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Barack Obama takes on 'woke' call-out culture: 'That's not activism'

Guardian News · 1.7M views · 2019-10-30 · 1:54

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A Guardian clip of Barack Obama at the Obama Foundation summit saying that call-out culture is not activism and that casting stones will not bring change.

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Cited repeatedly in threads on wokeness, cancel culture and outrage as an authoritative voice from the left criticizing call-outs.

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normalaccess · 2025-01 · Reference

Even Obama is not a fan of "woke" culture and calls it out for the hollow vapid gotcha politics that it is: [VIDEO]

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gitfan86 · 2025-01 · Reference

You are dismissing the issue by implying it is a right wing thing. Obama is using the term and criticising people who do it in this clip. I in no way consider him to be right wing. [VIDEO]

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gitfan86 · 2025-01 · Reference

You obviously didn't read the article. He calls out how virtue signallers quickly change what the rules are around which word are OK. Here is someone who you may or may not consider to be a far right bad actor explaining what woke is: [VIDEO]

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