Because we know the person who does live here,” Lisa says. “Oooh, okay,” James says. “Well, then, I suggest you call them, or call the police.” Looking confused and with her hand to her chest, Lisa replies, “Why would I call the police?” “Because you’re accusing me of a crime, correct?” James said. “What I’m asking you is why are you doing this?” Lisa said calmly. “And I’m not answering you,” he retorted. “That’s fair,” Lisa says, nodding. “So your choices are to call the cops, if you believe I’m committing a crime, and I’d be more than happy to talk to them,” James says. “Okay, thank you,” says Lisa, to conclude the conversation. James then asks them their names. They give him their first names. Then he wants their last names, to which Lisa says, “What is your name, sir?” He doesn’t give it. “You’re talking to me,” he says. “I’m asking you the questions.” “But I’m not doing anything illegal,” Lisa said. “Neither am I,” James replies. “Yes, you are,” the couple says practically in unison. “This is private property.” “Well, then call the cops,” James said as the couple turned to walk away. James is still recording and says to his soon-to-be audience on social media, “And that, people, is why black lives matter.” Robert, who had basically hung back during Lisa’s non-confrontational confrontation with James, did decide to call the police from Lafayette Park. The following recording is a police dispatch recording of that call. Note that near the end of the recording, you can hear Lisa in the background pleading with Robert to just drop the issue because she doesn’t want this whole thing to end up on social media and be called a “Karen.” James — who lists himself as a dog walker on LinkedIn and an activist on Twitter — does rent an apartment or room within Belden House along with his husband. He’s one of many renters, in fact. And, according to James, the police did cruise by the Victorian mansion to see what was happening. James said they recognized him and didn’t even bother to get out of their car. Before the end of the day, James posted his video to Twitter, where it immediately went viral. A white couple call the police on me, a person of color, for stencilling a #BLM chalk message on my own front retaining wall. “Karen” lies and says she knows that I don’t live in my own house, because she knows the person who lives here. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/rOpHvKVwgP— Jaimetoons (@jaimetoons) June 12, 2020 James could have been straight with the couple about renting a room there, or he could’ve simply said he lives there, and the couple probably would’ve gone on their way and apologized. Instead, he acted coy and then called it his property in order to provoke, escalate and perpetuate a confrontation. It’s not the only thing James did to mislead people. Notice his Twitter profile picture. He looks about 20 or 30 years younger and darkly tanned. It’s also slightly out of focus. At a glance, one might think his tweet was coming from a black person. And just in case the Twitter mob had any doubts, James refers to himself in his tweet as a “person of color.” Generally, Asians aren’t accepted as marginalized groups or people of color. James implies in his tweet — and later states outright — that Lisa knew it was chalk he was using on the wall. I don’t buy this argument. How could she possibly know? He was clearly trying to provoke her, so why would he divulge such a thing? Rather than dig into the facts of the incident, grievance industry trolls dug into Robert and Lisa’s background instead and went after them financially. They contacted Robert’s employer and demanded he be fired. He was a managing director for the investment firm Raymond James, which manages the pension funds of counties throughout the state. They also discovered Lisa is the CEO of a beauty product line called La Face and uses a beauty subscription service called Birchbox to distribute her products, among other retailers. The grievance mob went after them all, demanding they sever ties. Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California PHOTO: Business Insider
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#1. To: Bill D Berger (#0)
Our country is well down the rabbit hole. It's worth clicking the link for the rest of this sad story. Thanks for the post.
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