Tag: Woke

I Woke Up And Became A Painter

Originally I went to Art School to study traditional photography. I absolutely loved it, even to this day I enjoy looking at works of differnt photographers. I’ve come to realize, I absolutely enjoy all forms of creativity we as humans can explore and appreciate. This can be anything such a...

Toronto Is Going Woke and Broke

Canada’s largest and wealthiest city has an election coming up June 26th to replace philandering former mayor John Tory. According to a recent poll, former NDP MP Olivia Chow has extended her lead to 35%. Meanwhile her closest competitor, ex-police chief Mark Saunders, sits at 14%. He therefor...

Nikki Haley, the U.S. Military Is Not at Risk from ‘Woke’ or Trans Inclusion

Is it deja vu all over again? Last spring, U.S. Representatives Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Green, and Lauren Boebert (none of whom ever served in the military) made some pretty startling claims. To paraphrase, they claim the U.S. military is woke, socialist, and into critical race theory....

The Barbie Movie: Why “Woke” Should and Will Prevail

Yes, Barbie is a surprisingly philosophical movie. I had low expectations for Barbie. I’ve never been a fan of corporations or dolls, and especially corporate dolls that objectify women. My expectations were very mistaken. Incels and fundamentalists will hate the movie, thoug...

Woke 1984 Plus 40

Ringside at the Reckoning has a post about the Biden administration’s recent regulations that are shutting down museum exhibits on American Indians. The regulations require that museums obtain permission from the relevant American Indian tribe before showing their cultural artifact. Ho...

Some Observations on John McWhorter’s “Woke Racism”

For over two decades, Columbia University professor, John McWhorter, has produced anti-racial justice commentary, which has been eagerly lapped up by his racist fanbase. McWhorter, a self-described liberal (who is Black) is someone who implies that Black people should be grateful that slavery and Ji...

How to Win the Woke War

The last few years have been an emotional roller coaster that is hard to put into words. The shared global fear of a health crisis that reduced each one of us to our most basic elements. The mix of horror and validation of violent racial injustice that displayed our most base instincts. And the wave...

History is Complicated or It Is Not History.

The Woke distortion of history has provoked a hopeful reaction, a new crop of books looking at the basics of American history. The most recent entry in the field is “Not Stolen” by Professor Jeff Flynn-Paul. Flynn-Paul is a professor of Global History and Economics at the University of L...

A New Brand Of “Woke Racism” Is Upon Us

I’m tempted to begin and end this essay about what “multiracial whiteness” is, with the word “stupid”. But given that my New Year’s resolution for 2021 is to be more charitable, let’s look a little deeper. I first heard the term a few days ago, when a fri...