My question is how did the term “Woke” become associated with blacks and transgenders lol
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from wiki:
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag #staywoke. Over time, woke came to be used to refer to a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism and denial of LGBTQ rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.[1][2][3]
During the 2014 Ferguson protests, the phrase stay woke was popularized by Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists seeking to raise awareness about police shootings of African Americans. After being used on Black Twitter, the term woke was increasingly adopted by white people to signal their support for progressive causes. The term became popular with millennials and members of Generation Z. As its use spread beyond the United States, woke was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017.
By 2019, the term was widely being used sarcastically as a pejorative by the political right and some centrists, to disparage leftist and progressive movements as superficial and insincere performative activism. The terms woke-washing and woke capitalism later emerged to criticize businesses and brands who use politically progressive messaging for financial gain. In the mid-2020s, a number of political commentators also announced the appearance of a "woke right", meaning supporters of right-wing views using cancel culture and similar tactics used by left-wing activists to enforce conservative beliefs.
there is a lot more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#:~:text=Woke%20is%20an%20adjective%20derived,in%20the%20construction%20stay%20woke.
The term "woke" originated in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the early 20th century.
Originally, it was an exhortation to "stay woke," meaning to remain alert and socially conscious to systemic racism and injustice.
Historical Timeline
1920s-1930s: The concept first emerged in Black culture as a call to awareness. The iconic blues musician Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) popularized the phrase in his 1938 protest song "Scottsboro Boys". He advised listeners to "stay woke" to the dangers of systemic racism in the Jim Crow-era South.
1962: The phrase entered written record via a New York Times essay titled "If You're Woke You Dig It," where Harlem-based writer William Melvin Kelley documented the term as a marker of insight and knowledge.
1971: The idiom appeared in Barry Beckham's play "Garvey Lives!" in the context of awakening Black citizens to political action.
2008: The phrase broke into mainstream modern music when singer Erykah Badu used the refrain "I stay woke" in her song "Master Teacher," bringing the slang to a new generation.
2014: The word became widely recognized across America during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters used it to signal awareness of police brutality and systemic inequality.
Late 2010s-Present: The meaning shifted and was heavily adopted by conservative and right-leaning figures. It morphed into a pejorative catch-all term used to criticize progressive social politics, identity politics, and corporate inclusivity.
Originally, it was an exhortation to "stay woke," meaning to remain alert and socially conscious to systemic racism and injustice.
Historical Timeline
1920s-1930s: The concept first emerged in Black culture as a call to awareness. The iconic blues musician Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) popularized the phrase in his 1938 protest song "Scottsboro Boys". He advised listeners to "stay woke" to the dangers of systemic racism in the Jim Crow-era South.
1962: The phrase entered written record via a New York Times essay titled "If You're Woke You Dig It," where Harlem-based writer William Melvin Kelley documented the term as a marker of insight and knowledge.
1971: The idiom appeared in Barry Beckham's play "Garvey Lives!" in the context of awakening Black citizens to political action.
2008: The phrase broke into mainstream modern music when singer Erykah Badu used the refrain "I stay woke" in her song "Master Teacher," bringing the slang to a new generation.
2014: The word became widely recognized across America during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters used it to signal awareness of police brutality and systemic inequality.
Late 2010s-Present: The meaning shifted and was heavily adopted by conservative and right-leaning figures. It morphed into a pejorative catch-all term used to criticize progressive social politics, identity politics, and corporate inclusivity.
from wiki:
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag #staywoke. Over time, woke came to be used to refer to a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism and denial of LGBTQ rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.[1][2][3]
During the 2014 Ferguson protests, the phrase stay woke was popularized by Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists seeking to raise awareness about police shootings of African Americans. After being used on Black Twitter, the term woke was increasingly adopted by white people to signal their support for progressive causes. The term became popular with millennials and members of Generation Z. As its use spread beyond the United States, woke was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017.
By 2019, the term was widely being used sarcastically as a pejorative by the political right and some centrists, to disparage leftist and progressive movements as superficial and insincere performative activism. The terms woke-washing and woke capitalism later emerged to criticize businesses and brands who use politically progressive messaging for financial gain. In the mid-2020s, a number of political commentators also announced the appearance of a "woke right", meaning supporters of right-wing views using cancel culture and similar tactics used by left-wing activists to enforce conservative beliefs.
there is a lot more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#:~:text=Woke%20is%20an%20adjective%20derived,in%20the%20construction%20stay%20woke.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M
@Roundandroundwego true. Many individuals who claim to be “conscious” use this terminology to describe themselves as being aware of the injustices that is happening in the world around them, now it is also coupled with the “DEI” movement.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
@Heavenlywarrior of course. The two political parties in the USA and the mainstream of the population are against enlightenment because it will quickly destroy the illusion of legitimacy their empire seems to have.
The population follows the same political movement that the tech bro billionaires follow, they're at war against all the social progress of the past two centuries.
The emancipation of colonized states through independence movements and the emancipation of individuals through universal suffrage and universal human rights movements had led to an audible global set of demands for an even more peaceful and egalitarian, multi-polar world. The West wants a unipolar non egalitarian world.
The population follows the same political movement that the tech bro billionaires follow, they're at war against all the social progress of the past two centuries.
The emancipation of colonized states through independence movements and the emancipation of individuals through universal suffrage and universal human rights movements had led to an audible global set of demands for an even more peaceful and egalitarian, multi-polar world. The West wants a unipolar non egalitarian world.
Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M
Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M
@BohoBabe very true, it’s interesting to see how the way they are tactfully implementing their means of oppression once again.
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Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M
@Elessar I see from their pov .. in order for them to discriminate against certain people or like minded individuals who do have free thought….
Classify them under one term and make laws against that term. Who ever has those characteristics or even associates with that term will suffer the consequences of the law.
Classify them under one term and make laws against that term. Who ever has those characteristics or even associates with that term will suffer the consequences of the law.
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KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
@Heavenlywarrior Media. Race based organizations. Politicians with an agenda
Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M
@KingofBones1 ahh…. Typical.
KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
@Heavenlywarrior Yes, it is typical because that's what they typically tend to do just like.They took the Southern flag and made it a symbol of hate.And a racism when it had nothing to do with that.The coin tends to flip both ways. Incitement of prejudice bias and difference only serves their collective purpose
MethDozer · M
It goes back over a hundred years as a descriptor by blacks for someone ( especially white) who recognizes systemic racism and oppression of blacks. As it evolved it was borrowed to describe people aware of systemic oppression against multiple marginalized groups and classes.
This of course enrages right wingers and the elite in power made it into the new boogyman. Basically they couldn't scapegoat the gays anymore and needed a new trigger
This of course enrages right wingers and the elite in power made it into the new boogyman. Basically they couldn't scapegoat the gays anymore and needed a new trigger