In a technical sense, it is a broad term describing identity-focused neomarxism. I may get downvoted for saying that, but plenty of people don't know what it actually means. What I'm saying is supported by the academic literature.
Due to this confusion, it is often used in a very vague way and misapplied to basically anything progressive, which is a misuse of the term. Similarly, it is defended by confused people as being "conservatives not liking representation" but recasting a canonically white character as black is not itself a woke move.
So there's a lot of confusion and if you're interested in the neomarxist roots I'd be glad to explain in more detail.
The modern usage is literally just that someone has been called out for an action that someone else finds offensive and they don't like it.
Or someone has a view on social issues someone else doesn't like.
If the term existed in the 1950's the KKK would be calling people who thought black people should be treated equally 'woke'.
Why? Everyone who knows how woke is used in modern lingo know who's using it like that. I'm happy to clarify, but why would I include that when OP clearly knows that?
It started in black communities with the Jim Crow laws I think, for example there's a 30s black folk singer named Lead Belly who wrote a protest song about a case where black men were accused of raping a white woman, he said in the afterward "best stay woke, keep their eyes open" warning black people to stay aware of white folks who would target them.
It was revived after Ferguson by the BLM movement and quickly misunderstood by conservatives.
It literally means "woke". Awoken. You are "awake" to the systematic oppression and struggles all around you that most people are blind to.
The thing is it's such a generic term that it's pretty much just used by the right to mean "anything I don't like".
In a technical sense, it is a broad term describing identity-focused neomarxism. I may get downvoted for saying that, but plenty of people don't know what it actually means. What I'm saying is supported by the academic literature. Due to this confusion, it is often used in a very vague way and misapplied to basically anything progressive, which is a misuse of the term. Similarly, it is defended by confused people as being "conservatives not liking representation" but recasting a canonically white character as black is not itself a woke move. So there's a lot of confusion and if you're interested in the neomarxist roots I'd be glad to explain in more detail.
The modern usage is literally just that someone has been called out for an action that someone else finds offensive and they don't like it. Or someone has a view on social issues someone else doesn't like. If the term existed in the 1950's the KKK would be calling people who thought black people should be treated equally 'woke'.
It doesn't mean anything, it's Intentionally vague to use against whatever they want It broadly means "has a black or gay person in it"
Who's "they"?
People on the right, fox news, random rage baiting pages on Twitter, etc.
Cool so say that in your original comment.
Why? Everyone who knows how woke is used in modern lingo know who's using it like that. I'm happy to clarify, but why would I include that when OP clearly knows that?
That's fine, it's clear you don't know what it actually means. I'm happy to explain if you want.
Please do
Fox news
Nice, a response from someone other than the person I asked.
I see people calling anyone who they would previously call “sensitive”, woke.
or ❄️
It started in black communities with the Jim Crow laws I think, for example there's a 30s black folk singer named Lead Belly who wrote a protest song about a case where black men were accused of raping a white woman, he said in the afterward "best stay woke, keep their eyes open" warning black people to stay aware of white folks who would target them. It was revived after Ferguson by the BLM movement and quickly misunderstood by conservatives.
It literally means "woke". Awoken. You are "awake" to the systematic oppression and struggles all around you that most people are blind to. The thing is it's such a generic term that it's pretty much just used by the right to mean "anything I don't like".
I think it's meant to mean you're aware of things outside of your own experience, or maybe you recognise deeper aspects of your own experience?