Woke 1.0, the Okey-Doke and Why CRT Scares White Folk, Blacksplained By Kimberlé Crenshaw

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Woke 1.0, the Okey-Doke and Why CRT Scares White Folk, Blacksplained By Kimberlé Crenshaw

The civil rights advocate, author and scholar responsible for coining the term “critical race theory” explains its origin, the true definition and why it gives white people the heebie-jeebies.

Michael Harriot

Oct 28, 2026

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My mama was “woke.”

She raised me and my sisters to question everything—even her. She was a churchgoing woman, but she didn’t care when I semi-converted to Islam at 9 years old after reading the Autobiography of Malcom X (to be fair, my religious conversion mostly consisted of me saying “Inshallah” a lot). She even brought me a microphone to start my car…

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