The Term 'Woke'
Contributed by Jim Lieb
Recently the term Woke has been discussed in a few newspaper articles.
The interesting part was the definition of ’woke’ that they used….”an active awareness of systemic injustices and prejudices”. They need to look a lot deeper into this term.
That definition of Woke refers back a century or two when Africans and African Americans were working to do away with slavery and associated customs. Today Woke has become a political buzzword used to describe anything deemed too liberal, and applied to recent actions and positions of the left wing that are viewed as going too far
Here are a few examples of today’s use of Woke:
Woke is rioters burning cities and looting private businesses and calling it “peaceful protest.” Woke is disdain for the American working class because they live in the Midwest and South.Woke is the American Federation of Teachers passing a black lives matter resolution while doing little to address record-low reading and math scores. Woke is calling millions of Americans “racist” or “white supremist” because you disagree with their views.
Woke is sending your kids to private schools while complaining about economically disadvantaged kids lack of educational opportunity. Woke is conflating “all people are created equal” with everyone being the same, and then trying to force upon all people the same standards. Woke is lowering standards in the United States military in the name of “equality.”Unlike a century or two ago, being Woke today is definitely not a positive characteristic.