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🗓️ 10 December 2024
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In 'We Have Never Been Woke,' sociologist Musa al-Gharbi argues the so-called “woke elite” pursue two conflicting desires – to be elite and egalitarian. But the desire to be elite always wins, hurting the communities they vow to help.
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0:57.0 | This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi. Some of the most high-profile social movements in the past decade began as impassioned calls for elemental change in this country. Think Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, me too. The images you |
1:13.7 | recall, nationwide protests, online campaigns and messaging, so many yard signs. But what were the |
1:20.8 | tangible, the concrete changes that these movements produced? Did income inequality shrink in the U.S.? |
1:28.1 | Did homicide rates for black Americans meaningfully drop? |
1:31.4 | Did the billions of dollars spent on workplace anti-harassment training |
1:35.0 | create cultures where powerful men think twice? |
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1:52.9 | these social movements were actually doomed to fail. |
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