I think her termination is justified. She obviously has a bit of a character flaw that could show up in her work in ways harmful to her employer or fellow employees regardless of whomever the employer is. Grumpy Old Man
Woody
Some people think being conservative and owning guns is a character flaw. If it hasn't happened yet, someone will get fired for owning guns. Will that termination be justified?
That's a valid point.
I had to give Woody's post some thought. How might her sense of entitlement and apparent bias against black people show up in her work? Of course, we don't know what her job is (was) within Franklin Templeton but, without getting into specifics, I considered the following possibility:
Karen makes a mistake -- a mistake that could potentially cost her employer significant $$$. Being entitled, Karen doesn't admit that she made a mistake. In fact, since we saw in the video that she was willing to lie to the police in order to be more assured that they would respond ("There's an African American man here who is threatening me"), is it reasonable to conjecture that she would lie about the mistake to cover her tracks and perhaps save her job? I think so. And she would probably try to pin respnsibility for her mistake on the person least able to defend him/herself.
Of course, that didn't happen (that we know of). Is it right to punish for potential wrongdoing, based entirely on what ifs? Probably not.
On the other hand, we don't know her track record with Franklin Templeton. We don't know if she was a star player in a key role, or if she was a bit player with marginal performance who already had one foot halfway out the door.