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- Dictionarywoke/wəʊk/
verb
- 1. past of wake
adjective
- 1. alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism: informal "we need to stay angry, and stay woke"
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Woke is a political slang adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Wikipedia