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“Wokeness” began as a term within Black communities in the 20th century. It meant being alert to injustice in society, explains Vox

Unherd.com argues that wokeism is against American values because it limits basic freedoms

In Commentary Magazine, Bari Weiss Agrees -- She Thinks the “Woke Revolution” Is Too Much Like China’s (Scary) Cultural Revolution

Arc Digital majorly disagrees with Weiss, says wokeism is nothing like Chinese history

Bloomberg Takes a Moderate Position, Admitting Wokeism Has Its Problems, but Concluding That It’s a Good Cultural Export to the World Overall

An NYT Op says the privileged elite have co-opted wokeness, making the term ineffective and lame

But The Atlantic thinks it’s more complicated than that, and points to their survey showing that the college-educated are not more likely to be into wokeism

Does Any of It Matter Anymore? Even Socialists Don’t Want Their Candidates to Use “Woke Progressive” Language When Talking About Racial Justice -- Jacobin

Intelligencer Agrees, Wokeness Has a Language Problem. But the Ideals Are Sound! We Should Just Find Better Ways to Talk About Them

AOC Dismissed the Term “Wokeness” Entirely, as Something “Almost Exclusively Used by Older People These Days”

Bloomberg says Republicans are right to push back on the left’s war on words. But he also says conservatives against doing the same thing. Just look at DeSantis’ law telling profs what to say

Part of the reason this is so controversial is that nobody really agrees what the word “woke” means in the first place. For a debate on the definition, check out our tile here