Comment by Shorel
5 days ago
I would advise you to ignore yapyap's definitions.
Paul Graham has defined woke in the best way I have read so far, and it is in the article we are discussing about:
Woke: An aggressively performative focus on social justice.
(Performed by a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others.)
Fair enough. But to be honest, I feel like it should be a positive thing, that was hijacked.
I can understand the original meaning as a way for black people to communicate that they need to be aware of socal issues caused by people who feel superior to them.
Which then was hijacked by the people who cause the social issues so they can use it to act self righteous and superior.