What does “being woke” actually mean?

Trump fans, Desantis fans are always knocking people or companies (Disney) for being or catering to a “woke” audience or “woke customers

So can someone please explain to me what the term “woke” means? Give me the Oxford dictionary type definitions of what woke is and explain to me why “being woke” is so bad?

Does that also mean that showing sympathy to someone in distress and offering support is a “woke” thing to do?

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LeopoldBloom · M

The term "woke" started in the 1960s in the Black community, to refer to someone who understood how systemic racism affected them. It sort of means the same thing today, but has morphed into a generic insult referring to liberals who think LGBTQ and minorities should be respected and accommodated. A company that has DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accommodation) policies is "woke." Apparently, anything other than acknowledgement of white people's superiority is "woke."

The term has been overused to the point that many people don't actually know what it means, other than "liberal stuff I'm against." Even Donald Trump is saying it's overused by people who can't even define it, although that could be his way of pushing back against Ron DeSantis who is really beating "woke" to death.

There is a hilarious video of a woman who wrote a book about how bad "woke" is who was being interviewed, and when she was asked to define "woke," she couldn't do it.

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fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

@LeopoldBloom It's just as bad as the dems that say anybody that doesn't agree with them is a "racist". They've beat that term to death and most don't pay attention to it anymore

LeopoldBloom · M

@fanuc2013 Especially since many conservatives don't have a problem with racism to begin with.