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1. What does the word 'woke' really mean, and where does it come …
Link: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188543449/what-does-the-word-woke-really-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from
Description: WEBJuly 19, 20235:11 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. Domenico Montanaro. One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The...
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2. Here’s what ‘woke’ means and how to respond to it - The …
Link: https://theconversation.com/heres-what-woke-means-and-how-to-respond-to-it-219588
Description: WEBDec 20, 2023 · Often, what is dismissed as “woke” is a new practice that is recommended, requested, enacted or enforced as a replacement for an old one. These practices range...
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3. What does 'woke' mean and why are some conservatives using it?
Link: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/woke-conservatives/story?id=93051138
Description: WEBJan 23, 2024 · Woke is defined by the DeSantis administration as "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them," according to DeSantis' general counsel, as reported by The Washington Post. "We reject woke ideology," DeSantis said in his election 2022 night speech. "We will never ever surrender to the …
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4. What Does 'Woke' Mean? | Merriam-Webster
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/woke-meaning-origin
Description: WEBWoke is now defined in this dictionary as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),” and identified as U.S. slang. It originated in African American English and gained more widespread use beginning in 2014 as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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5. Woke - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Description: WEBWoke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination ". [1] [2] Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.
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6. PolitiFact | What does it mean to be ‘woke’?
Link: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/07/what-does-it-mean-to-be-woke/
Description: WEBMar 7, 2023 · “Woke” was a label some social justice activists adopted during the Black Libes Matter and Me Too Movements. By Matthew Crowley March 7, 2023. If Your Time is...
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7. What Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did the Term Become So …
Link: https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-does-woke-mean-and-how-did-the-term-become-so-powerful
Description: WEBJan 30, 2023 · On The Political Scene podcast, David Remnick talks with a linguist of slang—Tony Thorne—to unpack the power of the word “woke.”.
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8. Political definitions for ‘woke’ are all over the place - Poynter
Link: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/what-does-woke-mean-definition/
Description: WEBMar 8, 2023 · (The dictionary’s website, m-w.com, defines “woke” as “aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social...
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9. Let’s talk about it: What does 'woke' actually mean?
Link: https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/03/11/lets-talk-about-it-what-does-woke-actually-mean
Description: WEBMar 11, 2022 · How does the term “woke” go from being a term that really refers to consciousness and systemic thinking in Black activist circles in the 1960s, when do we start to hear...
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10. What’s ‘Woke’ and Why It Matters - The New York Times
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/upshot/woke-meaning-democrats-republicans.html
Description: WEBMar 24, 2023 · But while the definition of “woke” may be up for debate, there’s no doubt that the term is trying to describe something about the politics of today’s highly educated, young “new” left, especially...
