Black and Un-‘Woke’

Conservative talking points are no more convincing when — surprise! — the person peddling them isn’t White.

2021 California gubernatorial recall election hopeful Larry Elder (Photo: flickr/Gage Skidmore)

I came a little late to the idea that to be socially aware is to be woke. I never even heard the past-tense verb used as an adjective until a few years ago while I was watching TV. A character on the New York City-set Younger — Kelsey, a successful…