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Codes & Themes w/wo Theoretical Memos
(derived through a process of inductive, qualitative, data analysis)
"Woke means awakened to the needs of others. To be well informed, thoughtful, compassionate, humble, and kind. Eager to make the world a better place for all people."
"Liberal
A political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties; specifically: such a philosophy that considers government as a crucial instrument for amelioration of social inequities (as those involving race, gender, or class).
Merriam-Webster
Common Culture: Life in the American Midwest"
#PhenomnDictionaryMerriamWebster
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID. LIBERALS GOT WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. LIBERALS GOT AFRICAN-AMERICANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE. LIBERALS CREATED SOCIAL SECURITY AND LIFTED MILLIONS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY. LIBERALS ENDED SEGREGATION. LIBERALS PASSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. LIBERALS CREATED MEDICARE. LIBERALS PASSED THE CLEAN AIR ACT, THE CLEAN WATER ACT. WHAT DID CONSERVATIVES DO? THEY OPPOSED THEM ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS EVERY ONE. SO WHEN YOU TRY TO HURL THAT LABEL AT MY FEET, 'LIBERAL,' AS IF IT WERE SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, SOMETHING DIRTY, SOMETHING TO RUN AWAY FROM, IT WON'T WORK, SENATOR. BECAUSE I WILL PICK UP THAT LABEL AND I WILL WEAR IT AS A BADGE OF HONOR.
MATT SANTOS - THE WEST WING FROM THE EPISODE 'THE DEBATE' WRITTEN BY LAWRENCE O'DONNELL"
#FictionalCharacterMattSantos
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"'What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican Party?
I'll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act.
What did Conservatives do?
They opposed them on every one of those things, every one. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor.'
Written by: Lawrence O'Donnell Jr."
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@AdrienneEvetts [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : @drboycewatkins1 And the black trap? When Europeans defeated Africans in 1492 then 1511 A King Philip made a papal bull banning the word Moor. Now replaced by Black a slave name. In fact the word Slave comes from Slovs or Slovakian when Moorish Arabs put them in bondage calling them slaves. #woke [URL redacted]
"BLACK, a. [Sax. blac, and blæc, black, pale, wan, livid; blacian, blæcan, to become pale, to turn white, to become black, to blacken; blæc, ink; Sw. blek, pale, wan, livid; bleck, ink; bleka, to insolate, to expose to the sun, or to bleach; also to lighten, to flash; D. bleek, pale; bleeken, to bleach; G. bleich, pale, wan, bleak; bleichen, to bleach; Dan. blak, ink; bleeg, pale, wan, bleak, sallow; bleeger, to bleach. It is remarkable that black, bleak and bleach are all radically one word. The primary sense seems to be, pale, wan or sallow, from which has proceeded the present variety of significations.]"
#PhenomnDictionaryMerriamWebster https://edl.byu.edu/webster/term/2338095 ?
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@ShawnKukreja [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : Earlier I have only seen tbe RWs who were using the #woke to denote ‘Woke liberals’, ‘Woke feminists’ e.t.c. Now, people from progressive circles are also increasingly using it neglecting the history and politics of langauge. [URL redacted]
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardianSteveRose "Like 'politically correct' before it, the word 'woke' has come to connote the opposite of what it means. Technically, going by the Merriam-Webster dictionary's definition, woke means 'aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)', but today we are more likely to see it being used as a stick with which to beat people who aspire to such values, often wielded by those who don't recognise how un-woke they are, or are proud of the fact ... as [Laurence] Fox and others [e.g. Toby Young] have shown, it is as much to do with the issues of racial and social justice. Criticising 'woke culture' has become a way of claiming victim status for yourself rather than acknowledging that more deserving others hold that status. It has gone from a virtue signal to a dog whistle. The language has been successfully co-opted - but as long as the underlying injustices remain, new words will emerge to describe them." (Steve Rose, 21 January 2020, The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2020/jan/21/how-the-word-woke-was-weaponised-by-the-right
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Supplementary #MagazineNZTheSpinoffAliceNeville [Wikipedia] "The term political correctness as we know it emerged in the mid-80s - this Aussie social work lecturer at Victoria University was an early adopter - but didn't enter the mainstream consciousness in New Zealand until the 90s, ascending slowly but surely until it was absolutely everywhere by the turn of the millennium. With Helen Clark's government securing a second term in 2002, the war against PC hit its stride: National's shadow education minister Nick Smith was railing against the 'political correctness gone mad' of kapa haka being recognised in the NCEA, and for the next few years 'PC gone mad' went a bit, well, mad. According to Hansard, there were 250 mentions of 'politically correct', 139 mentions of 'political correctness' and 82 for 'PC' during parliamentary debates in the 2002-2005 term, which is as far back as online Hansard goes. (It's possible, I concede, that some of those 82 PCs were referencing the family computer.) 'Politically correct nonsense' was a phrase uttered 18 times and 'PC nonsense' 19 times during those three years, mainly, it would seem, by Nick Smith (social workers being required to learn about the Treaty, councils consulting with iwi, kava ceremonies for public servants, resource management reform and changes to the law around guardianship arrangements for kids were just a handful of his targets)." https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-05-2025/how-wokeism-cancelled-political-correctness #MetaphorPeriodization1980s #ToponymOceaniaAustralia #EDUNZVictoriaUniversityOfWellington #ToponymOceaniaNewZealand #OrgClassifPPNZNewZealandLabourPartyHelenClark #2002_ #OrgClassifPPNZNewZealandNationalPartyNickSmith #1840_TeTiritiOWaitangi [Wikipedia] #IdentityFirstNationsMaoriKinshipWhakapapa [Wikipedia] #IdentityFirstNationsMaoriIwi [Wikipedia] #OrgNZGovNZQANewZealandQualificationsAuthorityManaTohuMataurangaOAotearoa [Wikipedia] #OrgNZGovNZQANationalCertificateOfEducationalAchievementNCEA [Wikipedia] #OrgUKGovHansard
Supplementary #MagazineNZTheSpinoffAliceNeville [Wikipedia] "The term political correctness as we know it emerged in the mid-80s - this Aussie social work lecturer at Victoria University was an early adopter - but didn't enter the mainstream consciousness in New Zealand until the 90s, ascending slowly but surely until it was absolutely everywhere by the turn of the millennium. With Helen Clark's government securing a second term in 2002, the war against PC hit its stride: National's shadow education minister Nick Smith was railing against the 'political correctness gone mad' of kapa haka being recognised in the NCEA, and for the next few years 'PC gone mad' went a bit, well, mad. According to Hansard, there were 250 mentions of 'politically correct', 139 mentions of 'political correctness' and 82 for 'PC' during parliamentary debates in the 2002-2005 term, which is as far back as online Hansard goes. (It's possible, I concede, that some of those 82 PCs were referencing the family computer.) 'Politically correct nonsense' was a phrase uttered 18 times and 'PC nonsense' 19 times during those three years, mainly, it would seem, by Nick Smith (social workers being required to learn about the Treaty, councils consulting with iwi, kava ceremonies for public servants, resource management reform and changes to the law around guardianship arrangements for kids were just a handful of his targets)." https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-05-2025/how-wokeism-cancelled-political-correctness #MetaphorPeriodization1980s #ToponymOceaniaAustralia #EDUNZVictoriaUniversityOfWellington #ToponymOceaniaNewZealand #OrgClassifPPNZNewZealandLabourPartyHelenClark #2002_ #OrgClassifPPNZNewZealandNationalPartyNickSmith #1840_TeTiritiOWaitangi [Wikipedia] #IdentityFirstNationsMaoriKinshipWhakapapa [Wikipedia] #IdentityFirstNationsMaoriIwi [Wikipedia] #OrgNZGovNZQANewZealandQualificationsAuthorityManaTohuMataurangaOAotearoa [Wikipedia] #OrgNZGovNZQANationalCertificateOfEducationalAchievementNCEA [Wikipedia] #OrgUKGovHansard
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