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

The former US president Barack Obama has spoken against call-out culture. ‘I do get a sense sometimes now among certain young people … that the way of me making change is to be as judgmental as possible about other people and that’s enough.’ Obama said that achieving change was a much more difficult issue than simply using social media. ‘That is not activism, that is not bringing about change. If all you’re doing is casting stones, you are probably not going to get that far,’ the 44th US president said at the thir Obama Foundation summit on Tuesday.

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31 COMMENTS

  1. he's a key figure in the wokism mouvement. Even supporting the wokest politics that can be (Harris-Walz). Totally against Dr Kings philosophy that we should be judge by our character. Nothing else. Wokists want to juge you on race, gender, wealth, health etc

  2. "Woker than you!" would make for a funny and provocative tee shirt, but it isn't an intelligent or effective strategy. Yet, too often, tragically but effectively, "piety protects the power it plies." Lord, protect us from self-righteous zealots!

  3. Aniga xaga diintayda cida iga martaayi horta ha idisho caawimaad iyo sharaf midna ku qaadan maayo hadaan dhimanaayo ha isoo doonina hada ha icaawinina hada wàxba ha iiqabanina diintayda uunbaan ku dhimanayaa kaa yeeli maayo afduub hadaad idisho .markasta waan dhiman ogaada lasocda

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