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What does the term "woke" mean and what does it mean when a politician wants to crackdown on a "woke agenda" or "woke ideology"?
Manage episode 484439439 series 2435176
Alex Khasnabish is chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. He studies social movements, radical politics, and social & political theory. Erik McDuffie is an associate professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of the Jon Gjerde Prize winning book, "The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom". Alex Guye spoke with the two professors about the term woke, and the harm the anti-woke movement can cause.
96 episodes
Manage episode 484439439 series 2435176
Alex Khasnabish is chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. He studies social movements, radical politics, and social & political theory. Erik McDuffie is an associate professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of the Jon Gjerde Prize winning book, "The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom". Alex Guye spoke with the two professors about the term woke, and the harm the anti-woke movement can cause.
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