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The word “woke” originated in African American English as a call to be alert to racial injustice and political consciousness; it appears in Black vernacular and cultural records at least as far back a...
The adjective “woke” originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as a call to stay alert to racial injustice, with documented uses at least as early as the 1920s–1940s and explicit politi...
The phrase "woke" — originally African American English for alertness to racial injustice — was popularized into mainstream activism language during the rise of Black Lives Matter (BLM), especially ar...