The Great Un-Wokening Meets the Campus Resistance

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | March 17, 2025 | Peter Wood

[karpov]

Many of America’s large corporations are beating a retreat from their former commitments to saving the planet from catastrophic climate change. They are also reassessing their earnest allegiance to DEI policies. Indeed, the whole apparatus of ESG (“environmental, social, and governance”) policies in the for-profit sector now looks a bit like the Pacific Palisades after the fire. Not just climate and race stuff, but other progressive causes, including “gender diversity” and “aspirational hiring,” are facing early retirement.

The list of companies that are participating in what might be called the Great Un-Wokening is impressively long and, in its way, diverse. State Street (asset management), Warner Bros. (mediocre movies), Paramount (“A Mountain of Entertainment”), Goldman Sachs (investing in everything), BlackRock (ditto), Citigroup (more of the same), Pepsi and Coca-Cola (carbonated beverages), Google (advertisement emporium) and Disney (worse-than-mediocre movies and overpriced theme parks) stand out, but the list is much longer.

Exactly why an epidemic of sanity has broken out in the corporate world is a topic for wiser heads than mine. It could be that these companies are tired of squandering money on silly ideological crusades, or it could be a collective reawakening to the wisdom of Adam Smith.

Great shifts in the capital spirit seldom occur without responsive echoes in the American academy. And, indeed, in the behavior of some colleges and universities, echoes of the Great Un-Wokening can be discerned. What is especially interesting, however, is how faint these echoes are. It is as if higher education wants to play along with State Street et al., but its heart isn’t really in it.

[healy61]

These companies and others know that a banana duct taped to a wall is not impressive art. They are sick and tired of having worked hard to have interlopers move in and extract money from them. And protesters in the street - an emergency should prevail over their safety as a driver speeds toward a hospital.

[notdownwidems]

Similar to congressional Republicans, they didn’t do squat about DEI, ESG or anything like that until Donald Trump, supported by 75 million good Americans, pulled them, kicking and screaming, to the right.

[lurk]

The university will soon get the message that their woke training no longer finds an open door in the real world. Boards of regents and presidents will make the change for the money.

[SaveFerris]

[other progressive causes, including “gender diversity” ... are facing early retirement.]

Fortunately the Democrats don't own the White House now -
Democrat Joe Biden and Democrat Barack Obama were
determined to push this madness upon not only America, but the world too
(via USAID and the State Department)

THIS WORKS MUCH BETTER IF LURKERS SHARE THESE
VIA TEXT / EMAIL - WAKE UP THE WORLD

WE WILL NOT participate in their delusions. Including this one. They really need to read and BELIEVE the Scriptures.

The Days of Lot are upon the world - just as prophesied

Sudden Destruction is
prophesied for the Days of Lot

Even thus shall it be
in the Day when the
Son of Man is revealed from Heaven



(newer version which includes verse 32) - both images posted
for effect

[bobbo666]

No, they aren’t. Just going underground. Imagine spraying your kitchen floor for the roaches. And, wait a week. Now, go into it in the middle of the night and flick on the lights.

If you are not willing to go medieval on them nothing will change. the only guarantee for a generation is to go thru the employee list and anyone who worked in HR or any dept with DEI components — fire them. If such are assigned elsewhere nothing will change.