When the Free Palestine community hijack woke causes such as police brutality or climate change. It’s the act of taking over another cause with your own cause that is unrelated to the original cause.
by Mariposa Rosa December 29, 2021
To shamelessly increase diversity, inclusion, and references to modern-day issues in a story to promote social justice. The opposite of whitewash.
Writer: “I’ve got a movie idea! Let’s do the moon landing, except all the astronauts are morbidly obese paraplegic non-binary Muslim Australian aboriginals!”
Director: “Brilliant! This is your best idea since we won that Oscar for ‘D-Dayversity’, the story about the Normandy invasion except with all autistic pansexual transgender Kalahari bushpeople. You can wokewash like nobody I’ve ever seen!”
Director: “Brilliant! This is your best idea since we won that Oscar for ‘D-Dayversity’, the story about the Normandy invasion except with all autistic pansexual transgender Kalahari bushpeople. You can wokewash like nobody I’ve ever seen!”
by Nicholas D March 01, 2020
to attempt to educate others about discrimination, usually in a harsh or arrogant tone. To be annoyingly and vocally woke AF.
She read ONE article about racial inequality and now she thinks she can go around wokewashing everyone. What an annoying bitch.
by Josephine Hill June 08, 2020
Using woke idiology to justify actions or positions you would otherwise find immoral or wrong, or to gain an advantage over a member of a non-protected class.
1. Bruce initially felt wrong about taking all the credit for Ted's work, but he wokewashed it with the rationale that "straight white men have been stealing for hundreds of years, so now it's my turn".
2. Beth is really wokewashing Ted lately - every time he tries to raise concerns with her proposal, she accuses him of "mansplaining" and shuts him down.
2. Beth is really wokewashing Ted lately - every time he tries to raise concerns with her proposal, she accuses him of "mansplaining" and shuts him down.
by Gilgamesh10 August 27, 2021
Selective omission of opposing facts or opinions to manipulate narrative for purposes of advancing woke agenda.
The judge’s comments against the protestor were wokewashed to make it appear he supported the movement.
by ka the wordsmythe October 15, 2021
Deplatforming or censoring authors, creators, and commentators because those individuals do not follow woke or left-wing viewpoints on society.
Thousands of users on Facebook were examples of Wokewashing when they posted news stories about Hunter Biden's laptop.
by jondich September 22, 2023