Definition Of Being Woke

Woke is a slang term that is easing into the mainstream from some varieties of a dialect called african american vernacular english sometimes called aave.

Definition of being woke. By vensamos june 06 2018. In mainstream use woke can also more generally describe someone or something as being with it want more of the hottest words. Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues especially issues of racial and social justice but we will only succeed if we reject the growing pressure to retreat into cynicism and hopelessness. In aave awake is often rendered as woke as in i was sleeping but now i m woke woke is increasingly used as a byword for social awareness.

The act of being very pretentious about how much you care about a social issue. Yeah most people don t care about parking spaces for families with disabled pets. Sign up for right in your inbox. The urban dictionary which published its original definition two years prior to the official dictionary defines it as being woke means being aware knowing what s going on in the community.

I wish they were woke like me. Wokeness is a proclamation and challenge to others especially white people who benefit from certain privileges because of their skin color. A woke person is someone who has woken up to modern discrimination and social issues.