What is “wokism”, this scapegoat of Trump, the French right and part of the left? – Liberation

The re-election of Donald Trump has brought to light the vague concept supposed to designate an intellectual and activist left too focused on questions of discrimination. Decryption.

Anti-racist, feminist and LGBT + activists, responsible for the victory of a racist, sexist and homophobic man, Donald Trump? Since the American elections of November 5, the refrain has hovered in the air, a little music as insidious as it is impalpable. Just as it would have floated throughout the campaign, according to a survey by the American Blueprint institute, close to the Democratic camp, published on November 8. In third position after inflation and immigration, the survey presents as the key explanation for the Trump vote Kamala Harris's too much attention to cultural issues, such as transidentity, rather than to the interests of the middle class.

Proof of the foggy nature of the concept, Google measured an audience peak for the term “wokism” in its famous search bar, where requests for definitions broke records on November 6. To the point that an explanation of the text seems necessary, especially for the most novice Internet users who sometimes find themselves transforming the “define wokism” in “what is walking».

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