Deconstructing Karen

There are references to racist violence and threats throughout, in addition to infrequent non-graphic references to a hypothetical case of domestic violence.

There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’) as well as more frequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’ and ‘crap’.

Infrequent moderate sex references include use of the term ‘f**k’ in the sexual sense.

The film focuses closely on the theme of racism, which is clearly criticised throughout. Scenes of racist behaviour include a montage of phone footage of white women aggressively confronting people of colour, using threatening language, false accusations of threatening behaviour, and slurs including ‘n****r’ and ‘Mexican dog’. We also see montages of racially abusive, misogynistic and threatening tweets. There is use of discriminatory terms such as ‘Muslim c**t’ and ‘paki’ in reported speech, as people describe being subjected to racist behaviour including death threats. References to racist violence such as lynchings and massacres include brief black-and-white images of the brutally disfigured dead body of Emmett Till.

There are infrequent non-graphic references to sexual violence, particularly in the context of discussion of historical lynchings which occurred after white women falsely accused Black men of rape or harassment.

An Asian American woman recalls scraping her skin with a rock in an attempt to rub off her skin colour after being subjected to racism at school.

There is brief use of still black-and-white images of the badly injured corpse of 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was tortured and murdered in a racist attack in 1955.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.