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After a week of far-right rioting fuelled by online misinformation, the British government is to change the school curriculum so English schoolchildren are taught critical thinking skills to tackle it (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] Reach@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination.

Source: Wikipedia

Yes it's woke. Yes that's good. I'll never shy away from calling out the right's ridiculous demonisation of anti-racism...

Edit: Also yea, I bet Nigel Farage or some other Reform fool is already yelling into the void about this.