# Defining "woke" **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 15, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220 "2023-03-15T14:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 218
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220/218 "2023-03-18T03:12:03Z")
The article is a self-pitying piece of drivel. One wonders why the hell _Newsweek_ ever published it, but then, _Newsweek_ itself has been something of a rag since its takeover by IBT Media ten years ago. Speaking of reputation, I was curious what sordid outfit would lower itself to publish this imbecile’s book. Well, it’s something called DW Books, which stands for DailyWire Books (not to be confused with German broadcaster DW). And here are a few of the other gems they’ve also published: - _When Race Trumps Merit_ - _Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds_ (lavishly praised by Ted Cruz) - _How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps_ (by Ben Shapiro) - _Reasons to Vote for Democrats_. That last one is interesting because it was praised as “a great book for your reading enjoyment” by no less a literary giant than Donald Trump. Now, Trump is not known as much of a reader of books, but it all becomes clear when you get a little further in the blurb about the book, which states: “lefty lawyers require that we state the book is mostly blank”. Yes, folks, the distinguished publisher of Bethany Mandel’s book is selling a book called _Reasons to Vote for Democrats_ that is basically blank pages. Now that’s a class act! And obviously Trump’s kind of book. In fact he could have written it himself. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220)._