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While "Woke" White People Were Sleeping, The Bigots Stole America
It’s morning here in America, and for many white people who fancied themselves as “woke,” it’s been a rude awakening.
A lot happened while we were sleeping.
Our prolonged repose actually began in November of 2008.
Back then, we basked in the warm glow of what seemed like the dawn’s long-delayed arrival. Reveling in the once unthinkable reality of a black President, we all grew comfortable, nestling into a seductive complacency that only the blind spots of privilege and ignorance provide.
The unfettered joy of that moment became a slow-acting emotional sedative that slowly squeezed the urgency…
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