What is the definition of "woke"?
03-09-2023
, 03:02 PM
Let's start with this recent footage from a Congressional hearing.
When made to definite it in a court case, lawyers for Ron DeSantis gave the following:
A recent poll shows a partisan divide in how people define "wokeness":
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/american...ment-or-insult
Given the high salience of wokeness as a concept, it feels like this is a word where we should try to operate under a common definition, and yet....
https://www.politifact.com/article/2...an-to-be-woke/
How do you use "wokeness" as a term? Do you believe that some use it as an ill-defined weapon to demagogue against certain groups and viewpoints?
When made to definite it in a court case, lawyers for Ron DeSantis gave the following:
A recent poll shows a partisan divide in how people define "wokeness":
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/american...ment-or-insult
Given the high salience of wokeness as a concept, it feels like this is a word where we should try to operate under a common definition, and yet....
Quote:
[British lexicographer and linguist Tony ] Thorne said liberals once might have called themselves "woke" to affirm their devotion to social justice during the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements. However, he said, conservatives have reshaped "woke" into an all-purpose condemnation for their opponents, often meaning something like "self-righteous leftist." In this sense, Thorne said, "woke" joins "politically correct," "cancel culture" and "metropolitan liberal elite" as terms conservatives use against opponents.
"If you use a term like this, it functions as a trigger word or 'dog whistle,' in that as soon as you say it you no longer need to say anything else," Thorne said. "The word will be accepted by your base, rejected by your opponents and no further discussion will take place."
"If you use a term like this, it functions as a trigger word or 'dog whistle,' in that as soon as you say it you no longer need to say anything else," Thorne said. "The word will be accepted by your base, rejected by your opponents and no further discussion will take place."
How do you use "wokeness" as a term? Do you believe that some use it as an ill-defined weapon to demagogue against certain groups and viewpoints?
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