@MarianaDoling [name pseudonymized]: @MhairiBlack Me too Mhairi.... Strikes me as a generous compliment....
Maybe should be reclaimed (ala Proud Boys) and become a name suffix like B.A., J.P. etc...
Educate yourself, and qualify to be called #Woke.... [URL redacted]
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@RowanKnadler [name pseudonymized]: @Halcruttenden @acheremeteff01 Yes!
I was insulted by the derogatory use of the term #woke until I saw this image at the weekend
I’m now looking forward to replying to anyone who uses it with 👇 [URL redacted]
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@KelvinBrou [name pseudonymized]: @mrjamesob I wish those who use the word “woke” as if it’s a slur on someone’s character would bother to understand its definition. I’m very proud to be #woke. [URL redacted]
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@MarieSwitala [name pseudonymized]: @mollypageants bringing it to #6thgrade today! Look at these books from #DonorsChoose #hefnerstrong excited to read the #woke #poetrybook @JasonReynolds83 loved the forward #pscroscks #pcproud a young poet’s call to justice #heart [URL redacted]
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@TobyRodehaver [name pseudonymized]: The teacher who changed my life was my 10th grade US History teacher, Mrs. Virginia Gunther 🙌🏾 In the burbs she had us #woke before woke was a thing! She opened our eyes to the atrocities of this country and challenged us to question everything. She’s the GOAT 🤩 #MyTeacher [URL redacted] [URL redacted]
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@ChantelleCrouther [name pseudonymized]: @RitaPanahi #woke is one of the most misused words. Ppl say it when they mean someone who they class as cultist.
In 1940’s #LeadBelly used “stay woke” in explicit association with Black Americans' need to be aware of racially motivated threats & the potential dangers of white America. #BLM [URL redacted]
#IndivMusicianLeadBelly #PleaStayWoke #CharacterisationWokeAsCompliment #IdentityAmericanBlackAndAfrican #TheoryLinguisticsSemanticShift #CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM
Supplementary: #TheoryLinguisticsSocioAfricanAmericanVernacularEnglishAAVE i.e. "African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety formerly known as Black English Vernacular or Vernacular Black English among sociolinguists, and commonly called Ebonics outside the academic community. While some features of AAVE are apparently unique to this variety, in its structure it also shows many commonalties with other varieties including a number of standard and nonstandard English varieties spoken in the US and the Caribbean. AAVE has been at the heart of several public debates and the analysis of this variety has also sparked and sustained debates among sociolinguists." https://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/aave.html
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@LeilaniPurvin [name pseudonymized]: I keep seeing “woke” used as a derogatory term. Having looked up the definition, I’m happy to be #woke [URL redacted]
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@WhitneyVieu [name pseudonymized]: God every time I speak to my #woke #millennial #GenZ kids o am filled with hope for the future! Switched on! Take no BS! No to #racism #mysogeny #exclusion YES to #fairness #kindness #responsibility @Conservatives talk to them you might learn something! [URL redacted]
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@KarlRiggin [name pseudonymized]: Dear @DailyMailUK will you #GrowUp and stop using the word #woke in every other fucking story headline, Stop using °F (Fahrenheit) as your a UK paper and last time I checked we always used °C (Celsius) #StopPissingEveryoneOff [URL redacted]
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@NatalieLeindecker [name pseudonymized]: What is it with the @piersmorgan, @DailyMailUK, @MailOnline and all the rest of the lazy #RWM in the UK and the use of the term #Woke!? Do they even know what it means!? Based on the definition WHY DO YOU PERCEIVE IT AS A BAD THING!? FFS educate yourselves!
#BlackLivesMatter [URL redacted]
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