The Unbearable Unwokeness of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’
It kicked off the era of all-star do-good pop but sounds totally tone deaf today.
5 min readDec 17, 2019
It’s that time of year again. ’Tis the season to drag out all of those end-of-the-year holiday favorites: Christmas trees, mistletoe, eggnog, “White Christmas,” “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” and (God help us!) “Do They Know…