How ‘woke’ went from a social justice term to a pejorative favored by some conservatives | Analysis by Brandon Tensley
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Once upon a time, many decades ago,"woke" was a term used mostly in Black spaces to underscore the importance of keeping a close eye on patterns of racism and oppression.Language evolves, though, and sometimes in sinister ways.Over the years,"woke" has lived other lives: as a rallying cry against police brutality, as an ironic meme and now as an imprecise term used to decry progressive action.Consider that, just this month, Florida Republican Gov.
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