Lifting the RACIST veil behind the term "WOKE".

[Claire Oh Nette]

6. Woke originated in Black circles

While pinpointing slang origins is often tricky,

Erykah Badu’s song “Master Teacher, 2008

Even if yo baby ain't got no money
To support ya baby, you
(I stay woke)
Even when the preacher tell you some lies
And cheatin on ya mama, you stay woke
(I stay woke)
Even though you go through struggle and strife
To keep a healthy life, I stay woke
(I stay woke)
Everybody knows a black or a white there's creatures in every shape and size
Everybody
(I stay woke)


it's a term from Black culture that moved mainstream at the end of GWB's term as it was clear Obama was likely to be on the ticket.

Stay woke for Black people, then woke for describing white allies.

Woke has undergone pejorification--turned into a slur against those who are social justice activists. It's code for racists to use to lump all the non fascist, racist, homophobists together.

It's also a sign that being woke is working, and the racists are uncomfortable and lashing out.