mercatornet.com
2024-09-26
Has the English-speaking world hit peak woke? Consider these surprising developments:
A Virginia county will restore Confederates' names to schools. Stonewall Jackson High School became Mountain View High School in 2020. In 2025 it will become Stonewall Jackson High School again.
The President of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, a champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, was forced to resign. Her successor is walking back on her policies.
A Finnish study has linked "wokeness" to anxiety, depression, and unhappiness.
This week it was reported that toolmaker giant Stanley Black and Decker has quietly backpedalled on its DEI policies.
Just two years ago, news like this was inconceivable. A tsunami of wokeness was inundating society.
According to research commissioned by The Economist, though, we're a bit late to the party - wokeness peaked about 2021 and 2022 and has been declining since then. Come to think of it, when was the last time you read about a politician taking the knee or heard of someone attending a seminar on white fragility?