Look, I get it. “Woke” is annoying. Not the meaning—just the word. Like “moist” or “synergy,” it triggers something visceral. It’s everywhere. It’s in corporate hashtags, on reusable coffee cups, and occasionally screamed by your uncle who thinks Greta Thunberg is a sleeper agent sent by George Soros and Beyoncé.
But while you’re frothing at the mouth about Dr. Seuss being “cancelled,” may I humbly suggest: maybe, just maybe, the anti-woke movement is the real problem?
Let’s rewind.