The New York Times admits that ‘woke’ ideology is losing its ‘grip on the country’

The New York Times acknowledged in a news analysis over the weekend that the “woke” ideology that peaked after the death of George Floyd in 2020 has largely dissipated this election cycle as Democrats shy away from calls to defund the police and decriminalize border crossings.

Jeremy Peters, a national reporter for the paper, wrote a story titled “In contrast to 2020, identity politics loses its grip on the country.”

Peters noted in the analysis that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, “is bragging about defending her home with a Glock, touting her patriotism and campaigning with Republicans like Liz Cheney.”

During this election, Harris also “reminded voters of the drug dealers she put in prison” when she was a California prosecutor.

Harris has also shown a “change in tone” on issues of gender identity.

Unlike in 2019, when she introduced herself during a CNN town hall by noting that her pronouns were “she, her and her,” today she “changes the subject when asked” if she would make taxpayers foot the bill for sex reassignment operations for detainees. migrants and prisoners, according to Peters.

The Times reporter noted that major companies were undoing their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies amid an online backlash from conservatives.

The article also showed how top universities have stopped asking job applicants to sign “diversity statements” – personal documents attesting to their commitment to diversity.

Even terms like “latinx” are no longer required as references to Latinos. Peters cited a poll from 2020 and this year that showed less than 5% of Latinos had used the gender-neutral term.

That’s a far cry from four years ago, when polls showed large majorities of Americans — including those who described themselves as Democrats and liberals — said they didn’t always speak freely about their beliefs for fear of being yelled at by progressives. . at the Times.

“What seems to have changed…is that people are now recognizing that some progressive, identity-focused solutions to injustice were never widely popular,” Peters wrote, citing academic researchers and political strategists.

Peters noted that the Democratic Party candidates vying for the 2020 nomination were debating defunding the police, decriminalizing border crossings by undocumented migrants and eliminating private health insurance.

Since then, progressive candidates who have been outspoken advocates of those positions have not fared well in races, such as Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who lost their primaries to more centrist candidates.

“The question for those on the progressive wing of the party is whether they continue to pursue some of their more polarizing ideas about identity,” Peters wrote.