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Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education, vows to use federal money as leverage (www.denverpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Fun fact, 'woke' already has a definition on the legal record thanks to Ron DeSantis.

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/12/desantis-ron-woke-florida-officials/

The important bit:

Asked what “woke” means more generally, [Desantis’ General Counsel Ryan] Newman said “it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Thats pretty close to the definition of Critical Race Theory, but I've never heard anyone say that CRT is the only part of "woke".