A review by lipsandpalms
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter

4.0

I've often questioned the logic of what this book calls "The Elect" mindset. Many of the words, actions, and general cancel culture of the woke mob, especially on social media shows how much of this so called "antiracist movement" is really focused on virtue signaling. It's become a contest among the educated elitists as to who can be the most woke. It makes perfect sense to see this behavior as that of a religious group, more focused on cultural martyrs and faith in preaching the gospel than actual forgiveness and growth.

While I do agree that the solutions proposed in this book are steps in the right direction, I think even more should be done. More specifically, we need to find a way to open the gates of our culture to allow assimilation without ridicule. We need to find a way to reduce single motherhood rates without demonizing or proselytizing. Otherwise we just become a religion of our own.