If being worried and protective of her children is a "Karen" then you've just painted about a zillion women from all walks of life as a Karen. Doesn't wash with me.
See above. Why is being worried about her children being a Karen? Please explain. This is a term I rarely see outside of this board. But from the urban dictionary entry, she meets none of the criteria.
Being protective of your kids doesn’t make you exempt from being prejudice and willfully ignorant about the mutants. Two things can be true.
No, did you miss Operation: Zero Tolerance or Neverland or the bus bombings or the constant mutant kidnappings or that time X-Cutioner invaded the school and killed/mutilated some kids.
Y’all really need to realize that privilege is an axis, not a simple “I have it, you don’t” thing.
Regardless of their upbringing, they are still the targets of this just for being born the way they are.
So if one is not the target of this, they are privileged. Especially evident when they question the plight of the mutants and why they're doing what they're doing to protect themselves.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
I don't fault Sue for not being able to relate to this but it is from her privilege that she asks Scott in HOX #1 "What are all of you thinking?" regarding their formation of Krakoa. This is why they're doing it.
She then accuses Scott, and the mutants, in this preview of viewing one of her children in higher regard than the other. But she can't possibly understand the very foundation of what they're doing.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
Asking Scott "Why are you doing this" is pretty much being ignorant about what mutants have to face in the MU (just look at the scan that Jbenito posted). She was very, very prejudiced against the Krakoans as soon she was them, instantly thinking they had bad intentions and putting a force field up.
And if we go a little deeper, Reed has seen the slaughtering of innocents with the Incursions so hopefully he somewhat understands the severity of their situation. Somewhat.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
I'll be the first to admit that it's frustrating that the writers/editors/offices don't bring the two worlds together more. As heroes, it doesn't quite make sense to me that the Fam and the Avengers would look the other way as these slaughters happen, but that's what we've been given. And it's especially poignant when Reed and Sue have a son who is a mutant, safe in his home while others like him are killed on the streets.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
It absolutely makes sense. "Good people" look the other way every day irl.