In the last ten years especially, the shift to a Woke America has been as confusing as anything you will see. In efforts to "progress" the country forward, Liberals have proposed ideas, such as separate student unions for minorities on college campuses, among other things. Their idea of progression has been to regress ourselves into pre-Civil Rights America. It has been an astounding lack of awareness that has been incredible to watch.
The woke ideology has spread like an infectious disease to our nation's biggest corporations, stores, and even the banking system. The big wig banks, who have the say-so in approving your loans, now look at things like race, and your social justice record before granting them. Forget a bad credit history or defaulting on payments. If you are a minority who loves the Left, you will get a loan. Even if you have no business getting it.
Conservative activist Christian Collins says instead of your history, they look at your 'ESG' score, which means your environment, social justice, and governance record.
"They want to see if you are environmentally friendly...then your plan to create social justice, like letting women get abortions...then look at the governance, or if you have female employees, or ones who now identify as a woman," he says.
That is right, even if you have done everything right in your financial life, you can be denied because you did not support Black Lives Matter enough, or do enough to prevent global warming.
Banks are likely still illicitly using user search data they have been using for a while, which flags Americans who search for bibles, guns or anything remotely Conservative. But even if you do not do that, you still may not fit their rigid diversity requirement.
"They really want a Hispanic, or black, or female applicant...and that is not fair. It is not based on merit, or anything," he says, "We have to get back to a place where we are giving everyone equal treatment, and equal opportunity."
It is ironic that a party that pushes equality has created such unequal footing.
As more big-name brands, like Target or Bud Light, go woke, Collins hopes that Americans will start moving away from the big banks as they continue going doing the same.
"I hope people move from them, so the banks feel the pressure and put their money in places that share their values," he says. "Because if they are not, they are just supporting places that will eventually hinder them from doing what they want to do."
All the woke pushes the last few years have directly violated the Civil Rights Act, specifically the part prohibiting race discrimination in contracts such as loans or mortgages. They are directly breaking and telling the law, which creates equality, to 'shove it' basically.
It is a miracle more lawsuits have not been filed already. But more may come as they continue choking the American dream.
"You are supposed to get loans to grow a company, or to get started...If they cannot do that, we will be in a country that is a shell of what it once was," he says.
As for the solution to the problem, it really falls on Americans alone.
"We need to pass laws in legislature through voting our values...and ensuring we have the right people in place to vote from the state, federal, and even the local level," he says.