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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BohemianBoo · M

As many have pointed out here, being "woke" originally meant to be aware of social and political issues, especially in regards to injustice.

So, for example, if you understand how the private prison industry actually traps people in a system of poverty which in turn leads to more crime, you would be woke, at least when it comes to the private prison industry.

But Republicans don't want people to be aware of things like that, because then they would vote Democrat. So the Republicans decided to demonize being woke.

justanothername · 51-55, M

@BohemianBoo Very good answer.