The word \u201cwoke\u201d<\/b> has changed a lot over time:<\/p>\n Woke The word \u201cwoke\u201d has changed a lot over time: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12749],"tags":[4722,4461,8608,2734,3685,7939,7581,9900,3257,3,617,637,7308,12336,12335,12337,3184,7344],"class_list":["post-10142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tumblr","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-discrimination","tag-environmental","tag-gay","tag-gender","tag-inequality","tag-left-wing","tag-lgbtqia","tag-politics","tag-quote-of-the-day","tag-quotes","tag-racism","tag-right-wing","tag-social-justice","tag-stay-woke","tag-systemic-inequality","tag-transgender","tag-woke"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Woke<\/i> meant being awake and aware<\/b>, especially about social and racial injustice. For example, someone who understood systemic racism or inequality might be described as \u201cstaying woke.\u201d<\/li>\n
Still used by some to mean being socially conscious, aware of inequality, and supportive of justice<\/b> (race, gender, LGBTQ+, environment, etc.).<\/li>\n
In politics and media, some people use woke<\/i> as a derogatory label<\/b> for what they see as overly progressive or performative activism<\/b>\u2014like focusing too much on identity politics or being \u201ctoo politically correct.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"