On Tuesday night's All In With Chris Hayes on MSNBC, guest host Mehdi Hasan brought on the always-deranged New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie to mock conservatives for their so-called obsession with the left's religion of wokeness, as well as the highly contagious "woke mind virus." Predictably, the segment quickly turned into a discussion about race with both Hasan and Bouie proclaiming conservatives believe wokeness was anything that includes black people.
"I remember, for example, when black actress Holly Bailey was cast as Ariel, in the ‘Little Mermaid’ not long ago. That was decried as woke run amuck even though that’s not an example of hierarchies being set up," Hasan huffed to Bouie.
Hasan then smeared conservatives as racists by falsely claiming: "Woke is often used by conservatives as a way to complain about black people and black activism."
Not to be outdone, Bouie predictably agreed by claiming what Hasan alleged was backed up by the evidence: "You see it used to describe a black character in Star Wars, a black character, in a Disney movie. You see it described—a commercial with an interracial couple."
"You do begin to wonder if it is just a term of art, in this case for saying, black people who shouldn't be there, black people I don't think should be there, kind of thing," Bouie sneered.
There is nothing wrong with having characters of all skin colors in movies. When it becomes an issue is when woke leftists in Hollywood start recreating movies for the sole purpose of changing the skin colors of the characters involved. In the case of "The Little Mermaid," it was released nearly thirty-five years ago and nobody complained until the last few years when the "woke mind virus" began to spread.
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MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes
5/2/2023
8:36:34 p.m. EasternMEHDI HASAN: So, Jamelle, the term woke originated in the black community. It's since been hijacked by the right, as we’ve seen. But I remember, for example, when black actress Holly Bailey was cast as Ariel, in the ‘Little Mermaid’ not long ago. That was decried as woke run amuck even though that’s not an example of hierarchies being set up. That’s not an example of free speech being silenced. So, what that tells me is that woke is often used by conservatives as a way to complain about black people and black activism.
JAMELLE BOUIE: It is hard to deny when you begin to see its actual usage. Not necessarily by conservative politicians. But certainly by conservative media figures, by people in that orbit. And you see it used to describe a black character in Star Wars, a black character, in a Disney movie. You see it described—a commercial with an interracial couple. You do begin to wonder if it is just a term of art, in this case for saying, black people who shouldn't be there, black people I don't think should be there, kind of thing. And I think that is definitely under the umbrella of meanings, which gets to our earlier point, that it's just this vague term of abuse that can be used for, really, anything you want to use it for other than, ironically, its original meaning in the black community, which was kind of just being aware of forces of oppression around you. That's generally what it used to mean. But here we are.
