#BrandTheDailyWireJeremyBoreing [Wikipedia]
#IRLSportspersonJonathanIsaac [Wikipedia]
#WebsitePragerUAmalaEkpunobi [IMDB]
#IRLBusinesspersonVivekRamaswamy [Wikipedia]
#IRLYouTuberAmandaEnsing
"woke [wohk]
adjective
1. being alert to invisible injustices perpetrated against disempowered classes of people.
PragerU"
#PhenomnResponsibilityDismissiveInvisibleNonExistent
#NarrativeHistoricalInjustice
#MetaphorWarfarePerpetrator
#PhenomnAgencyHumanPowerlessness
#PowerControlRegulationClassification #MetaphorVersusDefencelessHostile
#WebsitePragerU
#2023_UnwokeInc. [IMDB]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6kq7naMGc&t=7s #PhenomnPolarisationDivisiveIssue #TauntWokeism #AdvocacyUSHomeSchoolLegalDefenseAssociationHSLDAMichaelFarris [Wikipedia] #EDUUSPatrickHenryCollegePHC [Wikipedia] #AdvocacyTurningPointTPUSA [Wikipedia] #AdvocacyUSTheHeritageFoundation #IRLJournalistGraceOlmstead [Muckrack] #IRLLawClerkAlexHarris https://www.forbes.com/profile/alex-harris/ #TheoryMarxism #CatchcryIdentityPolitics #PoliticsStatusQuoTheEstablishment #MetaphorWarfareCultureLiberalEducation #OtheringElitesOutOfTouchIvoryTower #MetaphorWarfareInvasionInfection #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPSimonSefzik [Wikipedia] #NarrativeTruthImmutableUniversalIncontrovertibleAbsolute #SymbolTakeAKneeGenuflectionKneeling #ToponymAmericaNorthUSVirginiaCharlottesville i.e. #2017_UniteTheRightRally #CampaignLogoBarackObamaO #PowerControlSubjugationTyranny #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyTomWolf [Wikipedia] #OrgUSFedDptOfHealthAndHServicesHHSRachelLevine [Wikimedia Commons] #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyIlhanOmar [Wikipedia] #NMUSCNN #2021_ #OrgUSFedCentersForDiseaseControlAndPreventionCDCRochellWalensky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQHak7DJsI&t=48s
#OrgIntlWEFIstanbul2008 [Wikimedia Commons]
#2007_GlobalFinancialCrisisGFC ?
#IRLFinancierGeorgeSoros
#OrgUSFedWhiteHouse
#OrgIntlUNUnitedNationsOfficeAtViennaUNOV
#PolicyUSPresidentsEmergencyPlanForAIDSReliefPEPFAR [Wikipedia]
#OrgIntlUNWHO
#OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyAlexandriaOcasioCortezAOC
#PoliticsFascismTechno
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSCaliforniaSantaClaraCountyCupertinoApplePark [Wikipedia] i.e.
#BrandApple
#BrandAppleCEOTimCook +
#IRLBusinesspersonStevenMnuchin [Wikipedia]
#IRLPhilanthropistBillGates and
#OrgEUPaoloGentiloni [Wikipedia] [Wikimedia Commons]
#BrandTechMetaMarkZuckerberg
#IRLYouTuberCasparLee [Wikipedia]
#BrandInfluencerBenJeffries
#IRLPersonalityInfluencerSophiaSmithGaler [Wikipedia]
#IRLActorSophiaBush [Wikimedia Commons]
#BrandTechSocialMediaYouTubeNealMohan [Wikimedia Commons]
#BrandTechGoogle
#BrandTechSocialMediaXTwitterJackDorsey
#PoliticsDemocracyLiberal
#TheoryAbsurdismBureaucraticComplacency /
#PowerControlOverreach
#NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesNikoleHannahJones [Wikipedia]
#Cause1619Project
#ConspiracyTheoryCOVID19PlandemicScamdemic [Wikimedia Commons]
#OtheringElitesHollywood
#2018_BlackPanther
#2019_StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker
#OrgUSAcademyAwardsOscars
#2017_DearWhitePeople
#2022_TurningRed
#2016_Ghostbusters
#IRLSingerSongwriterMariahCarey
#IRLMusicianEltonJohn [Wikimedia Commons]
#IdentityLGBTQIASameSexMarriage
#AdvocacyUSEltonJohnAIDSFoundationEJAFDavidFurnish [Wikipedia]
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBrettCooper
#IRLCommentatorCandaceOwens
#BrandTheDailyWireJeremyBoreing
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistMattWalsh
#2022_WhatIsAWomanOneMansJourneyToAnswerTheQuestionOfAGeneration
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistMichaelKnowles
#CatchcryLiberalBias
#OtheringElitesMediaBig
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistAndrewKlavan
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBenShapiro
#BrandTheDailyWireProductDWPlus
#IRLPresenterDennisPrager [Wikipedia]
#IRLPsychologistJordanPeterson
#BrandTheDailyWireProductDWJeremysRazors
#BrandGillette
#IdentityLGBTQIA
#PhenomnDogmaAntiGenderIdeologyGenderismGenderTheory
#IRLSportspersonLeBronJames
#PleaHelpICantBreathe
#IRLSportspersonLaurelHubbard
#CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM
#MetaphorVersusManyFew /
#MetaphorDissenterRebelOutsider
#OrgUSNBA
#BrandUnitus
#BeliefTheismChristianity
#BeliefTheismDeityGodAllahYHWHJesusChristMessiah
#PoliticsNationalismChristian ?
#NarrativeValuesNormativeStatementChristianity
#TheoryExnominationChristianity
#TheoryCulturalEssentialism
#NMUSFOXFNCFoxSports "Orlando Magic star Jonathan Isaac has become the first player to refuse to kneel during the national anthem following the restart of the NBA. ...
Every player in the two games on Friday between the Jazz and the Pelicans and the Clippers and the Lakers wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts and knelt for the anthem - some even had their names replaced with powerful messages on the back of their shirts." https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-news-2020-black-lives-matter-protest-jonathan-isaac-why-did-he-not-kneel-orlando-magic-brooklyn-nets/news-story/f574ade5c63d74486838f7c96f183e26
#PhenomnProtestStandingWhileOthersKneel
#SymbolEmblemNationalAnthemTheStarSpangledBanner
#BrandAccessIntelligenceLLCPRNewsGroupSophieMaerowitz [Muckrack] "On Jan. 6 at 2:55 p.m. ET--about 20 minutes after insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol building--beauty influencer Amanda Ensing tweeted, 'There's not enough popcorn in the world for what's about to happen.' A self-proclaimed Trump supporter and Christian, Ensing has long been vocal about her political and religious views on social media.
Users on both the left and the right were quick to condemn Ensing's Jan. 6 comment, with fellow influencer Gabriel Zamora tweeting, 'this is entertainment to you?' and others questioning Ensing's religious convictions. In addition, social media users have denounced Ensing for 'blackfishing,' or pretending to be black or mixed-race online for personal gain. (No evidence has refuted Ensing's half-Puerto Rican heritage, although critics have alleged a misleading opportunistic and "rebrand")." https://www.prnewsonline.com/sephora-influencer-PR-Ensing
#BrandSephora
#2020_CapitolSiege
#MemeAmusedEatingPopcorn
#IRLPersonalityInfluencerGabrielZamora
#OtheringCaricatureImperialismBlackfaceBlackfishing
#ToponymAmericaSouthPuertoRico
"EVERYONE NEEDS TO BUY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
I'LL BE ABLE TO CHARGE IT, RIGHT?
...RIGHT?"
#OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyGavinNewsom i.e. Democratic Party Governor of
#ToponymAmericaNorthUSCalifornia [Wikipedia]
#FictionalCharacterStarWarsPadmeAmidala [Wikipedia]
#LiteralVehicleCarPluginHybridElectricVehiclePHEV
"NOW HERE'S A TARGET WE CAN SUPPORT
ZERO GREENS BY 2025"
#SymbolEmblemFlagAustralia (with
#SymbolEmblemFlagUKUnionJack upper hoist quarter of the flag overtly visible).
#OrgClassifPPAUSAustralianGreensSarahHansonYoung
#OrgClassifPPAUSAustralianGreensAdamBandt
#OrgClassifPPAUSAustralianGreensLidiaThorpe [Instagram] [forum] The post is from 18 August 2020 - three months after George Floyd's murder on 25 May 2020. And so, presumably, the alteration/wearing of the
#SymbolEmblemFlagAustralianAboriginal [Government] is about showing solidarity with
#CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM
#SloganZeroGreensBy2025
#HandleFacebookAussieStuffForAussiesChrisoAken [tweet] [forum] [forum] [Instagram] [channel] [channel] [blog]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byb0Xl0SpIA
#CatchcryAussieAussieAussieOiOiOi [Wikipedia]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DikLFodkmY8 #EDUAUMonashUniversityCallumJones #EDUAUDeakinUniversityGregBarton #2025_MarchForAustralia #OrgSyndicateHateGroupAUNationalSocialistNetworkNSNThomasSewell [Wikipedia] [Wikipedia] #ToponymOceaniaAustraliaVICMelbourne #TheoryGrievancePolitics #PhenomnUncertainty #PhenomnVirusCOVID19Pandemic #CauseCivilLiberties #PhenomnMaskWearing #LiteralVaccineMandate #PhenomnMisdirectionScapegoating https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast/party-time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYF3xnxxotQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-AtqNKmVj8
#PoliticsFascismNaziNeoFarRightAltRightRadicalRight
#BeliefTheismChristianityTheLordsPrayer [Wikipedia]
#PhenomnRevolutionCultural
#NarrativeValuesBritish
#NarrativeValuesNormativeStatementTraditionalValues
#2025_MarchForEnglandAKAUniteTheKingdom (including this meme, which uses the infantile 'rent boy' i.e.
#IdentityLGBTQIA attack against
#OrgClassifPPUKLabourKeirStarmer [forum].
#OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyTonyGillias
#AdvocacyUKStandUpToRacism https://standuptoracism.org.uk/whitehall-far-right-riot-is-a-wake-up-call-for-us-all/
#PhenomnPolarisationPoliticalTheBigSort
#PhenomnImmigration
#NMUKSkyNewsTomCheshire [Muckrack]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV92B4oR6FM
#PoliticsNationalismChristian
#IRLIdeologueKatieHopkins
#IRLActorLaurenceFox
#IRLEntrepreneurElonMusk
#CatchcryFreedomOfSpeechFreeSpeech
This post is followed by an image stating: "Vale Charlie"
#AdvocacyTurningPointTPUSACharlieKirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQ94jFg_4A&t=56s #2015_ #AdvocacyUKUniteAgainstFascismUAF [Wikipedia] #AdvocacyUKNationalAssemblyAgainstRacismNAAR [Wikipedia] #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandBedfordshireLuton #OrgSyndicateTerrorismSAAlMuhajirounTheMagnificent19 [Wikipedia] #BeliefTheismIslamismMosque #TheoryPsychologyPsychosocialSocialChangeCoping [pdf]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO3d_oSIezQ&t=5s https://news.sky.com/story/flatplan-13433370 #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandYorkshireWestWakefield [Wikipedia] #PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumSeeker #ToponymEuropeUKEnglandYorkshireWestLeeds #PhenomnImmigrationRefugeeAsylumAccommodation #SloganProtectOurKids #MetaphorWarfareHeroGuardianOfChildhoodInnocence #AdvocacyUKStandUpToRacism [Wikipedia]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh6u8zmbtOo #IRLYouTuberGaryStevenson [Wikipedia] #PhenomnMulticulturalism #TauntLeftRadical #NarrativeUtopiaHomeland #MetaphorWarfareUnderAttack #PhenomnDemographyPieChart #TheoryDeclinismWhatHappened #ReasoningFallacyZeroSumThinking #TheoryAffectiveResponseSecondClassCitizen #OrgClassifPPUKTheBrexitPartyReformUKVoter
#OrgUSLucasfilm
#OtheringHateSpeech
#BrandDisney
#BrandDisneyPlusStreaming
#TVObiWanKenobi
#OrgUSLucasfilmStarWars
#MetaphorDeceitFakeReality
#TauntMediaManipulationDistraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49MgXjTLQ6c
of
#IRLActorEwanMcGregor defending
#IRLActorMosesIngram (who plays
#TVObiWanKenobiRevaSevander) from
#PowerControlMicrofascismBullyingCyberTrolling For example, with responses such as this one by Hambley (of TheQuartering) to
#IRLFilmmakerProducerLaurenHissrich about the
#OtheringHateMisogyny.istic tone of his posts: [tweet]
#IRLPoliticalStrategistSteveBannon #WebsiteVDAREPeterBrimelow [The Southern Poverty Law Center] [Wikipedia] #WebsiteVDARE [Wikipedia] #IRLIdeologueMiloYiannopoulosAKAMiloAndreasWagner #BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBenShapiro #WebsiteVDAREMichaelJThompsonAKAPaulKersey [Muckrack] according to #AdvocacyUSPeopleForTheAmericanWayPFAWRightWingWatch [Wikipedia] "Thompson is just one of many members of the white nationalist movement in the United States that attempted to reinvent its public image with the 'alt-right' moniker and rose to a flash of influence in Republican politics amid the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. Leading up to that political moment, a clique of the movement's believers had situated themselves inside GOP-aligned institutions and media outlets in and around Washington, where they used the resources at their disposal to advance their cause. Thompson's career took him inside the Leadership Institute, a pillar of the conservative movement for more than 40 years, and ultimately to the right-wing tabloid-style website, WorldNetDaily. " https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-white-nationalist-who-toiled-inside-a-right-wing-media-powerhouse #PoliticsNationalismWhite #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump #WebsiteWorldNetDailyWND [Muckrack] #AdvocacyUSNationalPolicyInstituteNPIRichardSpencer #IRLCommentatorDaveRubin #IRLCommentatorMikeCernovich [The Southern Poverty Law Center] #NMUSOneAmericaNewsNetworkOANNJackPosobiec #IRLPsychologistJordanPeterson #IRLShockJockAlexJonesInfoWars #IRLIdeologuePaulJosephWatson #VlogComicArtistProSecretsEthanVanSciver #BrandTimcastMediaGroupTimPool #VlogGeeksPlusGamersJeremyGriggs #VlogTheQuarteringJeremyHambley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE #CharacterisationTechBro #PoliticsAuthoritarianismAutocracyBroligarchy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump #TauntBigTech #PoliticsFascismTechno #IRLBusinesspersonArronBanks #PoliticsGovernanceOligarchy #IRLScholarTimothySnyder #TauntCatLady #PowerControlStrategicLawsuitsAgainstPublicParticipationSLAPPs #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch #TechArtificialIntelligenceAIGenerative #ToponymEuropeGermanyDeutscheDemokratischeRepublikDDR #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump47thPresident #CatchcryEnemiesOfThePeople [Wikipedia] #MetaphorPlaybook #OrgUSFedGovDepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiencyDOGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU7D_ONJQs&t=1s #CatchcryFreedomOfSpeechFreeSpeech #CatchcryAltRightCounterCulture #CatchcryIdeologicalDiversity #ConspiracyTheoryCulturalMarxism #TheoryMarxism #IdentityConservative #CauseActivismConservative #MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate #EpistemologyAmateurExegeteAutodidact
#OrgUSFedWhiteHouse
#PoliticsPatriotism
#PhenomnEducation
#TheorySociologyCriticalRaceTheoryCRT
#TauntIndoctrination
#MetaphorWarfareCultureLiberalEducation
#PleaLawAndOrder
#CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM
#OtheringOutGroupGangMobRule
#CatchcryCancelCulture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVA_t4IJXDc&t=952s that: "For many years now, the radicals have mistaken Americans' silence for weakness. But they're wrong.
There is no more powerful force than a parent's love for their children. And patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country. American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools, cancel culture at our work, or the repression of traditional faith, culture, and values in the public square. Not anymore" (17 September 2020). [Government]
#1776_USDeclarationOfIndependence4thOfJuly
#TheoryConstitutionalLawOriginalism
#PoliticsNationalismAmericanAnti
#MetaphorWarfareHeroGuardianOfChildhoodInnocence
#PoliticsNationalismChristian #MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLdpptscHs&t=685s [Wikipedia] #IRLHistoricalFigureAlexanderHamilton #ReasoningFallacyAdHominemPersonalAttack #1980_APeoplesHistoryoftheUnitedStates [Wikipedia] #IRLScholarHowardZinn #LiteralFieldHistory #OtheringDiscriminationRacismStructuralSystemicInstitutional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Amxmov1aos
#BrandTechSocialMediaAltTruthSocial
#2025_ "The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.' The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the 'HOTTEST' Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums." [fact-checked]
#PowerControlChattelSlavery
#MetaphorVersusFailureSuccess
#PhenomnPolarisationDivisiveIssue
#IRLHistorianPenielJoseph
#2025_FreedomSeasonHow1963TransformedAmericasCivilRightsRevolution
#OrgUSSmithsonianInstitution [Wikipedia]
#IRLHistoricalFigureJosephMcCarthySYNMcCarthyism
#PowerControlSegregationJimCrowLaws
#CauseCivilRightsMovement
#PolicyUniversalSuffrage
#CauseFeminismWomensLiberationMovementWLM
#PolicyRightsWomens
#IdentityLGBTQIA
#PolicyRightsDisability
#PhenomnImmigration
"New study Fondapol The woke ideology by Valent1Pierre. This study aims to analyse the growing influence of this belief system on our Western societies." #AdvocacyFRFondationPourLInnovationPolitique [Wikipedia] #TauntWokeAgendaIdeologyIdeologue
#AdvocacyFRFondationPourLInnovationPolitiquePierreValentin https://www.fondapol.org/etude/lideologie-woke-1-anatomie-du-wokisme/ And https://www.fondapol.org/etude/lideologie-woke-2-face-au-wokisme/ #TheoryPostmodern i.e. #TheoryPostmodernConservatism #CharacterisationWeaknessVictimismVictimMentality #PolicyDiversityEquityAndInclusionDEI #TauntWokeism #EDUUSEvergreenStateCollegeBretWeinstein #IRLDeceasedGeorgeFloyd #CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM #IRLSingerEricaWrightAKAErykahBadu / #IRLSingerGeorgiaAnneMuldrow [Wikipedia] #2008_MasterTeacher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dieo6bp4zQw
#IRLAuthorHelenPluckrose
#WebsiteNewDiscoursesJamesLindsay
#IRLScholarPeterBoghossian
#2018_SokalSquaredHoax [Wikipedia] And https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/10/30/sokal-squared-hoax-was-put-down-scholars-concerned-racial-issues-opinion (Joel P. Christensen and Matthew A. Sears, 30 October 2018).
#IRLPhilosopherMichelFoucault
#IRLPhilosopherJacquesDerrida
#IRLPhilosopherMartinHeidegger
#TheoryRelativismCultural [encyclopædia]
#PhenomnColonialism /
#TheorySociologyCriticalPostcolonialism
#IdentityFirstNations
#IRLScholarPierreAndreTaguieff
#PhenomnAgeOfEnlightenment
#PhenomnSkepticismRadical
#IRLScholarKimberleCrenshaw
#TheorySociologyIntersectionality
#IRLScholarMaryPoovey
#OtheringDiscriminationRacismStructuralSystemicInstitutional
#IRLPhilosopherJudithButler
#IdentityLGBTQIA
#IRLAuthorDavidHalperin
#TheorySociologyCriticalRaceTheoryCRT ('race' translated as 'breed' here, which I assume is a language/translation discrepancy, rather than semantic one).
"Fox News has mentioned critical breed theory nearly 1,300 times over a three-and-a-half-month period" (23 June 2021). https://www.fr24news.com/a/2021/06/trumpworld-bets-big-on-critical-race-theory.html
#TheoryRacialColourBlindness e.g. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=41856
#TheoryMarginalisation
#IRLScholarEveKosofskySedgwick
#IRLScholarGayatriChakravortySpivak
#PhenomnUnityStrategicEssentialism [Wikipedia]
#IRLActivistHouriaBouteldja
#OrgFRIndigenesDeLaRepubliqueIR
Fahs, B., & Karger, M. (2016). Women's Studies as Virus: Institutional Feminism, Affect, and the Projection of Danger. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 5(1), 929-957. [academic source]
#IRLScholarBradleyCampbell &
#IRLScholarJasonManning
#PowerControlMicrofascismMicroaggression
#IRLAuthorDeraldWingSue
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/exeter-university-students-racist-whatsapp-suspended-facebook-law-society-investigation-a8264756.html
#EDUUSBostonUniversityIbramXKendi
#CatchcryCancelCulture
#TheoryTocquevilleEffect [Wikipedia]
#IRLScholarJonathanHaidt &
#AdvocacyUSFoundationForIndividualRightsAndExpressionFIREGregLukianoff
LUKIANOFF, G., & HAIDT, J. (2018). The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting up a Generation for Failure.
#IRLScholarStevenHorwitz
#TheoryStockholmSyndrome
#IRLAuthorRobinDiAngelo
#IRLCommentatorAllyHenny
#WebsiteSpikedAndrewDoyleAKATitaniaMcGrath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06C9fgtbNQ&t=17s
"Woke in its initial inception meant political consciousness for Black people about the histories of anti-Blackness in this [USA] country and globally rather than this kind of more generalised political consciousness that it came to take up. One thing that I think is a very common misunderstanding about woke is the idea that it was derived from this phrase 'stay woke'. Woke itself is a standalone word. It's a word that conforms to the syntactic and phonological, which is to say that the sound system and grammatical principles, of African American English which has its origins in the South. 'Awake' is synonymous with 'woke' right, so one might say, 'I was woke about, let's say 7am'. The idea of 'wakefulness' as a concept referring to political consciousness stretches as far back as 1923, and then we see it going all the way up through the 1980s. Marcus Garvey in 'The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey' in the frame of what we might think of as black nationalist tradition where he says, 'wake up Ethiopia, wake up Africa, let us work towards the one end of a glorious and redeemed and mighty nation', he's talking about political consciousness in the same way as Laurence Fishburne's character at the end of 'School Daze' in the 1980s film. In 1962, a New York Times article by a guy named [William] Melvin Kelley 'If You're Woke You Dig It' writing about cultural appropriation and linguistic appropriation of Black language and culture by white people, specifically. As early as the 1990s or the late 1980s, you see it more attached to the idea of 'political correctness'. This is the point of which white people I would suggest, begin using it reflexively. And so it doesn't now just have the meaning of thinking about anti-Blackness from the perspective of someone who experiences it. More now it refers to this more general sense of awareness, as a marker of general political consciousness attention to such issues as those environmental, feminists, regarding ability and so on. Childish Gambino's song 'Redbone', canonised the phrase 'stay woke' for a popular audience. While Childish Gambino might understand that 'wokeness', at least in its original inception, has a lot to do with our awareness of anti-Black oppression. Listeners to the song from a variety of demographics all over the world aren't abreast of that history and now are using it, the phrase, in a way that destroys its meaning. But it has also been taken up more recently by conservatives. And it became used in a negative or pejorative fashion, right or at least one that is mocking or sarcastic. In fact, it's a well-known and popular tactic of conservatives to pick up and shift the meanings of individual terms, to then weaponize them. Mark Milley and Matt Gaetz arguing about what's woke and what isn't, whether it's good or whether it's bad, where that has nothing to do with the case of the Scottsboro Boys or Emmett Till or Trayvon Martin or Sandra Bland or Rodney King or Ahmaud Arbery or Breonna Taylor or George Floyd. I'm not suggesting that it's necessarily a conscious process, but it's the result of the kind of consumption of Black culture, which has always had a lot of capital purchase in the United States and pop culture globally." (5 August 2021,
#WebsiteBrut). https://www.brut.media/us/news/brut-vocab-why-we-say-woke--ccd9916d-c0e0-42a8-98c2-615d05ad8895
#TheoryLinguisticsSemanticShift
#TheoryLinguisticsSocioAfricanAmericanVernacularEnglishAAVE
#MetaphorWokeWakefulnessAwake
#IRLActivistMarcusGarvey
#ToponymAfricaEastEthiopia
#IRLActorLaurenceFishburne
#1988_SchoolDaze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iSvkZ0vLQ #NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesWilliamMelvinKelley #1962_IfYoureWokeYouDigIt #IRLActorDonaldGloverAKAChildishGambino #2016_Redbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJnZsB52Es&t=73s #OrgUSFedAFMMarkMilley #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPMattGaetz #1938_ScottsboroBoys #IRLDeceasedEmmettTill #OrgUSEqualJusticeInitiativeEJI [Wikipedia] "Emmett Till Abducted and Murdered in Mississippi Delta" https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/aug/28 #IRLDeceasedTrayvonMartin #IRLDeceasedSandraBland #IRLPrivateCitizenRodneyKing #IRLDeceasedAhmaudArbery #IRLDeceasedBreonnaTaylor https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/stay-woke-history-georgia-anne-muldrow-erykah-badu-master-teacher.html #TheorySociologyCriticalRaceTheoryCRT https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009839021/uncovering-who-is-driving-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools?t=1627328036978 #PowerControlSegregationJimCrowLaws #_Focal