{"id":6393,"date":"2022-08-30T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T23:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/?page_id=6393"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:37:37","slug":"elementor-6393","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/elementor-6393\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Los Angeles Book Club #04 \u2013 Sep. 28, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6393\" class=\"elementor elementor-6393\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-339b5dc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"339b5dc5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29b98bfc\" data-id=\"29b98bfc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e2e24f header-menu-wrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"12e2e24f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"chapter-menu\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"menu-chapter-page-menu-container\"><ul id=\"menu-chapter-page-menu\" class=\"inline-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-5606\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-5606\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/\">Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6040\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6040\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/fair-la-groups\/\">Groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5908\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/fair-la-events\/\">Events<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5909\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5909\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/fair-la-news\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5969\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5969\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/fair-la-book-club\/\">Book Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5611\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-5611\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/#leadership\">Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5612\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home last-menu-item menu-item-5612\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/#contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424e616 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"424e616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/9781546059820-1-2504374458.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6368\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/9781546059820-1-2504374458.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/los-angeles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/9781546059820-1-2504374458-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">\"Woke, Inc.: Inside America's Social Justice Scam\" by Vivek Ramaswamy<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><br>The FAIR LA Book Club will return in September 2022 with a discussion of Vivek Ramaswamy's 2021 <i>New York Times<\/i> bestseller, <i>Woke, Inc<\/i>. Mr. Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur and political commentator and in 2014 founded Roivant, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-saving medicines quickly and ethically. During the 2020 protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, he received backlash from Roivant employees who felt the company didn't take a strong enough position or express public support of the Black Lives Matter organization. Mr. Ramaswamy resigned as CEO in order to speak out more freely on what he calls the \"woke industrial complex.\" <br>\n\n<br> A multimilionaire himself, Vivek Ramaswamy calls himself a \"traitor to his class\" as he explains in detail how CEOs of major corporations recognized and began to capitalize on the cultural movement we call wokeness. Espousing woke causes offered them both financial gain and moral coverage for ongoing controversies. From Goldman Sachs to Disney, companies jumped on board as they pursued profits, social status, and government favors, which has led us to where we are today. Mr. Ramaswamy breaks down what a corporation is and why it is a necessary entity but then explains how activists have hijacked the corporate structure to provide a medium for their political priorities. He breaks down ESG investing, the DEI industry, the influence of outside players like China and the World Economic Forum, the volatility of social media, censorship from Silicon Valley, and the inquisitorial efforts of critical theorists and their adherents. Mr. Ramaswamy concludes with ideas on how to move forward and offers, according to Harvard professor and <i>New York Times<\/i> bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks, \"a path back toward a more free and prosperous society.\" <br>\n\n<br> Vivek Ramaswamy has authored articles for the <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> and <i>New York Post<\/i>,  has made numerous appearances on television including CNBC's <i>Squawk Box<\/i> and HBO's <i>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/i>, and will release his second book later this month. Come join us for a discussion of <i>Woke, Inc.<\/i> on September 28th<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79346c7c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"79346c7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-338de1b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"338de1b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-150efeee\" data-id=\"150efeee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ef6f80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ef6f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meeting Information:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8df7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f8df7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Date: <b>September 28<\/b><strong>, 2022<\/strong> (Wednesday)<\/li><li>Time: <strong>7:00PM<\/strong> to 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Links to Get the Book:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d930dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58d930dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Woke-Inc-Corporate-Americas-Justice\/dp\/1546090789\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29E32TX7S1IFB&amp;keywords=woke+inc&amp;qid=1661900327&amp;sprefix=woke+inc%2Caps%2C218&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Woke-Inc-Audiobook\/1549163655?qid=1661900364&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=91YS4ZKE1W70T9WXWE9E\">Audible<\/a><\/li><li><a 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In preparation for our book club discussion, check out the following links:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T5cZuwa-TWI\">MSNBC<\/a> \u2013 Interview of Ramaswamy. (YouTube \u2013 7 min)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1gQJk_goU4Q\">CNBC<\/a> \u2013 Interview of Ramaswamy on ESG and launch of Strive Asset Management. (YouTube \u2013 4 min)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1gQJk_goU4Q\">Fox Business<\/a> \u2013 Interview of Ramaswamy on the adaptation of racial preference policies in corporations. (YouTube &#8211; 6 min)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a5gwJ382dIw\">Woke Capitalism Against America<\/a> \u2013 Speech by Ramaswamy for Hillsdale College on April 282, 2021. (YouTube \u2013 26 min)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivekramaswamy.com\/\">VivekRamaswamy.com<\/a> \u2013 Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s personal website.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Woke, Inc.: Inside America&#8217;s Social Justice Scam&#8221; by Vivek Ramaswamy The FAIR LA Book Club will return in September 2022 with a discussion of Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s 2021 New York Times bestseller, Woke, Inc. 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