Tony Chamas is most known for his YouTube channel 1Dime, where he does video essays and mini-documentaries. His weekly podcast, 1Dime Radio, and his provocative Substack essays published on 1Dime Review, where he articulates more of his theories and research. He is also coming out with a book titled Freedom to Change Nothing: The Spectrum of Managed Democracy and What Makes the United States Different. His exclusive content may be found on Patreon.
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The Evangelical Origins of Wokeism
Genealogy I: The Protestant Origins of Wokeism The First and Second Great Awakenings While the word “woke” may have originated in African American vernacular, the sociological phenomenon of wokeism, the consciousness-first approach to socio-political thinking defined above, can be traced back to American Evangelism. To understand wokeism’s genealogy, we must begin with the First and… Read More »
Genealogy of Wokeism
Introduction The last thing most progressives think we need is another male writer complaining about “wokeism.” Why not talk about more important things? Wokeism has become somewhat of a floating signifier. Wokeism can mean different things to different people, with many people throwing the term around as a pejorative in highly inconsistent ways. However, many… Read More »