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There was an interesting opinion column in the WAPO how the term 'woke' has been transmuted from meaning a politically conscious minority (among minorities) to anything conservatives disfavor or which possesses social consciousness.
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The NFL is 60 percent Black? Not woke. An NFL team hires a Black coach? Wokeness gone wild. A Black Little Mermaid? They took all the water out of the sea and replaced it with liquid, um, woke-ter. Fantasy franchise spin-offs “House of Dragon” and “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” are now “woke,” because apparently elves, hobbits and fire-breathing dragons are more believable than Black people in Middle-earth.
You have Black teachers, Black administrators or Black school board members? That’s CRT. Black authors in your curriculum? CRT. You happen to teach a version of American history that doesn’t capitulate to the concept of American exceptionalism? CRT.
Who ever wrote that article, clearly, got all their information from Twitter...
There is so much wrong with this article, that I do not know where to even start...
To answer your title, NO! Thinking about it, 'woke' is probably best defined as "affirmative action on steroids", where people are solely defined by the color of their skin and genitalia, not their mind.
There was an interesting opinion column in the WAPO how the term 'woke' has been transmuted from meaning a politically conscious minority (among minorities) to anything conservatives disfavor or which possesses social consciousness.
The woke movement has targeted people regardless of race (ever heard of Dave Chapelle?) so trying to deflect criticism of it as "racism against blacks" is pretty much rock bottom BS by a bunch of racists.
There was an interesting opinion column in the WAPO
No there wasn't. I'll stop you there.
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