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'''Woke''', "adjective (woker, wokest) informal alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism: we need to stay angry, and stay woke; does being woke mean I have to agree with what all other woke folks say should be done about issues in the black community? the West Coast has the wokest dudes. 1960s: originally in [[African American]] usage" (''OED'').
'''Woke''', "adjective (woker, wokest) informal alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism: we need to stay angry, and stay woke; does being woke mean I have to agree with what all other woke folks say should be done about issues in the black community? the West Coast has the wokest dudes. 1960s: originally in [[African American]] usage" (''OED'').
To be woke or awake stems from the [[Age of Enlightenment]], when "enlightened" [[atheist]]s rejected [[God]], challenged the [[Divine Right of Kings]], and started the [[calendar]] over at the Year 1. By the 1920s and 1930s, "enlightened" [[Nazi]]s regarded God and [[Jesus Christ]] as a "Jewish conspiracy" that even [[Jews]] and [[Marxist]]s did not believe in. Woke "knowledge" is [[esoteric]], for example holding firm the maxim that "[[religion]] is the [[opiate]] of the masses." So once a "true believer" casts off the opiate, they become "woke", "awake", or "enlightened." David Greenfield describes it as "a cultish term for a political cult that reframes [[extremism]] as a revelation."
To be "woke" stems from the [[Age of Enlightenment]], when "enlightened" [[atheist]]s rejected [[God]], challenged the [[Divine Right of Kings]], and started the [[calendar]] over at the Year 1. By the 1920s and 1930s, "enlightened" [[Nazi]]s regarded God and [[Jesus Christ]] as a "Jewish conspiracy" that even [[Jews]] and [[Marxist]]s did not believe in. Woke "knowledge" is [[esoteric]], for example holding firm the maxim that "[[religion]] is the [[opiate]] of the masses." So once a "true believer" casts off the opiate, they become "woke" or "enlightened." David Greenfield describes it as "a cultish term for a political cult that reframes [[extremism]] as a revelation."
In modern America, [[leftist]]s often use the term to refer to a person unquestioningly accepting a radical political doctrine viewing society in terms of "[[white privilege]]." Just as Christians who find inner peace by accepting Jesus Christ into their lives are called "born again", some people who feel great anger at society because of what they feel is social injustice are called "woke." In truth, however, those on the Left who claim to be "woke" (which is incidentally an improper use of English) are actually the exact opposite - stupefied and dulled to the truth instead of being awakened.
In modern America, [[leftist]]s often use the term to refer to a person unquestioningly accepting a radical political doctrine viewing society in terms of "[[white privilege]]." Just as Christians who find inner peace by accepting Jesus Christ into their lives are called "born again", some people who feel great anger at society because of what they feel is social injustice are called "woke." In truth, however, those on the Left who claim to be "woke" (which is incidentally an improper use of English) are actually the exact opposite - stupefied and dulled to the truth instead of being awakened.
The term "awake", however, is used by opponents of the woke and politically correct ideology to differentiate themselves from the supporters and spokespersons of the latter, hence the slogan "Awake, not woke", started by President [[Donald J. Trump]] and [[Florida]]'s Governor [[Ron DeSantis]].
According to David Brooks of ''[[The New York Times]]'':
According to David Brooks of ''[[The New York Times]]'':