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Codes & Themes w/wo Theoretical Memos
(derived through a process of inductive, qualitative, data analysis)
@JamesMozell [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : @michaelharriot @NAACP_LDF From Black slang, to an anti-Black pejorative.
Ask yourself: What exactly is “the woke?” Where did “#woke” come from? And how did it become apparently worthy of gag orders instituted by politicians and administered with the might of the government? [URL redacted]
#TheoryLinguisticsSemanticShift
Context https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/
Supplementary #AdvocacyUSLegalDefenseFundLDF "'We must fight 'the woke' in our schools. We must fight 'the woke' in our businesses. We must fight 'the woke' in government agencies,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently declared from the stage at a campaign event. 'We can never, ever surrender to woke ideology. And I'll tell you this, the state of Florida is where woke goes to die.'... But don't just take our word for it. Ask yourself: What exactly is 'the woke?' Where did 'woke' come from? And how did it become apparently worthy of gag orders instituted by politicians and administered with the might of the government? When did it transform from its roots in Black American vernacular to a supposedly all-encompassing, terrifying force emblazoned across increasingly fear-mongering headlines in the United States and even now in parts of Europe?" https://www.naacpldf.org/woke-black-bad/ #AdvocacyUSAmericanCivilLibertiesUnionACLU #TheoryLinguisticsSocioAfricanAmericanVernacularEnglishAAVE #TheoryPoliticsOfFear
Addendum I'm reminded here of #IRLScholarDeandreMilesHercules' linguistic analysis of 'woke' in the #WebsiteBrut: "Brut vocab: Why we say 'woke'" presentation.
Context https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/
Supplementary #AdvocacyUSLegalDefenseFundLDF "'We must fight 'the woke' in our schools. We must fight 'the woke' in our businesses. We must fight 'the woke' in government agencies,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently declared from the stage at a campaign event. 'We can never, ever surrender to woke ideology. And I'll tell you this, the state of Florida is where woke goes to die.'... But don't just take our word for it. Ask yourself: What exactly is 'the woke?' Where did 'woke' come from? And how did it become apparently worthy of gag orders instituted by politicians and administered with the might of the government? When did it transform from its roots in Black American vernacular to a supposedly all-encompassing, terrifying force emblazoned across increasingly fear-mongering headlines in the United States and even now in parts of Europe?" https://www.naacpldf.org/woke-black-bad/ #AdvocacyUSAmericanCivilLibertiesUnionACLU #TheoryLinguisticsSocioAfricanAmericanVernacularEnglishAAVE #TheoryPoliticsOfFear
Addendum I'm reminded here of #IRLScholarDeandreMilesHercules' linguistic analysis of 'woke' in the #WebsiteBrut: "Brut vocab: Why we say 'woke'" presentation.
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