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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The Social Meanings Of The Terms "Chadbro" & "Karen & Ken Chadbro"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides internet excerpts about the social meanings in the United States that have been given to the term "Chadbro" and the names "Karen & Ken Chadbro". A video of the couple who are referred to as "Karen & Ken Chadbro" (or "Ken & Karen Chadbro") is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural and linguistic purposes.


All copyrights remain with their owners.


Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click 
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-social-meanings-in-united-states-of.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "The Social Meanings In The United States Of The Names "Karen", "Becky", "Chad", "Kyle", & "Ken"

Also, click the tag "Karen and Becky memes" for other pancocojams posts about the social meanings of these names in the United States. 

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THE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF VARIOUS NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES  
These excerpts are numbered for referent purposes only.

Excerpt #1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(slang)
"A Chad, in derogatory slang, is a young urban American man, typically White, single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1]

History
The term originated in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] It was further covered by a satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Chad Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.[2] The female counterpart to the Chad, in slang, is the Trixie[3] or Stacy.[4][5][6][7] A Chad was originally depicted as originating in Chicago's affluent North Shore suburbs (Highland Park, Evanston, Deerfield, Northbrook, Glenview, Glencoe, Winnetka, Wilmette, or Lake Forest), receiving a BMW for his 16th birthday, obtaining a law or business degree from a Big Ten university, belonging to a fraternity, moving to Lincoln Park, marrying a Trixie, and then moving back to the North Suburbs.[8]

Manosphere
The term was later appropriated in incel forums to refer to sexually active "alpha males".[9] Within the manosphere, Chads are viewed as constituting the top decile in terms of genetic fitness.[10] In online animation drawings in the manosphere, a Chad is further tagged with the last name Thundercock and is often depicted as muscular with a very pronounced crotch bulge.[11]

[…]

Due to their characterisation as being genetically gifted and privileged—though sometimes depicted as shallow, air-headed, arrogant, and overtly sexual[13]—the term Chad is used in both a pejorative and complimentary way on incel forums.[14][15]
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Here's my correction for that first sentence: "A Chad, in derogatory slang, is a young urban American man, typically White, single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1
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Here's my correction of that first sentence: "A Chad, in derogatory slang, is a young urban American man, typically White, single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1]

The man who is referred to as "Ken Chadbro"* is a middle aged, affluent White man who might have fit the description given above for "Chad". However, that referent being used for that man now is more of a parody than an actual description.


*Read Excerpt #6 and watch the embedded video in this post.

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Excerpt #2
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chadbro

Chadbro
The preppy, gotti white boys who always use bro to refer to one another. Except it usually sounds more like "bra." And they're usually named Chad.
M: Did you see the guy with the two polo shirts on, one over the other?
  E: Yeah, total chad bro.

 
 by BrodyRose, August 23, 2007

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Excerpt #4 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_(slang)
..."
Bro culture is a subculture of young men and adults who spend time partying with others like themselves.[1] Although the original image of the bro lifestyle is associated with sports apparel and fraternities, it lacks a consistent definition. Most aspects vary regionally such as in California where it overlaps with surf culture.[2] Oxford Dictionaries have noted that bros frequently self-identify with neologisms containing the word "bro" as a prefix or suffix.[1]

Etymology and history

Bro was originally an abbreviated form of the word brother but began to assume non-familial connotations in the 20th century.[1] In this evolution, it was first used to refer to another man, such as a "guy" or "fellow". In these ways, it was semantically similar to the use of "brother". In the 1970s, bro came to refer to a male friend rather than just another friend. The word became associated with young men who spend time partying with others like themselves.[1] Oxford Dictionaries identified the use of the term "bro" as the one "defining feature" of the changing cultural attributes of young manhood.[1]….


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Use as a pejorative

In a New York Magazine article in September 2013, Ann Friedman wrote: "Bro once meant something specific: a self-absorbed young white guy in board shorts with a taste for cheap beer. But it’s become a shorthand for the sort of privileged ignorance that thrives in groups dominated by wealthy, white, straight men."[5] The term bro culture has been adopted by the media to refer to a misogynist culture within an organization or community, such as occupational inequality in Silicon Valley.[6]"...

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Excerpt #5
https://www.vox.com/2020/2/5/21079162/karen-name-insult-meme-manager
Karen: The anti-vaxxer soccer mom with speak-to-the-manager hair, explained
How the name “Karen” became an insult — and a meme.
By If your name is Karen, Becky, or Chad, you may have noticed a growing trend of people using your name as an insult. Increasingly, “Karen” in particular has emerged as the frontrunner for the average “basic white person name” — a pejorative catchall label for a wide range of behaviors thought to have connections to white privilege. And the recently trending Twitter hashtag #AndThenKarenSnapped has further shifted the “Karen” meme from its nebulous origins toward becoming a mainstream trope.
Where a similar insult like “OK Boomer” stereotypes a specific generation, calling someone a “Karen” draws on associations people have built around extremely common names. But the stereotype the name conjures — at least in the US — is limited mainly to white women in their mid-30s or 40s. The archetypal “Karen” is blonde, has multiple young kids, and is usually an anti-vaxxer. Karen has a "can I speak to the manager" haircut" and a controlling, superior attitude to go along with it"...
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Here's my comment about the meaning of Saturday Night Live's "Black Jeopardy" Raisin In The Potato Salad sketch that includes the name "Karen":
A portion of the April 7, 2018 Saturday Night Live's "Black Jeopardy" sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMzFGgmQOc  starring Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa [Black Panther] included a reference to a White woman named "Karen". However, this use of the name "Karen" for a White woman doesn't have the negative self-entitled or racist connotations that have been given to other uses of the name "Karen".
In the sketch, Kenan Thompson, in character as the host, reads a card from the category “White People” that says, “Your friend Karen brings her potato salad to your cookout.” T’Challa responds, “I sense that this white woman does not
season her food.” He continues, “Something tells me that I should say, ‘Aw, hell no naw, Karen! Keep your bland-ass potato salad to yourself!’ " https://variety.com/video/chadwick-boseman-snl-potato-salad-joke/ The core difference between this depiction of the White woman named "Karen" and other depictions of White women named "Karen", particularly in 2020, Karen" is that the female name "Karen" in that Black Jeopardy sketch is described as a "Black man's White friend". Presumably, she is a that Black man's non-romantic female friend, such as a co-worker. In contrast, in most of the later "Karen" memes that include Black men and/or other People of Color, the White woman named "Karen" is adversarial toward those people who she doesn't even know. Black Jeopardy's "raisin in the potato salad" sketch resulted in a new internet meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/raisin-potato-salad explains this meme as "Raisin Potato Salad is an internet slang term to describe unnecessary actions taken by white people, usually adding their spin on examples of black popular culture."
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I disagree with that interpretation of that meme. Instead, I believe the "raisins in potato salad" meme is all about Black Americans' belief that -in general- we are better cooks than White people and (even more specifically) that the food that White people cook or prepare is often bland, and often contains ingredients and/or seasonings that Black Americans consider unnecessary, strange, and off-putting.

That the White woman in that 2018 Black Jeopardy sketch is named "Karen" may have been a coincidence as "Karen" was/is often considered a "White" female name, That said, I grew up in the 1950s with a Black girl named "Karen", and since then I've known one Black women named "Karen", including one who spelled that name "Caren". I'm sure that there are still a lot of Females of Color who share the name "Karen" with White females. And I'm also sure that there are many White females named "Karen" who aren't self-entitled and/or racist- and some of those women probably know how to prepare a delicious bowl of potato salad- without raisins.  
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Brianna Povenzano, June 29, 2020"In true 2020 form, there is a harrowing answer to Bonnie and Clyde and it’s “Ken and Karen,” a white St. Louis, Missouri, couple who pointed loaded guns at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters marching past their lavish property on Sunday. 
In pictures and videos posted to social media, the couple — whose real names are Mark and Patricia McCloskey — can be seen barefoot on their front lawn, aiming an AR-15 rifle and a handgun at protesters as they pass by their expansive home. It should be noted, apropros of perhaps nothing, that Ken is wearing a pink polo shirt and khaki pants while pointing said gun.
Amid ongoing nationwide protests to demand that police be held accountable for the violence they disproportionately exert against people of color, demonstrators in St. Louis had been moving peacefully through the city’s wealthy Forest Park neighborhood on Sunday evening to demand the resignation of Mayor Lyda Krewson. Protestors specifically called out Krewson for her decision to release the names and addresses of residents who had participated in anti-police brutality actions. But when protesters breached the gates of the McCloskey’s gated community, the couple seemingly decided to go full vigilante to defend their property, known locally as the Neimann Mansion.
[...]

Social media users were quick to bestow the “Karen” and “Ken” monikers usually reserved for entitled white people upon the couple, lumping them in with the similarly armed white protesters who have descended upon statehouses and capitals in recent weeks to protest the injustice of being forced to wear masks in public. And, in the hours since the images of them circulated, mock-ups of Karen and Ken Chadbro as a movie poster (with special guest “Freedom Musket”) have started to quickly go viral.
To make matters worse (for himself), Trump re-tweeted a video of the McCloskeys holding weapons at protestors, just one day after the president tweeted another video in support of "white power" Advocates of the Black Lives Matter movement have called Trump’s actions to be racist and calculated, with the possibility that this could incite a race war."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: ken and karen St louis MCloskey St Louis Couple Pull Guns On Protesters 



T-rend, June 29, 2020
Yesterday, a march in St. Louis called upon the mayor to resign. As the march passed by a recently restored palazzo, they were greeted by the homeowners who responded entirely rationally by waving an AR-15 at the crowd. And, obviously, they are both lawyers. Mark and Patricia McCloskey of the McCloskey Law Center came out of the house brandishing firearms and cut figures that were a lot less “Rambo” and a lot more “Jimmy Buffett survivalist chic.” [...] In their defense, the Daily Mail reports that protesters had broken through the entrance to the gated community and they handled the matter themselves and apparently didn’t bring in the police and escalate the altercation. And with the police brutality we’ve seen against peaceful protesters over the past few weeks, telling the protesters to “keep moving” rather than sitting back and waiting for the Chicago Democratic Convention to break out on their front lawn is a start.

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The Social Meanings In The United States Of The Names "Karen", "Becky", "Chad", "Kyle", & "Ken"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides some internet excerpts about the social meanings in the United States that have been given to the names "Karen", "Becky", "Chad", "Kyle" and "Ken".

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural and linguistic purposes.


All copyrights remain with their owners.


Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click 
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-social-meanings-of-terms-chadbro_9.html for a closely related pancocojams post entitled "The Social Meanings Of The Terms "Chadbro" & "Karen & Ken Chadbro".
Also, click the tag "Karen and Becky memes" for other pancocojams posts about the social meanings of these names in the United States of those names. 

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THE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF VARIOUS NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES  
These excerpts are numbered for referent purposes only.

Excerpt #1 

What does it mean to be a ‘Karen’ or a ‘Chad’? Viral name memes explained 
By Suzy Weiss, May 14, 2020
…”Are you the type of gal who demands to speak to the manager when you feel you’ve been wronged? You just might be a “Karen.”

Karen is the latest in a growing line of internet memes poking fun at real-life archetypes. Names such as Karen, Becky and Chad have been co-opted to call out social faux pas online, think: calling the police to shut down a kids’ lemonade stand because they don’t have a permit, or as slangy put-downs like, “Don’t be such a Becky.”

[…]

But while the internet directory is fun, real-life Karens (or Beckys, Debbies, Chads and Kyles) bear the brunt of the jokes.….

Karen
“Karen” has become social media shorthand meaning a middle-aged white woman — potentially with an asymmetric haircut a la 2009 Kate Gosselin — who makes a big fuss, and is not-so-blissfully ignorant... 

One recent example of a Karen? A woman brawling with the Red Lobster staff, reduced because of the pandemic, because she had to wait too long for her food on Mother’s Day.

Calling the cops, usually on black neighbors, is a calling card of a host of sub-Karens such as “Pool Patrol Paula” and “Dog Park Debbie,” who enlisted the help of the police when a man’s dog humped her own at the park.

Road rage is another feature of this viral type, on full display on the West Side Highway earlier this year when an angry mom, nicknamed “Kidz Bop Karen,” lashed out at a Lyft driver and his passenger.

Chad
This one comes from the incel subculture, that’s often described as involuntary celibate and comprised of mostly men who lack sex and romance in their lives. Per incel lingo, “Chads” are the guys who get laid.

[…]

These hyper-masculine sexually active dudes have chiseled jaws and bulging muscles. According to the internet etymology bible “Know Your Meme,” the term began in the ‘90s in Chicago to describe an affluent frat boy, but quickly exploded on online forums reddit and 4chan.

[...]

Becky

[…]

This name has been co-opted by both disgruntled online men like incels and social justice warriors calling out oblivious white women, like “BBQ Becky” who called the police on a black family’s cookout.

The opening monologue in Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 song “Baby Got Back” is one of the origins of the disparaging “Becky.” The hit kicks off with two pals commenting on another woman’s behind: “Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt! It is so big. She looks like one of those rap guy’s girlfriends.”

[…]

Beyoncé gets some of the credit for revamping this Rebecca nickname: on her 2016 song “Sorry” she sang “You better call Becky with the good hair,” which threw the internet into a tailspin of speculation on who she could have meant.

Now, it’s expanded to reference any snobbish or out-of-touch woman….

Kyle

[…]

The caricature of Kyle is an angry, young white man with a love of energy drinks. This name originated from a foul-mouthed video posted in 2015 on the now-defunct video platform Vine. Titled “White kid fight,” it had over half a million views, and showed a tatted-up teen antagonizing an imaginary “Kyle.”

Punching drywall, being obsessed with extreme sports such as paintball and BMX, and opting for wraparound polarized sunglasses are all tropes of the Kyle meme"... 
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That post includes photos and embedded videos.
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Added July 5, 2020

PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT THE USE OF THE NAME "KAREN" IN BLACK JEOPARDY'S "RAISIN IN THE POTATO SALAD" SKETCH
A portion of the April 7, 2018 Saturday Night Live's "Black Jeopardy" sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMzFGgmQOc  starring Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa [Black Panther] included a reference to a White woman named "Karen". However, this use of the name "Karen" for a White woman doesn't have the negative self-entitled or racist connotations that have been given to other uses of the name "Karen".
In the sketch, Kenan Thompson, in character as the host, reads a card from the category “White People” that says, “Your friend Karen brings her potato salad to your cookout.” T’Challa responds, “I sense that this white woman does not
season her food.” He continues, “Something tells me that I should say, ‘Aw, hell no naw, Karen! Keep your bland-ass potato salad to yourself!’ " https://variety.com/video/chadwick-boseman-snl-potato-salad-joke/ The core difference between this depiction of the White woman named "Karen" and other depictions of White women named "Karen", particularly in 2020, Karen" is that the female name "Karen" in that Black Jeopardy sketch is described as a "Black man's White friend". Presumably, she is a that Black man's non-romantic female friend, such as a co-worker. In contrast, in most of the later "Karen" memes that include Black men and/or other People of Color, the White woman named "Karen" is adversarial toward those people who she doesn't even know. Black Jeopardy's "raisin in the potato salad" sketch resulted in a new internet meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/raisin-potato-salad explains this meme as "Raisin Potato Salad is an internet slang term to describe unnecessary actions taken by white people, usually adding their spin on examples of black popular culture."
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I disagree with that interpretation of that meme. Instead, I believe the "raisins in potato salad" meme is all about Black Americans' belief that -in general- we are better cooks than White people and (even more specifically) that the food that White people cook or prepare is often bland, and often contains ingredients and/or seasonings that Black Americans consider unnecessary, strange, and off-putting.

That the White woman in that 2018 Black Jeopardy sketch is named "Karen" may have been a coincidence as "Karen" was/is often considered a "White" female name, That said, I grew up in the 1950s with a Black girl named "Karen", and since then I've known one Black women named "Karen", including one who spelled that name "Caren". I'm sure that there are still a lot of Females of Color who share the name "Karen" with White females. And I'm also sure that there are many White females named "Karen" who aren't self-entitled and/or racist- and some of those women probably know how to prepare a delicious bowl of potato salad- without raisins.  

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Excerpt #2 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(slang)
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A Chad, in derogatory slang, is a young urban American man, typically White, single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1]

History
The term originated in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] It was further covered by a satirical website dedicated to the Lincoln Park Chad Society, a fictional social club based in Chicago's upscale Lincoln Park neighborhood.[2] The female counterpart to the Chad, in slang, is the Trixie[3] or Stacy.[4][5][6][7] 

A Chad was originally depicted as originating in Chicago's affluent North Shore suburbs... receiving a BMW for his 16th birthday, obtaining a law or business degree from a Big Ten university, belonging to a fraternity, moving to Lincoln Park, marrying a Trixie, and then moving back to the North Suburbs.[8]

Manosphere
The term was later appropriated in incel forums to refer to sexually active "alpha males".[9] Within the manosphere, Chads are viewed as constituting the top decile in terms of genetic fitness.[10] In online animation drawings in the manosphere, a Chad is further tagged with the last name Thundercock and is often depicted as muscular with a very pronounced crotch bulge.[11]

[…]

Due to their characterisation as being genetically gifted and privileged—though sometimes depicted as shallow, air-headed, arrogant, and overtly sexual[13]—the term Chad is used in both a pejorative and complimentary way on incel forums.[14][15]
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Here's my correction for that first sentence: "A Chad, in derogatory slang, is a young urban American man, typically White, single and in his 20s or early 30s.[1]

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Excerpt #3 
https://qz.com/1092037/the-alt-right-is-creating-its-own-dialect-heres-a-complete-guide/ The alt-right is creating its own dialect. Here’s the dictionary
October 30, 2017
By Nikhil Sonnad & Tim Squirrell
"…Chad
Origin: Unknown, possibly 4chan

Meaning: Chad Thundercock—or just “chad”—is a derogatory name given to attractive men who are sexually successful with women.

Etymology: The origin of the meaning of “chad” is murky, but it was probably popularized on 4chan, the imageboard also home to the Anonymous hacker collective. It rose out of the depths of the internet around 2013 but only reached alt-right consciousness in the last year or so. (You might have seen the “virgin walk” memes floating around, for example.)

Today the place you’ll see “chad” most often is on the subreddit r/Incels, which is a depressing mix of self-loathing, self-pity, and misogyny. Chads are the ubiquitous successful object of envy for this community: attractive, smart, successful, and always lucky with women. The idea is used to reinforce the notion that celibacy is involuntary; incels think the only reason why women won’t sleep with them is because they don’t look like chads, as women are shallow and will always go for chads."
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Incels...a portmanteau, of "involuntary celibates", are members of an online subculture who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.[1][2][3] Discussions in incel forums are often characterized by resentment, misogyny, misanthropy,  self-pity, and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against sexually active people.[14] ... Incels are mostly male and hetrosexual. Many sources report that incels are predominantly white, although a group of researchers have argued that there is no definitive proof to support this claim.[18][19][20][21] Estimates of the overall size of the subculture vary greatly, ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands.[22][23]"...

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Excerpt #4
A Kyle, in derogatory slang, is an online caricature of a white boy referenced as an antagonistic character in memes. Similar to how Karen is used online, "Kyle" jokes parody a certain kind of person with a set of characteristics one associates with the name; in "Kyle's" case, these are characteristics of an angry, video game–playing white male teenager.[1][2]

History

Kyle memes began on Twitter in 2015, then spread to Reddit, leading to the creation of the /r/Kyle subreddit in 2016 and the expression "Kyles gonna Kyle." They include exercising poor judgment and acting impulsively,[3] punching holes in drywall and drinking Monster energy drinks.[2][1]

Bro culture is a subculture of young men and adults who spend time partying with others like themselves.[1] Although the original image of the bro lifestyle is associated with sports apparel and fraternities, it lacks a consistent definition. Most aspects vary regionally such as in California where it overlaps with surf culture.[2] Oxford Dictionaries have noted that bros frequently self-identify with neologisms containing the word "bro" as a prefix or suffix.[1]"...
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Pancocojams Editorial Note
There are a number of internet discussion threads and articles asking about the name for the male version of "Karen". Prior to June  2020 and in particular prior to  the incident with the St. Louis Missouri couple [discussed in Excerpt #5], there didn't appear to me to be any consensus about the name that would be the best fit for "male Karens". Most of those posts include profanity, for example the October 2019 reddit post with the "f__ word" in its link that has the title "A male Karen! Do we have a name for that yet? Ken?" [October 2019]. 

Only seven commenters posted replies to this often quoted post. Most commenters gave multiple suggested names in their replies.   By a very small margin, there were more people who answered “Kevin” (for the USA) than any other name. There was one "Ken" and one “Kenneth”.-snip-

I recall at least one televised incident in May or June 2020 in which a Black man called the White man who was harassing him "Karen".

There may still be no consensus about the best name for the male version of  a "Karen". However, as of June 20, 2020, the name "Ken" seems to be winning that "contest".



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What Is the Male Version of a Karen?
His name is Ken. He might be you.
By Matt Berical Jun 08 2020
"It all started with BBQ Becky. Before she was re-birthed, dripping in the amniotic fluid of internet shorthand, her name was Jennifer Schulte and she was a middle-aged white woman who called the police to report that a black family was using a charcoal grill in a park where open fires were not allowed. Schulte dialed 911 several times over the course of a few hours not because she was in any danger but because the family was doing something that she didn’t like — open fires turned out to be permitted, as though that matters. She wielded her whiteness like a buzzsaw. 

Once Twitter got wind of the events, Schulte was given a nom de guerre, one of a number of dismissive sobriquets for entitled white women who patrol people of color. BBQ Becky was followed by such figures as Permit Patty and Central Park Karen, each a riff on the theme of racist quasi-distress  — the discomfort of the privileged mistaken for an emergency. While the name Karen has come to describe a particular type of middle-aged white woman who demands to speak to the manager, she falls into this taxonomy as well. While less discussed, these women have male counterparts. Karen has a husband. His name is Ken.

“It’s a snapshot of a conversation happening,” Dr. Apryl Williams, an assistant professor at University of Michigan and Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard who broadly studies race on the internet, says of the Karening of Twitter. “The thing that I love about it as a tool is that the memes highlight the everyday power of whiteness.”

To date, the memes have mostly highlighted the everyday power of whiteness for women. Williams may be the only scholar with a cohesive theory as to why this is the case and why the Internet (and Black Twitter in particular) seem to let Kens off the hook. Her theory, based on an analysis of nearly 100,000 tweets, suggests that racist narratives are deeply internalized and woven into the fabric of American culture."....
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The name "Ken" for the male version of a "Karen" is almost certainly lifted from the doll "Ken" who is the boyfriend of the children's fashion doll "Barbie".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Barbie%27s_friends_and_family
"Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson  (1961–1967, 1969–present) The second character added to the line, Ken has been Barbie's boyfriend for much of the character's existence. After a short break, they got back together. According to the 1960s Random House books, Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean Carson."...
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The fact that the name "Ken" begins with the same letter as the name "Karen" helped that name compete in the contest for the best name for the male version of a "Karen", but other male names (beginning with "K" or beginning with another lettter) appeared to be winning that contest before June 2020.
  

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Excerpt #6
 Erin Wilkins
@SmileyEw
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Jun 21 [2020]

"This was the Tulsa Ken and Karen rally."
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This tweet refers to the rally that President Trump had in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Almost all the people attending that rally were White.s 

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Excerpt #7
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ken-and-karen-st-louis-missouri-gun-couple
Part of a series on 2020 George Floyd Protests. [View Related Entries]


June 29, 2020 by Matt; Updated about June 30, 2020 by andcallmeshirley.
"About

Ken and Karen St. Louis, Missouri Gun Couple is the online nickname for personal injury trial lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey. The couple appeared in a viral video standing outside of their home brandishing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching in their St. Louis gated community. Numerous memes about the couple circulated online, typically mocking them as Karens and Boomers. Additionally, many criticized the couple for failing to adhere to basic firearm safety rules, including maintaining trigger discipline and muzzle direction awareness, while others praised the couple for exercising their Second Amendment rights.

Origin
On June 28th, 2020, Twitter user @xhularx tweeted the video. They wrote, "A couple has come out of their house and is pointing guns at protesters in their neighborhood." The tweet received more than 10 million views, 64,000 likes and 37,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Spread
Throughout the day, people began referring to the couple as "Ken and Karen," referring to the pejorative meme nickname Karen used to for overly entitled middle-aged white women. Shortly after @xshularx posted the video, Twitter[3] user @fusillyjerry tweeted, "Ken and Karen are seconds from the death penalty being their KARMA." This tweet is the earliest available reference to the nickname in regards to the video (click the link to view that video).

[…]

Throughout the next 24 hours, "Ken and Karen" was trending in the United States on Twitter.

[…]

On June 29th, President Donald Trump retweeted the video."…

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Monday, June 29, 2020

Pharoah Saunders' 1969 Spiritual Jazz Tune/Song - "The Creator Has A Master Plan" (information, lyrics, videos)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about Pharoah Sanders' 1969 Jazz song "The Creator Has A Master Plan".

The lyrics for that song are also included in this post along with two YouTube examples videos  of that tune/song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Pharoah Sanders for his musical legacy. Thanks to Leon Thomas for singing and yodeling this song and thanks to all those who are associated with this song. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES
Video #1: 
Pharoah Sanders Quartet - The Creator Has a Master Plan [video]



MrCrescent, May 14, 2016  

Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone; William Henderson III: piano; Alex Blake: bass; Hamid Drake: drums. Recorded live in Leverkusen, Germany, 19th October 1999. -snip-
This note doesn't include the name of the vocalist Leon Thomas.
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Here's an excerpt of Pharoah Sanders' Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharoah_Sanders:
"Pharoah Saunders (born Farrell Sanders, October 13, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. A member of John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound". He has released over 30 albums as a leader and has collaborated extensively with Leon Thomas, Alice Coltrane, and Tisziji Munoz,  among others. Saxophonist Ornette Coleman described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world".[1]
Sanders' music has been called "spiritual jazz" due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as Karma and Tawhid, and his rich, meditative aesthetic.[2] This style is seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as A Love Supreme"...
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Example #2: 
Leon Thomas - The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace) [sound file]




winterblueflower -December 14, 2012

From the album Spirits Known and Unknown (1969) -snip- Here's some information about Leon Thomas from his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Thomas "Amos Leon Thomas, Jr.  (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999), known professionally as Leon Thomas, was an American jazz and blues vocalist, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and known for his bellowing glottal-stop style of free jazz singing in the late 1960s and 1970s."...
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LYRICS: THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAY
(Pharoah Saunders)
 

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah

The creator has a working plan
Peace and happiness for every man

The creator has a working plan
Peace and happiness for every man

The creator has a master plan
Peace and happiness for every man

The creator has a master plan
Peace and happiness for every man


The creator makes but one demand
Peace and happiness through all the land

The creator makes but one demand —
Happiness… through all the land

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah


Mmmmm (Vocal Trilling)

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah

-Source: 
https://genius.com/Pharoah-sanders-the-creator-has-a-master-plan-lyrics
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Here's some additional information about this song from that internet source:
"
“The Creator Has a Master Plan” is an epic piece of spiritual jazz released in 1969. It features both Pharoah Sanders' avant-garde saxophone techniques and Leon Thomas' extended vocal yodeling.

Though this track is only built around two chords (Ab9 and Bb9), it both complex and tightly structured. The length and distinct sections make it more like a symphony or a sonata rather than a “song.”
Though the intensity of the piece ebbs and flows over time, the piece generally gets increasingly chaotic as it progresses, right up until the end.
[...]
The recording on [the Pharoah Saunders album] Karma only excerpts lyrics from Thomas’s original poem. The full lyrics, which are printed in the liner notes and which appeared on Thomas's own version of that song six months later, begin with the verses:

"
There was a time, when peace was on the earth,and joy and happiness did reign and each man

knew his worth. In my heart I yearn for
that spirit’s return and I cry, as time flies,
Oooomm, Oooomm.
There is a place where love wherever shines, and
rainbows are the shadows of a presence so divine,
and the glow of that love lights
the heavens above, and it’s free, come with me,
can’t you see."
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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Ethiopia: Abbush Zallaqaa - Fullaanneey [NEW Oromo Music Video 2016] - Burji Tradition

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides some information about the Oromo people in Ethiopia and showcases the official YouTube video of the 2016 Ethiopian Oromo/Burji song  


This post also presents some comments from this video's discussion thread that provide English definitions of the word "
Fullaanneey" and provide additional information/opinions about Burji . Omoro people from that video's discussion thread. 

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.


All copyrights remain with their owners.


Thanks to Abbush Zallaqaa 
 for his music and thanks to all those who are associated with this music and this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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WARNING: This video includes a scene (at around .024) of a man distraught about his father's death preparing a noose to hang himself. He stops his suicide attempt because he witnesses a group approaching his home dancing and singing this song of encouragement, 


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INFORMATION ABOUT OROMO PEOPLE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_people
"The Oromo people … are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to Ethiopia who speak the Oromo language. They are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and represent 34.5% of Ethiopia's population.[11] Oromos speak the Oromo language as their mother tongue (also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. The word Oromo appeared in European literature for the first time in 1893 and slowly became common in the second half of the 20th century.[12][1]

[…]

The origins and prehistory of the Oromo people prior to the 16th century are based on Oromo oral tradition.[23][24] Older and subsequent colonial era documents mention the Oromo people as Galla, which has now developed derogatory connotations,[25] but these documents were generally written by members of other ethnic groups.[23][24][26]
 
[…]

The Oromo never called themselves "Galla" and resist its use because the term is considered derogatory.[31] They traditionally identified themselves by one of their clans (gosas) and now use the common umbrella term of Oromo which connotes "free born people".[32][33] The word Oromo is derived from Ilm Orma meaning "children of Oromo",[34] or "sons of Men",[35] or "person, stranger".[36] The first known use of the word Oromo to refer to the ethnic group is traceable to 1893.[37]

[…]

The Oromos are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia (34.5% of the population), numbering about 25 million.[11] They are predominantly concentrated in Oromia Region in central Ethiopia, the largest region in the country by both population and area. They speak Afaan Oromo, the official language of Oromia.[55] Oromos constitute the fifth most populous ethnic group among Africans as a whole and the most populous among Horners specifically.[56]

Oromo also have a notable presence in northern Kenya…. There are also Oromo in the former Wollo and Tigray provinces of Ethiopia.[57]
[…]

Abuse of Oromo media is widespread in Ethiopia and reflective of the general oppression Oromos face in the country.[115]

[…]

Various human rights organizations have publicized the government persecution of Oromos in Ethiopia for decades. … These include thousands of peaceful protestors and hundreds of opposition political party members.".... 
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Pancocojams Editor's Note:Some comments below include additional information about oromo people. Political statements may be included in some of these comments.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BURJI LANGUAGE

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burji_language#:~:text=Burji%20language%20(alternate%20names%3A%20Bembala,further%20
Burji language (alternate names: Bembala, Bambala, Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are over 46,000 speakers in Ethiopia, and a further 10,400 speakers in Kenya. Burji belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.[1]

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Pancocojams Editor's Note: Some comments below include additional information about Burji people and language. Political statements may be included in some of these comments. 


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SHOWCASE VIDEO - Ethiopia: Abbush Zallaqaa - Fullaanneey [NEW Oromo Music Video 2016] - Burji Tradition




DireTube, May 25, 2016
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Statistics as of June 26, 2020 at 3:25 PM EDT
Total # of views - 
3,076,166K
Total # of likes-7.4K
Total # of dislikes-781
Total # of comments-959
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DEFINITION FOR THE BURJI WORD "FULANIYE"
Here are two pinned comments from the discussion thread 
for this embedded video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYaaMlQDf1Q&list=RDRYaaMlQDf1Q&start_radio=1

1. "The key word of this song "fulaniye" means "never give up" or, it urges people to "persevere" in order to overcome hardships. The word has nothing to do with the Fulani tribe in West Africa." -yaballo1, 2019

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2. "these are ethiopians not Fulani people from west africa. the name of the song is just a word in the Burji language"- F t 2020

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OTHER SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
(These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.

2016

1. esayas tezera
"what doth  it mean  Fullaanneey ?????? Mene malete new"

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2. Addisu Alemayehu Gube
"It means "it is not too late" in Burji language!"
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2017

3. Abdissa Mengesha
"He is encouraging a desperate person saying "Never Give Up even though the situations are bad." This is from Oromian Burji people."
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4. yaballo1
..."in this song, Abush is using Afaan Borana - a dialect of Afaan Oromo spoken by the Borana-Oromos of southern Ethiopia & northern Kenya. The key message of his song is expressed via a Borana saying "baraafi furguggoo, gad jedhani dabarsani" [rough translation into Amharic: "bitirina zemen tegonbiso n'ew yemitalefut/yemimeketut" & another saying "obsani, qaallomani" [only those who have patience could become a "qaallu" - a high priest or a king]. Basically, the song exalts the virtue of patience. Though the song is mostly in Afaan Borana, those dancing belong to the Burji tribe - neighbours of the Borana - many of whom are also speakers of the Borana dialect of Afaan Oromo. The song highlights Abush's cross-cultural talents both in songs & dances. Hope that helps."

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2018

5. Amina Geldo
..."F
ulaneeye is Burji song.very proud of Abush talents and creativity"

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6. Melaku Yilma
"The mean theme is "Don not give up hope" keep waiting ...be patient... like it!!...ነገ ሌላ ቀን ነውና ተስፋ አትቁረጥ......
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"Mean" is a typo for the word "main".
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7. Zakariye Ali
"I'm an Ethiopian Somali who lives in United States of America.
I love and enjoy  to listen all different kinds of Ethiopian musics.
This traditional song sounds to me  an attractive song but unfortunately I can't understand what does it mean.
can anybody tell main idea of this song?"

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8. yaballo1
..."in this song, Abush is using Afaan Borana - a dialect of Afaan Oromo spoken by the Borana-Oromos of southern Ethiopia & northern Kenya. The key message of his song is expressed via a Borana saying "baraafi furguggoo, gad jedhani dabarsani" [rough translation into Amharic: "bitirina zemen tegonbiso n'ew yemitalefut/yemimeketut; rough translation into English: "the stick (fist) of an adversary/enemy & hard times are best tackled by keeping one's head down"] & another saying "obsani, qaallomani" [only those who have patience could become a "qaallu" - a high priest or a king]. Basically, the song exalts the virtue of patience. Though the song is mostly in Afaan Borana, those dancing belong to the Burji tribe - neighbours of the Borana - many of whom are also speakers of the Borana dialect of Afaan Oromo. The song highlights Abush's cross-cultural talents both in songs & dances. Hope that helps."
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9. Kuul Five
"Question  are burji  oromo,  am not ethiopian am sudanese I just want to know am sorry if am asking  wrong question"

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REPLY
10. Work Work, 2019
"Kuul Five hi
Burji is neibours of Oromo Borana but in this song Abush is using Oromo language wz Burji dancing"

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11. oromo oromia, 2019
"the singer is Oromo but those people are not Oromo some of them this speak Oromo"

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12. yaballo1
...."....Burji are not Oromo but neigbours of the Oromo. Burji are one of the 'bantu tribes' of southern Ethiopia that include the Wolaita, Gamo, Gimira, Kaffa, etc. But, there are many ethnic Burji who live among neighbouring Oromo tribes such as Guji-Oromo & Borana-Oromo &, therefore, speak the Oromo language as their first or second language. Many Burji are linked to Oromos via marriage & define themselves as mixed Burji-Oromo. The ancestors of many of today's Oromo-speaking Burji fled their homeland & settled among the Oromo due to a massive slave-raid & a brutal war of genocide waged on them by the invading armies of Abyssinians/habeshas [northern Ethiopians] during the era of emperor Menelik. To learn more about this last aspect, please try this book: "The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia"; by Donald Lewis Donham & Wendy James; 1986, 2002."

**13. Summerical242
"Are all Oromo dark skin? Because I don't see them often when I search for the "Ethiopian" word on google"

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14. sssssss6361
"These are the original Oromo. As they conquered Habesha and Somali inhabited areas in early 17th century, they mixed with the local ppl. In the East some Oromos look Somali, and in the North some of them look habesha."

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15. yaballo1
"ssssssss6361: No, they are not the original Oromo.  In fact, they are NOT REAL OROMO to start with but members of the 'bantu' Burji tribe who happen to speak the Oromo language. …. The 'real Oromos' are of the same origin or phenotype [physical appearance] as their Somali cousins. I said 'real Oromos' because, like among the Somalis, there are lots of bantu-looking tribes who have been incorporated into Oromo tribes. Got it? Good."

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16. sssssss6361
"yaballo1  Oromos are omotic looking people. They are cousins of Sidama people.  Have you seen what Sidama people look like? The Somali looking Oromos are in fact Issa Somalis who were assimilated into Oromo society during the Oromo expansion.  Go to Harar and you can tell the oromos as many of them look Southern Ethiopians. It is a fact."

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17. yaballo1
… "not all Oromos are similar to Shoa-Oromos you had in mind who carry sticks to dance. Oromo tribes like the Guji-Oromo & Borana-Oromo have far more in common with tribes in southern Ethiopia than Oromo tribes in Shoa or Wollega who, obviously, share a great deal with their Amhara neighbours in terms of dress, food, culture, looks, etc. The Bacho-Oromo from near Addis Ababa share lots of things with their Guraghe neighbours, including their dance style. Oromo tribes bordering on the Somalis also share many things with their Somali neighbours. The most southerly Oromo tribe is called 'Orma' & live along the 'Tana river' in southern Kenya, all the way to the shores of the Indian Ocean. Members of the Orma-Oromo tribe have far more in common with their Swahili-speaking Bantu neighbours of Kenya/Tanzania than with other Oromos or Ethiopians. The same is also true in reverse. Many non-Oromo tribes bordering on Oromo tribes [eg. Konso, Burji, Hamar, Sidama, Gedeo, etc] share many aspects of culture+language with their Oromo neighbours. Culture tends to be fluid - more so in Ethiopia & Africa… Here is a MAP showing the rough distribution of Afaan-Oromo speaking communities in Ethiopia & Kenya. There are Oromo-speaking communities in southern Somalia too but these have more or less been assimilated into Somali culture. MAP: http://ayyaantuu.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oromodia.jpg"
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This link is no longer active. 

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2019
18. bate birhanu
"Fulaaneyee!,,,,The Song actually Means,,,,"Never Give  Up",,,,,,,with Burji Culture from Ethiopia!,,all the Way to Moyale,,to Marsabit,,to Nairobi Kenya,,,,,
The Song Encourages those who are Far from their Ethiopian Home ,,,,they Should Work Hard,never give up,use time in a good way, ,,,and Remembering where they Come From,,,,,,"Fullaneyee Means the "past",,,,may be you were in a Situation where you could do nothing and in no way you can get Help,,and GOD Helps you then ,,,,,You must remember it,learn the Lessons then YOU MUST NOT LIVE IN IT!,,,,,Thanks ALOT!,,,,,,,BATE BIRHANU WATA"
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19. Subscribers Without Video
"The singer is borana but not the dancers"

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20. Bat today
"@Subscribers Without Video no difference both oromo"

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REPLY
Subscribers Without Video
21. "@Bat today burjis and boranas are very different people from looks to culture and language"

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22. Xyz
…."bush himself is ethnically burji son...though was raised in a borana majority region
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23. ኄኖክ ኃይሉ
"@Baraket Ermeyas Please dont try this tribal stuff. He is Ethiopian before Oromo"

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24. Imro 9000
"First of all, he is Oromoo and second Ethiopia 🇪🇹"

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25. REPLY 
yaballo1, 2020
"@ኄኖክ ኃይሉ - NO! Abush is NOT an Ethiopian before being an Oromo/Burji! ..Being an Ethiopian is a vague & intangible concept that makes zero sense to the 80+ tribes that speak their own languages & had been forced to be part of an artificially & Amhara-created empire of permanent miseries called Ethiopia. Abush was born into an Oromo (Borana) speaking family & community. Therefore, logic suggests that he is FIRST Oromo/Burji &, then, something else. OK?"

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26. Jeremi J
"Abush said the word has a Burji origin."

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2020
27. Fantu Abadir
"It is basically a song of encouragement to those with hardship in their lives.
Specially poor farmers.
He is saying that better days will come. The sun will shine again.
So please don't give up.


I hope that helps."


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