'Worst of the Woke' awards go to Disney, Olympics, Super Bowl and other big names

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Disney, Harvard and the Paris Olympics rang out the year as recipients of 
the 2024 Worst of the Woke awards, the dubious distinction given to 
companies and organizations for “outrageous headline-grabbing incidents of 
woke run wild.”

The other winners of the New Tolerance Campaign’s fourth annual honor 
included Harley-Davidson, Columbia and Super Bowl LVIII, all institutions 
recognized for foisting “a woke agenda on a weary public,” said the 
campaign.

“The important thing is to understand that we can laugh about woke in the 
United States, and I think we should. Woke deserves to be ridiculed, and 
we have a duty to do that in the United States,” Gregory T. Angelo, 
president of the right-tilting group, told The Washington Times. “It’s how 
we keep the culture in check.”

At the same time, he said, efforts to push left-wing concepts like 
diversity, equity and inclusion on Americans should not be taken lightly.

“It’s also important to note that there are very large, very well-funded, 
very powerful institutions that are pushing a leftist ideological agenda 
throughout our culture,” Mr. Angelo said. “It’s important to take the list 
just as seriously as one might find it amusing.”

Leading the list of 10 honorees was “The Acolyte,” the Disney+ streaming 
series that crashed after one season amid mockery over its leftist take on 
the “Star Wars” franchise, which included an “all-lesbian coven of Force 
witches.”

The 2024 Paris Games made the cut for its opening ceremony featuring drag 
queens posing as the apostles in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last 
Supper,” while Harvard received a nod after some professors canceled 
classes following Republican Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

The Super Bowl made the list for starting off with “Lift Ev’ry Voice and 
Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, which has been sung ahead of 
every NFL championship since 2020, the year of the Black Lives Matter 
heyday.

Rounding out the top 10 were the World Professional Association for 
Transgender Health; British car manufacturer Jaguar; Penzeys Spices, a 
Wisconsin-based retailer known for its anti-Trump activism; and the toy 
brand Mattel.

Why Mattel? The company launched a line of gender-neutral dolls with 
sexually ambiguous accessories in 2019 called “Creatable World,” although 
the series appears to have been discontinued. The Washington Times has 
reached out to Mattel for comment.

The campaign also gave its 2024 Champion of Tolerance award to Robby 
Starbuck, the conservative activist and filmmaker who prodded multiple 
corporations to eliminate or scale back their DEI programs as well as end 
their association with the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality 
Index.

Companies targeted by Mr. Starbuck include John Deere, Ford, Harley 
Davidson, Caterpillar, Tractor Supply and Walmart, all brands known for 
their working-class image.

“Robby came at his fight against woke from a unique angle, where he 
specifically looked at institutions and corporations that historically are 
known for having a very blue-collar Americana appeal,” Mr. Angelo said. 
“He pointed out that these brands are engaging in DEI and woke policies 
that not only undercut the brand, but are actually bad for the brand’s 
bottom line.”

His efforts put other companies on notice. Mr. Starbuck said in November 
that Walmart rolled back its DEI initiatives and pulled out of the 
Corporate Equality Index a week after he contacted the company.

“So there was a ripple effect with Robby’s advocacy this year that had an 
extreme impact,” said Mr. Angelo, the former president of the Log Cabin 
Republicans who worked in the first Trump administration.

• Valerie Richardson can be reached at [email protected].


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