A sea change has taken place in American political life. The force driving this change is the digital era style of moral politics known as “wokeness,” a phenomenon that has become pervasive in recent years and yet remains elusive as even experts struggle to give it a clear definition and accurately measure its impact. Where did it come from? What do its adherents believe?
In reality, “wokeness”—a term that originated in black popular culture—is a broad euphemism for a more narrow phenomenon: the rapidly changing political ideology of white liberals that is remaking American politics.
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“In the past five years, white liberals have moved so far to the left on questions of race and racism that they are now, on these issues, to the left of even the typical black voter. This change amounts to a ‘Great Awokening.’”
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Remarkably, white liberals were the only subgroup exhibiting a pro-outgroup bias—meaning white liberals were more favorable toward nonwhites and are the only group to show this preference for group other than their own. Indeed, on average, white liberals rated ethnic and racial minority groups 13 points (or half a standard deviation) warmer than whites. As is depicted in the graph below, this disparity in feelings of warmth toward ingroup vs. outgroup is even more pronounced among whites who consider themselves “very liberal” where it widens to just under 20 points. Notably, while white liberals have consistently evinced weaker pro-ingroup biases than conservatives across time, the emergence and growth of a pro-outgroup bias is actually a very recent, and unprecedented, phenomenon.
A sea change has taken place in American political life. The force driving this change is the digital era style of moral politics known as “wokeness,” a phenomenon that has become pervasive in recent years and yet remains elusive as even experts struggle to give it a clear definition and accurately measure its impact. Where did it come from? What do its adherents believe? Is it just something happening inside the Twitter bubble and on college campuses or is it really spreading across the social and cultural landscape and transforming the country as sometimes appears to be the case? In reality, “wokeness”—a term that originated in black popular culture—is a broad euphemism for a more narrow phenomenon: the rapidly changing political ideology of white liberals that is remaking American politics.Självklart fortsätter artikeln med att uttrycka oro för hur detta skall påverka judar och Israel. Och att oikofobiska tendenser har förstärkts genom sociala mediers genomslag.
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In a recent Vox article based partly on the dissertation research I’ve been doing as a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Georgia State University, Matthew Yglesias described this ongoing transformation as “The Great Awokening.” In Yglesias’ account: “In the past five years, white liberals have moved so far to the left on questions of race and racism that they are now, on these issues, to the left of even the typical black voter. This change amounts to a ‘Great Awokening.’”
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Some of these changes arguably stem from Trump’s rhetoric and policies on immigration. But a glance at the data shows that, as with their attitudes toward blacks, the percentage of white liberals perceiving “a lot” or “a great deal” of discrimination against immigrants more than doubled between 2000 (29%) and 2013 (57%)—i.e., well before Trump arrived on the scene. Additionally, between 2006 and 2014, the percentage of white liberals saying they feel “very sympathetic” toward illegal immigrants and their families grew from 22% to 42%.
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Consider, for instance, that black and Asian Democrats and liberals are significantly more supportive of restrictive immigration policies and less positive toward racial/ethnic diversity than their white counterparts.
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Remarkably, white liberals were the only subgroup exhibiting a pro-outgroup bias—meaning white liberals were more favorable toward nonwhites and are the only group to show this preference for group other than their own. Indeed, on average, white liberals rated ethnic and racial minority groups 13 points (or half a standard deviation) warmer than whites. As is depicted in the graph below, this disparity in feelings of warmth toward ingroup vs. outgroup is even more pronounced among whites who consider themselves “very liberal” where it widens to just under 20 points. Notably, while white liberals have consistently evinced weaker pro-ingroup biases than conservatives across time, the emergence and growth of a pro-outgroup bias is actually a very recent, and unprecedented, phenomenon.
"Men låt mig berätta om hur det ser ut utanför tullarna. För två år sedan – alltså långt innan det som kallas ”flyktingkrisen” uppstod – bodde jag i Kosta i Småland och gjorde smör. Ibland behövde jag åka in till Lessebo: till Systembolaget för att köpa vin, till Konsum för att köpa mat. Ni vet, livet i glesbygd.
Första gången klädde jag mig som jag brukar om sommaren, dvs i korta shorts och en helt vanlig halvurringad top. Det gjorde jag inte om. Jag löpte gatlopp mellan unga män som inte hade något bättre för sig än att sitta på torget och trakassera sådana som jag. Och ja, jag vet att det är en total jävla tristess att vänta på uppehållstillstånd; ja, jag vet att det inte tar fram det bästa hos människor.
”Hey sexy” skrek en kille i mitt öra. ”I will fuck you” väste en annan, som tryckte sig mot mig. ”You buy wine – you are haaram” berättade en tredje för mig när jag kom ut från Systemet. Jag väntade på bussen tillbaka under en väldigt hotfull stämning – klockan ett på dagen.
Nästa gång hade jag långkjol på mig, och heltäckande tröja. Då slapp jag de värsta trakasserierna, men återigen skrek unga män åt mig att jag inte fick köpa vin – och spottade på mig när jag gjorde det. Det är inte ett Sverige jag känner igen. Det är däremot ett Sverige som gör mig förstående, om än förtvivlad, inför proteströster på SD. Det är inte riktigt det folkhem vi strävat efter.”
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