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Jul 2022
18m 29s

Diversity of the Woke

THE DAILY WIRE
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Is wokeness a predominantly white phenomenon? Wilfred Rielly is an assistant professor of political science at Kentucky State, and the author of Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War and he thinks the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Let's find out. 

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