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Is Wokeness Dead?

Is Wokeness Dead?

Update: 2024-08-20
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The 2010s saw attitudes—on issues such as race, immigration, and gender—shift to the left. Liberals became more liberal. And then a "wokeness" backlash began.


The backlash, though, didn’t just come from conservatives. It came from people all over the political spectrum. Host Jerusalem Demsas talks with the New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg about the death of "wokeness"—and whether we might miss it when it’s gone.


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Is Wokeness Dead?

Is Wokeness Dead?

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