: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)But we will only succeed if we reject the growing pressure to retreat into cynicism and hopelessness. … We have a moral obligation to “stay woke,” take a stand and be active; challenging injustices and racism in our communities and fighting hatred and discrimination wherever it rises.
— Barbara Lee
… argued that … Brad Pitt is not only woke, but the wokest man in Hollywood … because he uses his status—and his production company Plan B—to create space for artists of color, with such films as 12 Years a Slave, Selma, and the upcoming film Moonlight.
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Are people who are woke actually awake to what’s going on?
Its just me over 2 years ago
Can someone, in their own words, explain to my what ‘woke’ means, please?
InTraining over 2 years ago
Gunther, it means you are not asleep… let is go at that… suggest you two now go woke up the campground…!
DD IN AZ Premium Member over 2 years ago
I just thought it meant someone didn’t pay attention in English class.
wellis1947 Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Woke” has a definite meaning in English, and it had little if anything to do with the lexicon of the child which is the reference, here.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 2 years ago
\ ˈwōk \ woker; wokest
Definition of woke (Entry 1 of 2)
chiefly US slang
: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)But we will only succeed if we reject the growing pressure to retreat into cynicism and hopelessness. … We have a moral obligation to “stay woke,” take a stand and be active; challenging injustices and racism in our communities and fighting hatred and discrimination wherever it rises.
— Barbara Lee
… argued that … Brad Pitt is not only woke, but the wokest man in Hollywood … because he uses his status—and his production company Plan B—to create space for artists of color, with such films as 12 Years a Slave, Selma, and the upcoming film Moonlight.
— Giselle Defares
woke Definition of woke (Entry 2 of 2)
past tense and past participle of WAKE
First Known Use of woke
Adjective
1972, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for woke
Adjective
from past participle of WAKE entry 1
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
No grizzly bear should ever be “Woke”! It’s not their nature! GrrRah!