Are ‘wokeness’ and DEI really to blame for Trump’s rise? | Ben Ansell on Prospect

A culprit has been found for the Kamala Harris and the Democrats’ loss to Donald Trump’s Republicans—dragged kicking and screaming into the defendant’s chair and accused of fatally undermining liberalism. That enemy is “woke”.

But did wokeness and DEI really turn the election? Oxford University political scientist Ben Ansell is highly sceptical. He cites evidence that diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the workplace are actually fairly popular. When it comes to what turned the election: “it’s the economy, stupid.”

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📖: Read the article referred to in this episode here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identity/diversity/69228/woke-dei-to-blame-rise-of-trump

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