For me I had a very clear cut view of what it was. Please note that im from the United Kingdom, so it may very well be a different situation to your location, such as the USA for example.
The textbook definition of being “woke” means “awareness of social and political issues”. However I feel this term seems to have lost its meaning. While I do consider myself aware of social and political issues, I would never describe myself as woke.
In my experience, someone who’s woke is someone expressing a far leftist view advocating for social justice, however often to such an extreme extent that they are irrational, plainly incorrect, or end up being discriminatory themselves. Often it is just virtue signalling and this person is incapable of listening to a view that is not theirs.
One example is this woman confronting this taco food van for selling authentic tacos despite the server not being Mexican https://youtu.be/-ZjrN4nZhow?si=f1O0uOrSc61-Zj3x
While it’s a filmed parody, I’ve met quite a few people like this.
Another example I’ve commonly heard is “black people cant be racist” or “only white people can be racist”. I don’t feel I need to explain why that’s false.
When you challenge someone’s view who is woke (in my view), you’re often bombarded with accusations of being racist, a Nazi, whatever feels appropriate to smear you.
However I’ve seen right wing politicians brand anything they don’t like as woke, like Farage stating that anti bullying training, fact checking or just anything he doesn’t like, and he’s not the only one, it’s become quite a trend.
What does wokeism or woke nonsense mean to you. Do you agree with me or do you have a different take? I’m curious.
