The strong repudiation of Donald Trump at this week’s election is being seen as a blow against the conservatives’ war on woke.
London | For two years, DEI has been a dirty little acronym in the United States. Government and corporate efforts to implement diversity, equity and inclusion policies had seemingly been banished by MAGA’s macho (and white) denizens.
But they/them have struck back, seizing on the sweeping repudiation of Donald Trump in this week’s midterm elections. Woke has been awakened in the blue wave – and the internet is lapping it up.
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