Message #47926

[mccoy]

Steve, the definition of Woke you provided is the original old one, whereas presently is more used as a pejorative term to describe the nonsensical ideas, predicated by some parts of the population.

Topline “Woke” is now best known as a negative political buzzword used to describe anything deemed too liberal or progressive—like brands that support Pride Month, The Little Mermaid live-action film and teaching about race in schools—but the word has a long history, originally meaning to be aware of racially motivated threats.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/06/06/what-does-woke-even-mean-how-a-decades-old-racial-justice-term-became-co-opted-by-politics/

Unfortunately, I know the worst part of wokism, a narrative which Yogananda with his common sense and pragmatism would have cautioned everyone of us against.