From How the States Got Their Shapes
This series scores a clean 0/10 on wokeness by delivering straight historical facts on state borders, geography, and culture with zero identity politics or social justice framing. Safe, neutral storytelling focused purely on American history.
How the States Got Their Shapes - Season 2 is a straightforward educational series exploring the historical, geographical, and cultural factors behind U.S. state borders and regional identities.
Hosted solely by Brian Unger, it features episodes on topics like rivers shaping states, transportation history, red vs. blue state political divisions (framed historically), class and cultural contrasts such as white collar vs. blue collar or hillbilly vs. redneck, and similar neutral themes drawn from American history and landscape. There are no elements of identity politics, DEI-driven casting, gender or race-swapping of figures, critiques of traditional norms, systemic oppression narratives, or any social justice messaging.
The format remains focused on factual history, man-on-the-street interviews, and expert commentary without activist framing or contemporary political lectures. No audience backlash or creator statements indicate progressive influence, and the 2012 production aligns with traditional documentary style.
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We've run a full content analysis on How the States Got Their Shapes - Season 2 and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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