Is the Anti-Woke Backlash upon Us?

America is on the verge of making its stupidity fun again.

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Kenan Thompson plays the father of a Columbia University student on Saturday Night Live, May 4, 2024.

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If you’re an avid news consumer, perhaps you heard of the university professor who was threatened with discipline because he said his exam was structured like a “Chinese restaurant menu.” Or the professor who said he was made to walk across campus holding hands with another man as part of his “gay sensitivity training.” Or the UC Berkeley professor who claimed the story of Little Red Riding Hood is sexist, arguing it had been rewritten by men who wanted to portray the protagonist as “a weak little thing who had to be rescued.”

But it’s also possible you missed these stories because none of them happened during the recent “woke” era in educational institutions across America. In fact, they all happened between 1989 and 1991, during the era of “political correctness,” the precursor to woke.

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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