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37. It' started in the Black community in the 2010s.

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 03:09 PM

Apr 2022

It's a shortening of older forms..."wake up", "stay woke", "stay alert", etc. 20-something African Americans introduced it but stop using it when wingers became aware of it. They kept hearing it but didn't really know what it meant but they knew it had something to do with what Dems stand for so they co-opted it and turned into a negative.

Typical.

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Can someone please explain to me what the right wing meme "woke" means? [View all] AZLD4Candidate Apr 2022 OP

"Woke" can be traced back to the early-to-mid-20th century and was used by Black Americans as a call WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #1

So, if that is true, the Republicans are openly and proudly insulting black people and wearing their AZLD4Candidate Apr 2022 #3

They've been doing it for decades. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #4

Five or six years ago the "wake-up" call was shortened... brush Apr 2022 #16

No, the term has always been "woke." WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #17

I personally didn't hear it until the 2010s and I'm Black... brush Apr 2022 #22

That's fine; its documented use goes back decades. Leadbelly used "stay woke" in a song in the late WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #23

I remember when my niece started saying it BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #24

It faded out because, you know, like most Black slang, when they get ahold of it... brush Apr 2022 #25

Exactly BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #26

"Wake up", "stay woke", "stay alert" all have the same... brush Apr 2022 #31

yes, pretty much anarch Apr 2022 #29

The greatest majority of those using it have no clue of its origins. Maru Kitteh Apr 2022 #14

Just like socialism, Marxism, communism Nevilledog Apr 2022 #34

+1, GZP appropriates works black people use to demonize knowledge of their horridness uponit7771 Apr 2022 #19

I haven't got a clue. It seems they are VERY bad a coming up with pejoratives Siwsan Apr 2022 #2

And "tree hugger". lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #7

Antifa does not support troops or government entities to combat Nazis LeftInTX Apr 2022 #15

"woke" is a left wing term that right wing made into a slur Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #5

So it's coded language for white straight christian power elite? AZLD4Candidate Apr 2022 #8

To them a woke person believes racism and sexism exist Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #20

It' started in the Black community in the 2010s. brush Apr 2022 #37

Whatever it means, DeSantis just passed a law against it: "The Stop WOKE Act." sop Apr 2022 #13

How about "cancel culture"...WTF does that mean? sop Apr 2022 #6

The use of "woke" by MAGA chuds works basically like an inverse Godwin's Law... keep_left Apr 2022 #9

If I hear someone use it, they are hereafter nothing to me. Patterson Apr 2022 #10

Yep, you know immediately they're a winger. brush Apr 2022 #28

I tell people it means they (republicans) Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #11

Because they can't spell "enlightened". Lunabell Apr 2022 #12

When asked the MAGA answer is - if answered- basically anything non-MAGA haele Apr 2022 #18

Buddha vs. White Jesus ymetca Apr 2022 #21

Just one more instance of grammar-school namecalling. grumpyduck Apr 2022 #27

"It's something WE DON'T LIKE, LIBTARD!!!!" hatrack Apr 2022 #30

It's another truncated variation of "We can't run on policy, so we make shit up!" Torchlight Apr 2022 #32

"Woke" comes out of the African American community BarackTheVote Apr 2022 #33

Well said, but we have no way to stop them from... brush Apr 2022 #38

It all typically means anything that challenges hegemony. Caliman73 Apr 2022 #35

Conservatives used to have a lovely term for liberals jmowreader Apr 2022 #36

Read some of the rest of the entries on this thread. brush Apr 2022 #39