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August 03, 2023

The End of Wokeness | 99

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So the pushback against “wokeness” has emerged as a central theme in Republican politics, it will play heavy in the upcoming 2024 presidential race. While current front‐runner Donald Trump has mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his overuse of the word, Trump himself will no doubt campaign as an anti‐woke culture warrior if he wins the nomination — considering that back in 2016 he ran as a crusader against “political correctness” and enjoys that role today.Meanwhile, the consensus among Democrats and liberals is that “wokeness” is a fake problem ginned up by the right as culture‐war agitation — and they say, woke is just a code word to dimenish racial and gender issues. As someone who does not subscribe to any political ideology, I can tell you the left is wrong: The problem does exist, and denying it is bad for Democrats, emboldens Republicans and is bad for culture as a whole.

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