Why read We Have Never Been Woke?

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How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status-without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged

Society has never been more egalitarian-in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have…

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1 author picked We Have Never Been Woke as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Cory Hartman

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I did not want this book to end. Every so often a book thrills me because I can never look at the world again the same way. This is one of them. Also, aside from the substance, al-Gharbi can write, which is by no means a given in academic writing.

As a nonmainstream symbolic capitalist, the argument was easy for me to accept. But it bit down on me as well, challenging me and my wife to make practical changes in how we live.

From Cory's 3 favorite reads in 2025.