BY MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER AND PETER BOGHOSSIAN | NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Michael Shellenberger and I wrote “Woke Religion: A Taxonomy” to help people understand the woke religion. 

I want to be crystal clear about something: bigotry and racial discrimination are real and they have no place in society. Yes, there is ongoing racism. Yes, there is ongoing homophobia. Yes, there is ongoing hatred of trans people. These are morally abhorrent and we all need to work together to bring about their end. The woke religion, however, is not the way to stop these moral horrors. It is making our shared problems more difficult to solve. 

This is the spirit in which we offer this taxonomy.



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Link to PDF copy on Peter Boghossian’s Substack Page



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