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Mick Clifford: A ready-made excuse to not tackle hatred and racism

To hear that 'woke is dead' will come as a surprise to those who never knew it was alive in the first place
Mick Clifford: A ready-made excuse to not tackle hatred and racism

Protesters take part in an event organised by Black Voices Matter, following the death of George Floyd, who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

One outcome of last week’s referendum result is that a lot of the country has woken up to woke. For some, the result was all about woke. 

Others who were unaware that woke was destroying the country have now been introduced to it. And for yet more the whole woke business, and particularly the use of the term, is faintly ridiculous.

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