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Comment by majani

6 months ago

I'm also black and growing up I had the impression that "woke" referred to left-leaning conspiracy theorists and activists. 9/11 truthers and gay rights activists were the main woke groups of the Bush era

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jrm4  5 months ago

Going to guess you're pretty young? Seems odd to have not heard it differently elsewhere first.

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