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Talking about it is not wokeness, but acting like it's a widespread phenomenon is. I do not believe that incidences of these things have dramatically skyrocket
by ars 2y ago
Talking about it is not wokeness, but acting like it's a widespread phenomenon is.
I do not believe that incidences of these things have dramatically skyrocketed in the last decades, which means the word frequency should go down not up.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoAssuming we were talking about them the correct amount before? If they were, for some reason, given less attention than their impact deserved previously, it would be reasonable for use frequency go up as awareness of that failure spreads.
- jrflowers 2y agoThe implicit assumption that tends to come across from folks that complain about “wokeness” with a straight face (eg people mad about video game character design) is that white supremacy, xenophobia, bullying etc. happen at a rate in society such that these phenomenon should be considered so acceptable that there is no rightful place to even use the “woke” words other than very occasional whispers behind closed doors. Sometimes people that share this view will start with their personal opinions on these topics and then with backwards to try and create a mathematical or scientific justification. The result is often a substack full of charts that say stuff like “The y axis (wokeness) exploded under Obama” and/or quotes from Arthur Jensen.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoYeah.