Woke: A Guide to Social Justice

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a b c "How has the meaning of the word 'woke' evolved?". The Economist explains. The Economist. July 30, 2021. In Switzerland, politicians from and supporters of the right-wing Swiss People's Party criticized Swiss bank UBS for "woke culture". [68] Oceania [ edit ]

Undoctrinate: How Politicized Classrooms Harm Kids and Ruin Our Schools―and What We Can Do About It a b c "How US 'wokeness' became a right-wing cudgel around the world". France 24. March 1, 2022 . Retrieved October 21, 2022. Woke, Inc.,: Inside the Social Justice Scam” - the title really does say it all for this one and author, Vivek Ramaswamy, does a good job delivering the information. His writing is clear, concise and altho’ he definitely is conservative, there’s no bashing to be found, just reasoned text.

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Providing carefully chosen books to schools – along with tailor-made resources and activities through 2022 – is allowing us to educate and empower students to engage with social justice issues and stand up for the rights of themselves and others. Corporations use progressive sloganeering and diversity hires to deflect from their shitty behaviour. Edstam, Fanny (December 30, 2016). "Här är internets mest överanvända ord" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Woke has been weaponised, used in conservative media circles as an insult, often placed within quotation marks, to mean rigid, uptight and socially and politically puritanical. When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to step away from their roles, the Daily Mail complained that Harry went from “fun loving bloke to the Prince of Woke”. Dropping 'woke' into conversation is an easy way to determine where someone sits on the political spectrum

We do see increased resort to censoriousness on both the left and the right,” says Nossel. “On the left, it targets books that some people regard as racially offensive, sometimes because they originate from a different time period, when slurs were used more widely than is acceptable now. But it is the right that has invoked the machinery of government – including legislative proposals in dozens of states – to enforce these bans and prohibitions. In the hierarchy of infringements of free speech that must be recognised as more severe and alarming.” As we take to the streets to stand in solidarity with people from all over the world we notice, now more than ever, that diverse voices are missing from the books we read.Laura Kipnis is a writer. Her new book, Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis, will be out in February Woke Inc. is an interesting perspective from a CEO of a pharmaceutical company and his take on recent social upheaval and how it dovetails with the corporate entity. Ramaswamy offers an unabashed tirade against state and corporate collusion with some very accurate insights while also seriously conflating concepts to mold into a grand polemic about what he perceives wokeism to entail. There is perhaps no better data driven work (including deep statistical analysis) which exams the insanity of the pandemic. The mass formation theory put forward by Desmet will be discussed for years to come. And I believe, this book will equip the reader with the knowledge necessary to spot irrationality and avoid being swept up in the hysteria of fear driven totalitarian mass formation. The School Library Journal said this graphic novel, about a boy wrestling with his sexuality at summer camp, is "an essential book that shows readers that they are never alone in their struggles." It's one of dozens of library books that have been flagged for removal in Keller. 47. "Milk and Honey," by Rupi Kaur Createspace

This young adult novel, a National Book Award finalist, mentions abortion and includes multiple descriptions of sex. It's one of dozens of library books that have been flagged for removal in Keller. 40. "I Am Jazz," by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings Penguin Random House

It seemed very curious to have so much dedicated to labeling the Uyghur genocide in China, yet be so angry at a ‘woke’ consumer who, learning their preferred clothing brand may source cotton through forced labor origins, decides to stop buying their clothes and shares their story with others. I have always said that in a feeding frenzy, phiranha will kill each other. This is what will happen to the woke as well. The weapons you arm those you deploy to do your enforcing, will eventually be turned on you. A Leander parent suggested replacing children's books that mention gender identity or sexuality, including this one, with "classics," such as "White Fang," "The Indian in the Cupboard," "The Swiss Family Robinson" and Shakespeare. 6. "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison Vintage International A parent asked administrators at the Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston to pull this graphic novel, which features gay and bisexual characters, because she claimed it might lead young students "to question their sexual orientation when they don't even comprehend what that means." 2. "When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball," by Mark Weakland Capstone The central thrust of the book is made up of at least four different lines of criticism (none of them new), which together form an incoherent mess:

The UK is the refuge for two novelists banned from their homelands, who still write in their languages of origin. Hamid Ismailov won the EBRD literature prize in 2019 with The Devil’s Dance, the first Uzbek novel to be translated into English. Ismailov fled Uzbekistan in 1992 because of what the authoritarian state described as his “unacceptable democratic tendencies” and worked for the BBC for 25 years. The Devil’s Dance was smuggled into the country. “I’m the most widely published Uzbek, yet nobody can mention any of my books. Nobody can mention my name in any article, review [or] historic piece. It’s a total ban of my name, of activity, of books, of existence. It’s as if I’m nonexistent,” he has said. This coming-of-age novel about a gay teenager came under fire in Birdville when a parent complained that it has explicit descriptions of "masterbation and genitalia." 19. "The Breakaways," by Cathy G. Johnson First Second Books

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a b c d e Marsden, Harriet (November 25, 2019). "Whither 'woke': What does the future hold for word that became a weapon?". The New European. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021 . Retrieved April 8, 2021.