The French are absolutely right to say ‘no thanks’ to US woke-ism

It s an American export that prudent Europeans want to keep out. They ve paid close attention to the product s development in the United States, and they ve determined that it s toxic. They re afraid it will damage their kids, undermine their society and threaten civilization.

No, it s not genetically modified food or Velveeta or McDonald s. It s woke American scholarship on race. And frankly, the Euro-critics have a point.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his ministers view the threat as existential. As the New York Times reported, they think woke-ism fuels secessionism. Gnaws at national unity. Abets Islamism. Attacks France s intellectual and cultural heritage.

Academics disagree, of course. But that s no more a surprise than seeing manufacturers of synthetic cheese stand up in defense of Velveeta.

via nypost.com

Fair enough, but the woke-ism is just reconstituted and reheated French philosophy, a la Derrida, and the rest of those darn Yuropean post-Marxist sorts. Oh, the irony. It makes one shrug one’s shoulders and say “pphuuuuuh.”