Being woke just means being aware of the injustice. That's all it is. The word was turned into a pejorative by the right.
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Being woke just means being aware of the injustice. That's all it is. The word was turned into a pejorative by the right.
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What "injustice", bitch?
Discrimination for one, cock gobbler.
Matt Dillon
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How much has that happened since the late 60s, motherfucker?
You are aware many white people were for The Civil Rights Movement, correct?\
Everything was fine from the late 60s until Obama.
Obama ain't got ary a drop of American black blood in him, either. (allegedly)
Unless his father was really Frank Marshall Davis, who was a piece of commie shit. Actually it does make sense if he was.
Obama hates all Americans, including black ones.
Thank you for proving my point, cum guzzler.
Matt Dillon
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I ain't wrong, goatse boi.
Yes you are wrong. Racism and discrimination still exist since 60s, prolapsed rectum boy wonder.
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Total bullshit, John McWhorter is not right wing ffs!
Woke Racism': John McWhorter argues against what he calls a religion of anti-racism
Professor John McWhorter has problems with the way Americans are talking about race and racism.
McWhorter is a Black liberal. But he argues that the cultural left, along with major institutions and companies, have gone too far in embracing "anti-racist" ideas.
Much of it relates to the way two prominent writers about race have influenced public opinion about racism. Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility have both landed on bestseller lists since last summer, after widespread protests erupted over George Floyd's killing.
Both Kendi and DiAngelo have appeared on NPR and NPR has published articles that promote anti-racism.
McWhorter argues that certain strains of anti-racism and its adherents have effectively created a religion, and a zealous one, that stifles nuance and debate. His new book is called Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America.
There are people "whose devotion is less to changing lives for people who need help than showing that they understand that racism and especially systemic racism exists," McWhorter tells Morning Edition.
"The idea is that you are to be fired" if you disagree or violate anti-racism's norms, in McWhorter's telling. "You are to be dismissed from polite society. You are to be sanctioned. You can't be among us. You're dirty."
McWhorter points to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's chief curator, who resigned under pressure after an uproar involving his use of the words "reverse discrimination." In another case, he points to white food writer Alison Roman, who was suspended from her New York Times column after criticizing celebrities Chrissy Teigen, who is Asian American, and Marie Kondo, who is Asian.
Why is it that you assert that people who are pushing a particular kind of anti-racism are practicing something like a religion?
Part of many religions is that at a certain point, you're supposed to suspend disbelief. At a certain point, you're supposed to stop using logic and you're just supposed to, for example, believe. You're just supposed to have faith. That is the way this new anti-racism goes in many cases. ...
This is a religion where instead of it being about your faith in Jesus, it's about showing that you know that racism exists above all else, including basic compassion. That's religious.
And then also, the way we talk about white privilege is eerily consonant with the way one talks about original sin. You have it from the beginning, it's a stain that you'll never get rid of. You're supposed to always think about it. It's there regardless of the condition of your life, and you're going to die with it. So white privilege becomes the original sin that you're supposed to live in a kind of atonement for.
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052...-woke-racism-attacks-leading-thinkers-on-race
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Don't know who that is. Doesn't change the definition of woke.
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Frankly there is much you don't know yet it doesn't inhibit you from spouting uninformed bullshit. That you've never heard of John McWhorter says much about you.
McWhorter argues that certain strains of anti-racism and its adherents have effectively created a religion, and a zealous one, that stifles nuance and debate. His new book is called Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America.
There are people "whose devotion is less to changing lives for people who need help than showing that they understand that racism and especially systemic racism exists," McWhorter tells Morning Edition.
"The idea is that you are to be fired" if you disagree or violate anti-racism's norms, in McWhorter's telling. "You are to be dismissed from polite society. You are to be sanctioned. You can't be among us. You're dirty."
What does it say about me? I read and it seems that he considers anti-racism to be "woke racism". And he claims people are getting fired or being silenced if they don't follow the "religion of anti-racism". In other words, it's a bunch of nonsense peddled by the right.
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Frankly you are exactly one of the people he's talking about, you're a zealot.
Really? I am a woke anti-racist? Interesting.
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Not interesting, sad is nearer the mark. You're not alone of course but hopefully people will wake up in due course.
Wake up to what? Racism still exists. Nothing's wrong with being aware of it and help. No clue why that is a bad thing for some people.
There is no such thing as religion of woke anti-racism. Two books don't cut it.
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You're a Smug White Liberal but don't know it.
The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal
The truth is that Liberalism is about making elites feel better about themselves and their lives without requiring the underlying action of significantly improving the lives of African-Americans.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-culture-of-the-smug-w_b_11537306
It's a blog. Nothing more than an opinion piece. And who the hell are the elites?
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It was written by a black Democrat lawyer, she's truly woke, you're still half asleep
The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal
The truth is that Liberalism is about making elites feel better about themselves and their lives without requiring the underlying action of significantly improving the lives of African-Americans.
I have spent my life as a Democrat which probably isn't that surprising considering that I am African-American. One of the things that always attracted me to the party were the ideals of equality, fighting for the little guy and our openness to differing opinions, but lately I have seen my party take a turn that makes me uncomfortable. Somewhere along the way we stopped fighting for the little guy and became the party of the smug, educated elites who look down on those with less education and deem them unable or unworthy of being able to make personal decisions for their own lives.
Over the last few years we have made incredible strides in diversity and inclusion, from the election twice of the nation's first African-American President to the legalization of gay marriage, all things that I have loudly and happily cheered for and felt were a long time in coming. As an African-American professional from humble beginnings, I know firsthand the importance of giving everyone an equal opportunity to access the American Dream. I don't take lightly the opportunities I have been given or the fact that many people, black and white, fought for and sometimes died for me to have these rights. I also have serious concerns about the lack of progress that I have seen for many African-Americans and I blame some of that lack of progress on ineffective liberal policies that are based upon wanting to help those in need, but in many instances end up causing more harm than good.
Although many African-Americans have made incredible strides in educational attainment we are still lagging behind in key indicators of success such as net worth, poverty rates, high incarceration rates and, as such, have some of the highest unemployment numbers. In addition we seem to be victims of a disproportionate amount violence. All of these issues are some of the most serious problems we face as a people and our culture of political correctness and liberalism has not only not solved them, but I believe has made them worse. I know many liberals who do incredible work to make the world around them better, and that's not who I am talking about. I'm talking about the cocktail party liberals, the elites, who wear the cloak of liberalism to protect themselves from criticism and so they can keep a clear conscious.
My problem with Liberalism is that it's more concerned with policing people's language and thoughts without requiring them to do anything to fix the problem. White liberal college students speak of "safe spaces", "trigger words", "micro aggressions" and "white privilege" while not having to do anything or, more importantly, give up anything. They can't even have a conversation with someone who sees the world differently without resorting to calling someone a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigot and trying to have them banned from campus, or ruin them and their reputation. They say they feel black peoples' pain because they took a trip to Africa to help the disadvantaged, but are unwilling to go to a black neighborhood in the City in which they live. These same college students will espouse the joys of diversity, but will in the same breath assume you are only on campus because of affirmative action or that all black people grew up in poverty. My personal favorite is declaring with surprise how articulate a black classmate is despite the fact that we are attending the same institution of higher learning as they are.
The White Liberal culture encourages talking about diversity and shaming others for their alleged racism, but many times they themselves work in environments that are mostly white. When questioned they'll defensively state that they promote strictly on merit. Black people aren't suggesting that we want someone unqualified to get the position, but I find it telling that they assume that we are not qualified. These same Liberals are quick to be against school choice, while their kids go to private or well-regarded public schools. Leaving poor black children behind in underperforming schools and providing less opportunity to improve their lives is inconsequential to keeping true to their white liberal politics. Many people are quick to espouse the political values of liberalism without having to live with the often harsh reality of those policies.
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This is her being "woke":
Although many African-Americans have made incredible strides in educational attainment we are still lagging behind in key indicators of success such as net worth, poverty rates, high incarceration rates and, as such, have some of the highest unemployment numbers. In addition we seem to be victims of a disproportionate amount violence.
And you haven't explained how I am not aware or half asleep.