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The latter meaning was used in singer Childish Gambino's 2016 song "Redbone". [15] In the 21st century's first decade, the use of woke encompassed the earlier meaning with an added sense of being "alert to social and/or racial discrimination and injustice". [7]
The term "woke" used to have a different meaning. It was first used by Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey as early as 1923 . "Woke" was meant to acknowledge the struggles of African Americans and ...
A vast majority, or 78%, of Democrats surveyed said “woke” describes someone aware of injustices, while 56% of Republicans said it describes someone who is extremely politically correct.
In the wake of the killing of unarmed Black youths such as Trayvon Martin, Twitter users exhorted Americans to “stay woke,” meaning vigilant, about racism and police brutality.
Go woke, go broke, or alternatively get woke, go broke, is an American political catchphrase used by right-wing groups to criticize and boycott businesses publicly supporting progressive policies, including empowering women, LGBT people and critical race theory ("going woke"), claiming that stock value and business performance will inevitably suffer ("going broke") as a result of adopting ...
Woke is an adjective meaning 'aware of issues concerning social and racial justice'. Woke or WOKE may also refer to: Arts and entertainment
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., introduced a resolution this week in the U.S. House of Representatives in an attempt to educate Republicans on the true meaning of “woke” and its connection to ...
Toe the line – Meaning either to conform to a rule or standard, or to stand in formation along a line; Trigger warnings – Warnings that a work may cause distress; Truthiness – Quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than actual truth; Woke – Political slang