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Why 'wokeness' has become the latest battlefront for white conservatives in America

  • Written by Emma Shortis, Lecturer in Social and Global Studies, RMIT University
Why 'wokeness' has become the latest battlefront for white conservatives in AmericaJohn Raoux/AP

The day he launched his bid for the Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned Fox News viewers “the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism.”

With his trademark subtlety, DeSantis was pitching himself to the Republican base that still supports Donald...

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