Diversity, equity, and inclusion are organizational frameworks that seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly groups who have historically been underreprese
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2024 work by the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation criticizing DEI in the NSF
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Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke, recorded s
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…the order was implemented the next month. Political opposition to corporate DEI efforts in the United States, particularly marketing criticized as "woke", have led to calls for boycotts of certain companies by activists and politicians; with notable examples being Disney, Target, Anheuser-Busch, and…
U.S. Congresswoman Marcia Fudge in 2018
Folk singer-songwriter Lead Belly used the phrase "stay woke" on a 1938 recording of his song "Scottsboro Boys".
"Master Teacher", a 2008 song by the American singer Erykah Badu (pictured in 2012), included the term "stay woke".
"#StayWoke" hashtag on a placard during a December 2015 protest in Minneapolis