I'm not sure that it's actually growing. The 60's happened, and then the punks in the 70's. NWA came a long time before BLM. I feel like folk trust institutions a regular amount these days. Not so say that they like them, but I don't think there is an unusual interest in changing them. I don't see 'woke' as organic.He's right about the growing distrust of institutions, though. And authority.
Black Lives Matter is a reaction to police violence against African Americans. Whether that reaction is due to increased awareness or increased violence is an open question. That graph is from here, which argues that police killings have gone way down since the '60s (nonetheless, note the uptick). On the other hand, here's Politifact: They determine that while the available statistics indicate a steady climb, the sources of those statistics suck. "more study needed" is a shitty place to be when the subject under scrutiny is "your race" and "being shot by police."
Re: Institutionalized Distrust: For the zillionth time this lifetime, I'm ashamedly guilty of letting my microcosm boil over into my worldview. When "woke" became a synonym for "lit", its etymology ceased to significantly matter, I guess. Maybe it was organic, originally, but I'm not going to attempt to dissect that timeline. And 'bl00 is right, Brooks definitely means well with his efforts, but there was already a lot of whiff'ing going on in the generation gap. Sprinkling in race wasn't going to bridge anything. Almost-good hustle, though. I also apologize for the generally negative vibe I've been rolling with around here. Apparently, I'm trying to go from a B.S. to a PhD in three years. Wasn't my idea.