Weaponizing 'Woke': A Brief History of White Definitions
Fourscore and three years ago, Huddie Lead Belly" Ledbetter-a self-titled musicianer" who was heralded as a Bad Nigger" who makes good minstrel" by Life magazine-explained how he came to create one of the first racism* carols. Named after nine young Black men who had been falsely accused of raping two white women,...
