> skeptical to wokeness The fact that awareness and concern over the abuses of fellow human beings is a pejorative is wrong. The excesses of same are indeed e

> skeptical to wokeness The fact that awareness and concern over the abuses of fellow human beings is a pejorative is wrong. The excesses of same are indeed excesses, e.g., the hostility to opposing of any conservative speech is wrong. But as someone who now might be identified as woke, let me just share this: Racism is deeply embedded in this country and my "wokeness" was about realizing how fucking deep and pervasive it is. There's millions of Americans who believe that Black people are literally beneath them, e.g., not worthy of the rights of White people. That's fucked up. Do you disagree with the passage: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Wokeness is believing that statement and realizing that it not being held to.