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Then-United States Congresswoman Marcia Fudge holding a T-shirt reading "Stay Woke: Vote" in 2018 Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT ...
Critics of wokeness, such as McWhorter, began to argue that hypervigilance towards racism and other forms of bigotry leads to overreactions that stifle debate. In recent years, “wokeness” has ...
Michel Foucault. Paul-Michel Foucault ( UK: / ˈfuːkoʊ / FOO-koh, US: / fuːˈkoʊ / foo-KOH; [ 9] French: [pɔl miʃɛl fuko]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who also served as an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the ...
Go woke, go broke. Go woke, go broke, or alternatively get woke, go broke, is an American political catchphrase used by some political pundits to refer to the actual or perceived stock value drops or loss in sales ("going broke ") of companies or corporations that publicly support progressive causes, such as the empowering of women, LGBT people ...
Yes, comparing Black Americans to animals is sometimes what happens when you try to force participation in Black History Month. The onslaught of content, products, and social media shoutouts to ...
The Stop WOKE Act, also known as the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act and redubbed the Individual Freedom Act, is a Florida state law which prohibited schools and businesses from teaching certain concepts related to race, racism, and privilege. Penalties would include disciplinary action, including job termination, and loss of public ...
"Wokeness" — as South Carolina GOP Chairman Drew McKissick defined it — encapsulates socially progressive views that have "grown off of the campuses, if you will, into first the corners of the ...
Hoteps. Hoteps are members of an Afrocentrist African American subculture that focuses on Ancient Egypt as a source of Black pride. [1] The group has been described as promoting pseudohistory [2] and misinformation about Black history. [1] Hoteps espouse a mixture of Black radicalism and social conservatism. [3]