The next time you hear somebody use "woke" as a pejorative, maybe remind them that the dictionary definition of the word is to be aware of societal injustices. What sort of psychopath doesn’t want to be woke? - ThreadSky

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lukebuckmaster.bsky.social • 37 days ago

The next time you hear somebody use "woke" as a pejorative, maybe remind them that the dictionary definition of the word is to be aware of societal injustices. What sort of psychopath doesn’t want to be woke?

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tazgecko.bsky.social•37 days ago

Also, there is a type of person who uses that word, daily. Ones who I would have little time for.

elonsniffsseats.bsky.social•36 days ago

Conservatives love being ignorant. It's like their whole thing.

timrust.bsky.social•37 days ago

Same ones condemning a bishop for asking a president to show empathy, at a guess

hs247.bsky.social•37 days ago

Dumbass, stop telling people what to do.

ajsadauskas.bsky.social•37 days ago

More specifically, it's a term coined by Black Americans to mean being aware of racial injustices.

It was listed by the NY Times in that context in the '60s, as well as in an MLK speech.

It was popularised by Black Twitter and BLM in the mid 2010s.

See the thread below and the linked articles 👇

ajsadauskas.bsky.social•37 days ago

A really great article below by Giselle Defares from 2016 about the misappropriation of the word "woke" by white Americans.

Please read it if you have a chance 👇👇👇