Woke Wars Episode 5 Why DeSantis wins with woke Opinion

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has crafted the perfect enemy with “wokeism.” It’s an ill-defined term, co-opted from Black communities by the GOP, that can stand in for just about anything the governor thinks will stir up voters. Mostly he has used it to attack vulnerable communities or fan the flame of small, everyday grievances into full-blown conflagrations. Under the umbrella of the anti-woke fight, a handful of objections to books in school libraries, for example, turns into a full review of every book on the shelf and the threat of a felony charge against teachers. Florida’s governor is using the…