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Hints at where the support for that ideology originates from.

That "ideology" originates in the US, namely in black communities that have been marginalised since slavery. No need for conspiracy theories about China somehow causing wokeness and antiracism.

It most certainly does not originate from the black community, but leftist liberal white academics. Blacks have certainly adopted the cause but they are not the ones stirring most of the ridiculousness we are seeing.

A view that is both incorrect and racist.

For example, "intersectionality" was coined by this black academic:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Williams_Crens...

There are many more examples of black activists and scholars who have pioneered this way of seeing the world. Ascribing that work to white scholars denies the people actually doing the work agency, and to reiterate, is racist.

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