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#IGotWokeWhen My grandparents & Mom taught me how a far left "revolution" in Cuba led by Castro stole everything they ever worked for and murdered political opposition. I got more woke when I realized public school omitted nearly every atrocity socialists & communists committed.
#IGotWokeWhen I started a business, got married and became a dad. I quickly saw how left wing policies punished small businesses, how they wanted to push a heavily sexualized culture that would steal the innocence of children and placed zero value on marriage & the right to life.
#IGotWokeWhen I decided I needed to research every issue individually to decide what the truth was. I quickly realized the media lies to our faces constantly while left wing educators manipulate students by omitting everything they possibly can that makes leftism look bad.
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My answer is never. I do not think it is really possible to be woke to the myriad ways systemic racism affects people of color. I STARTED LISTENING when I asked my best friend to explain some rude Black guys' behavior to me and she said: "How should I know?"
My answer is never. I do not think it is really possible to be woke to the myriad ways systemic racism affects people of color. I STARTED LISTENING when I asked my best friend to explain some rude Black guys' behavior to me and she said: "How should I know?"
And why should I think a Black woman from an upper-class Jersey suburb could explain some Black youth from a poor neighborhood? I realized I was thinking her skin color made her the Explainer of Blackness and that was racist. Which meant I was racist. So, I started listening
I started reading. I started getting to know more than my one Black friend. I started working at POC-led organizations and having Black bosses. I started trying to do better. And I still think I am not woke. I am listening.
