(Google) Alert to injustice in society, especially racism.
(Merriam Webster) Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)
(Merriam Webster) Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)
Woke has become far-right's favourite buzz word after identity politics and post-modernism, to dismiss any social issues and individual responsibility. But one should strive to stay woke and not be a sick joke.
by Johnwick98 September 6, 2022

being self-aware of one's own social oppression, and sensitive to how social theory operates in everyday life.
"She all the way woke."
by comhlth February 28, 2017

by Shugunou May 17, 2023

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by osan January 16, 2021

Nigga: World War III started, nigga
Me: *I sleep*
Nigga: Bitch they stole your lunchables
me: Bitch im woke
Me: *I sleep*
Nigga: Bitch they stole your lunchables
me: Bitch im woke
by Zeon W. June 6, 2018

To be asleep and uncritically accept whatever nonsense social science professors dream up to advance Marxist goals. As with most liberal speak the meaning of the word is the opposite of the word's standard meaning.
by FriendoftheLittlePeople August 31, 2020
