In response to the letter, “America threatened by liberal wokeness, hatred” (Star-Advertiser, Nov. 18), the definition of wokeness is the state of being aware, especially of social problems such as racism, inequality and social injustice. Members of the LGBTQ community are often victims of social injustice. There are also underserved communities that are often victimized by Christian zealots aka evangelicals who support the MAGA movement.

Nationwide, they set up shop in underserved communities and indoctrinate their congregations. The offering plates are passed around more than a few times. These zealots don’t care about the people from these communities. Safe to say their methods are parallel to Joel Osteen. That letter writer tries to draw blame away from zealots who support Donald Trump.

Norman Fujioka

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