Ironically it’s Carville who demonstrates classic white liberal racism here with his assumption that Black people can’t understand “jargon” that has mostly arisen directly from Black-led movements https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1387028977139728390
People don’t want to openly complain about ✌️Wokeness✌️ because they’re afraid of being ✌️cancelled✌️

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People don’t want to be called out on their bigotry when they express their discomfort with Black ppl & other marginalized groups demanding social justice
Let’s not forget that the term “wokeness” is a pejorative taken from the phrase “stay woke” which Black activists used to raise awareness around police brutality. And the notion of “cancelling” people began as an inside joke among queer Black ppl online...
... So this language is always loaded w/ racial & class connotations when white ppl use it disparagingly. They divorce it from its original context either knowingly or by ignorance, crediting wealthy white elites on college campuses...
...They only understand how to use it as a way of expressing discomfort with things that challenge white supremacy & heteropatriarchy. Yet the liberal white elite to which Carville belong assume they have a better understanding of it than the poors & the Blacks ever could.
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