How can we maximize woke's potential while minimizing the culture war's divisiveness?

The word 'woke' has become a politically potent term used to define and discredit a host of social issues. (Shutterstock)

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and other major banks has raised fears about a potential 2008-style banking crisis. While this seems unlikely, like so many events these days, SVB’s failure has also been caught in the sticky rhetorical web of the culture war.

Right-wing media outlets and pundits have blamed SVB’s collapse on its so-called woke practices.