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56% of Americans consider “woke” a positive term, meaning
to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices
39% agreed with a negative definition:
to be overly politically correct and police others’ words
In culture, there's a battle being waged in regards to woke messaging.
The above definitions are ambiguous generalities.
It's unsurprising the positive definition is popular, simply because it obscures what's unpopular about wokism.
The contempt for wokeism revolves around what a social injustice is, and how it's determined by the woke.
For instance:
Mrs Butterworth had a positive perception across all racial groups prior to the woke taking it to task:
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"In 2020, following protests over systemic racism, Conagra Brands announced that it would review the shape of their bottles, as critics viewed them as an example of the "mammy" stereotype. A competing brand, Aunt Jemima, revamped its brand and advertising following the attention on negative black stereotypes. In ads, Mrs. Butterworth's voice has evoked a grandmotherly white woman, and she has been portrayed by white voice actresses. Despite this, some reports had claimed, without citing any sources, that the character was originally modeled on Butterfly McQueen, a black actress who appeared as the maid in Gone with the Wind (1939)."
Was existence of Mrs Butterworth a social injustice?
Something that had a positive perception among all groups, was, almost overnight, turned into something negative.
With the woke, they hide behind the virtue of the idea of "social injustice" to essentially destroy American culture.