wokism

‘Shut the Hell Up and Listen’: Communications Class at Texas State

My communications professor at Texas State University taught his students a very valuable lesson this semester: “It costs nothing to shut the hell up and listen.” A class discussion about the word “woke” turned into an uncomfortable portrayal of how easily classroom dialogue can turn into an echo chamber of mob mentality. I was in […]

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Short Take: The Peak—and Decline—of Wokism

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on April 16, 2025. The Observatory translated it into English from French. I have edited it, to the best of my ability, to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines. It is crossposted here with permission. Hollywood was in a frenzy. The Césars […]

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