WOKE
WOKE It amazes me how this one word can evoke so much anger and divisiveness. If you look up the word, there are several meanings. Wikipedia says within the 2010s, the word woke (the colloquial, passively voiced past participle of wake) obtained meaning 'politically and socially aware' among BLM activists. It is also listed as a past tense verb - emerge or cause emerge from a state of sleep. To stir or come to life. The origin is listed as Old English (recorded only in the past tense woc), also partly from the weak verb wacian 'remain awake, hold a vigil'. I am about to go "third person" on you. Does Jackie Armstrong think that she is woke? Sure do. Does she see anything wrong with the reference, she sure doesn't. I am not a label person, I never have been, but our society has gotten so hung up on labels and separation. For me this word is awareness. I want to emerge from a state of sleep when it comes to real-lif...
