John McWhorter is a well known Black American linguist and social commentator. In this work he makes the case for considering the Wokeness (and within it the Black Lives Matter movement) to be a dangerous religious movement which is in fact damaging the cause of Blacks in the USA by patronising them. McWhorter's case for considering Wokeness to be religious in nature is compelling and of course previous thinkers such as Eric Voegelin and Emilio Gentile have said as much about other forms of political religions.
Unfortunately McWhorter's analysis is marred by his failure to distinguish between the healthy and pathological forms of religion. He appears to consider all religions to be fundamentally irrational and fundamentalist. Such a view fails to take account of the vastly positive role of much religious activity in human culture (education, human dignity, sense of meaning, art, social cohesion). Unfortunately too several times in the work McWhorter presents opposition to abortion as an example of an irrational position inspired by religion.
Nevertheless Woke Racism is certainly well worth reading. It is full of common sense and strong argumentation. It is also peppered with wonderful wit and good humour. Most importantly, McWhorter never falls into bitterness towards the adepts of the Wokism he criticizes so trenchantly; but rather is always considerate in his treatment of those who have unfortunately fallen into what is certainly a pseudo-religion.