Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, the concept of “woke” is not a particularly new thing for you. Initially it came into somewhat common use as a term that described someone who was aware of what was going on in his/her community.
Of course, the dictionary describes woke as the past tense of wake. That is, being past the point of waking up. Today its common use is to refer to someone who sees the ‘infinite” ways in which racism, sexism and classism affect how we live our lives on a daily basis. And therein lies a problem.
Hard core leftists often use it as a pejorative, as in “not woke,” to smear people who do not agree with every progressive ideology put forth by the Democratic Party. It is also used in a knee jerk reaction against those who fail to keep up with and conform to Democratic talking points.
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