blind equality. but it s really an attempt to protect a notion of whiteness that distributes benefit and burden. right? it s an expensive and precocious notion of whiteness that has historical meaning, historical roots, but it s evolving in interesting sorts of ways that it reaches and touches other groups and and interesting sorts of ways, that s a complicated conversation to have, that s something we need to talk about, because what it reflects is this refusal on the part of some people to believe that we are a multiracial, multi ethnic society. instead, they re doubling down on the belief we must remain a white nation in the vein of old europe, and we have to attack that head on. it seems to me. yeah. i do want to read this, and this comes from andrea waterskiing, who will be speaking in the next hour, everyone. she told the washington post for this, quote, we are literally witnessing oppression being legislated. how do we get here in such
two years. this was in speak in the black community. there is a lot of terror in seeing what was happening in 2020, seeing the multiracial, multiethnic coalitions of people who really rallied around, understanding more about antiblackness, understanding more about systemic racism. reporter: today woke has become an ideological lightning rod and dividing line, a warhead in the latest culture wars. once it became political football, particularly as we see with the gop, it seemed like a mass message went out. wokeness is what we re targeting. they mean it as a slur, but the people who are for these policies, for these specific goals, who think that i want my children to learn about the history of this country and not just the white history of this country, that s not a slur to me. and if you call it woke or whatever you call it, i am proud of representing those things and i want them in policy. reporter: jose, there is concern that even though the term has become everything and
woke crossed from black culture to the main stream following the murder of george floyd. no one was talking about woke as we have had in the last two years. i think there was a lot of terror in seeing what was happening in 2020, seeing the multiracial, multiethnic coalitions of people who really rallied around understanding more about anti-blackness. reporter: today, woke has become an ideological lightning rod, a warhead the latest cultural wars. football particularly as we see the gop, a mass message went out. they mean it as a slur, for the people who are for these policies. i want my children to learn about the history of this country and not just the white history of this country. that s not a slur to me.