A view that had noble & reasonable beginnings but fell into becoming a deductive ideology that categorizes humans in two main categories: as oppressors & oppressed.
Such as the view that wealth is only attainable via exploitation of humans.
That 50% of humanity as sexists, as is the case in the 'The Gender Wealth Gap'.
Or that humans can't discuss other demographics unless they are that demographic.
(sex/skin/genders/wealth status/sexuality)
The ideology does not encourage independence (ex: financial or social) as much as it encourages hatred of humanity as a sort of brave act.
Wokeness shares parallels with Ancient Christianity, for example:
Humans need to absolve themselves of their 'sins', be it social or economic.
The 'sin' of wealth, of being white, of being male, etc.
Such as the view that wealth is only attainable via exploitation of humans.
That 50% of humanity as sexists, as is the case in the 'The Gender Wealth Gap'.
Or that humans can't discuss other demographics unless they are that demographic.
(sex/skin/genders/wealth status/sexuality)
The ideology does not encourage independence (ex: financial or social) as much as it encourages hatred of humanity as a sort of brave act.
Wokeness shares parallels with Ancient Christianity, for example:
Humans need to absolve themselves of their 'sins', be it social or economic.
The 'sin' of wealth, of being white, of being male, etc.
Linda: Elon Musk has managed to make rockets reusable, humans are going to live on other planets.
Sara: Doesn't matter he's a billionaire.
Sophie: Claire is dating Ahmed, they seem to be in love & care for each other.
Sara: She can still be a racist, that's not woke.
Kareem: Men & women have different risk raking behaviors, this may illustrate why the sexes earn differently.
Jeff: That's a very sexist thought Kareem, men and women are equal.
Sara: Doesn't matter he's a billionaire.
Sophie: Claire is dating Ahmed, they seem to be in love & care for each other.
Sara: She can still be a racist, that's not woke.
Kareem: Men & women have different risk raking behaviors, this may illustrate why the sexes earn differently.
Jeff: That's a very sexist thought Kareem, men and women are equal.
by kakapoopooaccount April 26, 2022
A non-linear, conscionable or unconscionable, fluid state of being knowledgeable, aware and mindful of
the pertinent intricacies and oftentimes unclear aspects of culture, communication and ritual in regards
to race, equality and injustice; and further an enlightenment to the nature of truth and language in
relation to an individual’s own perspective of self, other, or that of a collective.
the pertinent intricacies and oftentimes unclear aspects of culture, communication and ritual in regards
to race, equality and injustice; and further an enlightenment to the nature of truth and language in
relation to an individual’s own perspective of self, other, or that of a collective.
Malcolm X was Woke.
by gaojulin November 29, 2017
"Woke" is the ideological and political equivalent of a valley girl instagrammer going to one Buddhist temple, hugging one Indian child, buying a sash from a tourist trap, seeing a goat or something outside a zoo and then making a social media post calling themselves enlightened while posing with a checked off world-map, starbucks, a Hindu Om necklace, with #blessed #spiritual #enlightened among other obnoxious tags.
Claiming oneself to be 'awake' to all things bad-bad while in reality they're just another useful idiot to power hungry marxist social justice ideologues.
Claiming oneself to be 'awake' to all things bad-bad while in reality they're just another useful idiot to power hungry marxist social justice ideologues.
I may be living on the street and begging for change just so I can get a vegan chestnut praline soy latte, but at least I have a degree in gender studies so I'm secure in knowing I'm more woke than the average wage-slave that fuels the capitalist system.
by BinocusaurusRex September 20, 2020
When someone thinks they know it all and is better than everyone else and is right about everything. Someone who thinks they realized that everything is racist, when in fact it is very much themselves that are racist. Someone who thinks that everyone hates transgender people, but in actuality, everyone is ok with it and would just prefer they get help or advice from a doctor first before slicing their penis off.
Karen is woke, but everyone wishes she would leave the United States and move to the middle east...maybe then she will become actually woke and realize she's just a fucking idiot
by FlightRisk... January 22, 2022
(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 18, 2023