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The Woke Semantics Project

The Woke Semantics Project

Tracking the ever expanding meaning of a political weasel-word.

Apr 15, 2021
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When most people hear about “woke” politics, what generally comes to mind is a very particular way of talking about identity, expressed in a very particular agenda and set of political concerns. For example, woke politics are not ordinarily understood to be focused on poverty in general, but only on the way it intersects with issues like racism, sexism,…

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