5 Reasons I was pretty sure I was woke. And the grievous realization that I’m obviously not.

JP Akhter
8 min readDec 14, 2020

This article starts out tongue in cheek, but it gets really, really dark. (Sorry about that; just writing what I feel here, and it’s taking a different turn than I imagined!) Please don’t read on if you’re triggered by racial injustice or neonatal death.

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JP Akhter

Scientist, artist, mother, T1D :: I observe the world from a secular humanism perspective, and I write about nature, culture, and the characters in my life.