We have a bunch of those people at our apartment complex. No official titles, no pay, just “community liaisons”.
And the moment they get a tiny bit of power over any other human, they abuse it far beyond reason.
If I want to get into the pool, I have to get past one or more of them. If I want to sign up for a bus trip, clubhouse dinner, karaoke night, flea market, anything - I have to go through them.
Here, it’s not about skin color, (usually), but it is just an example of how anyone with a shred of power is seconds away from being the next Karen.