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1. 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 from changing the names of streets,...
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2. 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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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 · Conservatives are using ‘woke,’ a term coined by Black Americans, against progressive ideals of social justice during this midterm election cycle. ABC News Video
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4. 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 short. “Woke” began in Black...
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5. 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 · I would argue that woke really starts around the early 1960s and '70s with the Black Power movement and civil rights issues of the time. It wasn't just called woke, it was called consciousness.
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6. What does being woke mean? - USA TODAY
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/
Description: WEBMar 9, 2023 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 2:02. During the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, speaker after speaker attacked "woke" ideology in their speeches to conservative activists. Republican...
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7. 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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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 · (AP Photo/John Minchillo) By: Matthew Crowley. March 8, 2023. Are you woke to “woke”? Seems pundits and politicians can’t stop talking about it. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican...
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9. How 'woke' became the word of our era
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/21/how-woke-became-the-word-of-our-era
Description: WEBNov 21, 2020 · 1. Woke extends to conversations around art, politics, economic and social class, gender inequality, trans rights and environmentalism. But woke in its original incarnation rests on activism...
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10. War on wokeness: the year the right rallied around a made-up …
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/20/anti-woke-race-america-history
Description: WEBDec 22, 2022 · In 2021, the right became increasingly irate at what it described as “wokeness” but which tended to mean any attempt to engage in civil rights or social justice. In 2022, anti-woke became an...
