“WOKE?”
Al Ritter
What exactly does this word mean? In the first place it isn’t
even a word. At first I assumed it was merely arrogant millennials claiming
that they somehow were a generation with more knowledge than all generations
before them. A group that been awakened by their liberal indoctrination of
Public School teachers and liberal College professors.
Obviously it is a slang term because there is no definition
in accredited dictionaries. I had assumed it was the children of today claiming
the moral high ground over the older “Unwoke.” And I was right I suppose to a
certain extent.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it like this:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/woke-meaning-origin
It originally started in the Black Community as a slang term
for being aware
Wikipedia describes it as this:
“Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a term that refers to a perceived awareness
of issues that concern social justice and racial justice.[1] It derives from the African-American
Vernacular English expression stay woke.
It seems that these
dictionaries are struggling to offer diversity to a word that doesn’t even
exist, more importantly caving to an illiterate minority striving to be
relevant.
Personally I like the
Urban Dictionaries description best…………
2 comments:
I like the Urban description the best....deluded or fake awareness!
Well said!
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