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Barack Obama: “I am dismissive of people who try to trot out woke, because women in the workplace don't want to be sexually harassed.”

On the recordJune 14, 2023
I am dismissive of people who try to trot out woke, because women in the workplace don't want to be sexually harassed.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama critiques the misuse of the term 'woke' in discussions about social issues.

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