This is very much due to the fact that the people responsible for publishing literature are coming from a monocultural perspective. During the 2022 Australian federal election campaign, both Scott Morrison, then-prime minister and leader of the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition, and Anthony Albanese, the current prime minister and leader of the centre-left Labor Party, insisted they were not "woke". [69] Peter Dutton, current Opposition Leader and leader of the Coalition, has also used the term several times before. [70] [71] Members of minor right-wing parties, especially Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the United Australia Party, also frequently use the term.

Arya, Shishir (October 25, 2023). "Cultural Marxists, 'Woke People' Spoiling India's Ethos: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat". The Times of India . Retrieved October 25, 2023.a b Butterworth, Benjamin (January 21, 2021). "What does 'woke' actually mean, and why are some people so angry about it?". inews.co.uk. Intersectionality” became the word of the day, and then the decade, even though no one understood exactly what it meant—an ideal feature for any concept to evade falsifiability."

Belin, Soisic (March 29, 2021). "Huit mots pour comprendre la génération Z"[Eight words to understand Generation Z]. Les Echos Start (in French). A parent in Plano said this coming-of-age novel about a Mexican American character's journey to understanding his own sexuality and ethnic identity should be banned because it contains "profanity, pornography, gambling, homosexuality." The parent claimed the book encourages "admiring people with low morals and values, and hate of other people." 4. "Better Nate Than Ever," by Tim Federle Simon and SchusterGrinspan, Jon (2009). " 'Young Men for War': The Wide Awakes and Lincoln's 1860 Presidential Campaign". The Journal of American History. 96 (2): 357–378. doi: 10.1093/jahist/96.2.357. Only women can have an opinion on abortion, but "men can have babies" and should be cosidered "birthing person". The challenge for anyone interested in something deeper than culture-war point scoring is to develop new language that is specific enough to persuade those who don’t already agree to consider the same old questions from new angles.

Here's another passage that had me confused as to how he could just publish that in a book that claims to be an exposé of the American corporate class: A dad in Grapevine, a Dallas suburb, asked his child's school district to ban this book, a collection of poems by women of color on topics relating to social justice, activism and discrimination, because, he said, it promotes "terrorism." 28. "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," by Anastasia Higginbotham Dottir Press By 2019, the term woke was increasingly being used in an ironic sense, as reflected in the books Woke by comedian Andrew Doyle (using the pen name Titania McGrath) and Anti-Woke by columnist Brendan O'Neill. [39] But, I was 1000% wrong, and I’m so glad that I was. Once I started this book, I couldn’t stop reading it. I grabbed my copy on Friday and finished it by Sunday. The Thomas Sowell book I find myself recommending the most is Discrimination and Dispari ties. In this volume Sowell examines in great detail the mechanisms behind social disparities and why the usual rationale for differences between racial groups, which is almost always based on there being antipathy between those groups, is not plausible in the real world. Many of the reasons for this implausibility are carefully analyzed and explained with a profound clarity that only Thomas Sowell can bring.This graphic novel, which the School Library Journal praised for its message "that periods need not be a dirty secret,” is one of dozens of library books that have been flagged for removal in Keller. 44. "Last Night at the Telegraph Club," by Malinda Lo Dutton Books for Young Readers A parent in San Antonio asked the Northside Independent School District to ban this work historical fiction, set during the Nazis’ siege of Leningrad, because it includes “pornographic imagery” that is "not suited for the majority" of readers, the parent wrote, adding, "... unless you're into that." 16. "Gender Queer," by Maia Kobabe Simon and Schuster Brooks, David (July 25, 2017). "Opinion | How Cool Works in America Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Quoted in Morgan (2020), p.277 a b Sobande, Francesca (2019). "Woke-washing: 'Intersectional' femvertising and branding 'woke' bravery" (PDF). European Journal of Marketing. 54 (11): 2723–2745. doi: 10.1108/EJM-02-2019-0134. ISSN 0309-0566. S2CID 213469381– via ResearchGate. The adverts span from 2015–2018, which reflects the point at which the language of 'woke(ness)' entered mainstream media and marketing spheres Kilgore, Ed (March 19, 2021). "Is 'Anti-Wokeness' the New Ideology of the Republican Party?". Intelligencer. Vox Media . Retrieved October 23, 2022.