While woke has roots in the civil rights movement in the US, it has animated culture clashes across the world over the past few years. This idea will only grow, with leading participants in the world’s most watched election making it the centrepiece of their political agenda. The debate is typically framed by the political Right as one involving the defence of — or challenges to — traditional cultural values derived from social or religious practices. Yet the landscape of woke wars is more complex than a battle between the traditional Left and the Right. The warring sides, woke and others, need to talk to each other, not over each other.

Source: The Telegraph July 01, 2023 01:25 UTC