Donald Trump’s administration from day 1 promised to clamp down on what they termed as “woke” ideology and replace it with an ideology that focuses more on unifying the nation instead of sowing division. So to ensure that, the administration has now removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth as days when Americans can have free access to national parks and has instead replaced them with Trump’s birthday.
This administration pointed out DEI as the main signifier of “wokeness.” There is little evidence that people in MAGA even understand the etymology of the word woke. In recent years it has evolved into a catch-all term that’s been attributed to progressive policies, and sometimes it has even veered into territory that borders on hostility towards Black people in America. For instance, Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel in The Little Mermaid was considered somehow woke in said circle.
