I don’t want to be a Karen. But as a brown woman, is there something to be learned from her?

I don’t want to be a Karen. But as a brown woman, is there something to be learned from her?

This is a First Person column by Zahra Khozema, a Pakistani Canadian journalist who lives in Toronto. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.I'm infamous for accepting bad coffee, skipping refunds and backing down, even

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