Republican are leaning on the term 'woke' to lambast out-of-touch liberalism run amok, but Americans don't agree on what the word means.
A plurality of Americans would consider it an insult to be called woke, including 42% of independents and 60% of Republicans, according to a recent national survey. That’s compared to 32% of Americans that would feel complimented if called woke, with 46% of Democrats and 32% of independents responding that way.
“Woke is a zingy, catch-all term. It’s used to describe anything that fits a far-left agenda,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a GOP strategist who works with Young Americans for Liberty to mobilize center-right youth voters. “But by being so broad, much like critical race theory, it becomes difficult to identify exactly what it means and so you wind up with multiple definitions.”
Woke along with “awake” became popular among African American civil rights activists in the early 1920s. Both terms were used to urge black Americans to be cognizant of injustice as well as threats posed because of their race. “I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there – best stay woke, keep their eyes open,” Ledbetter, who is better known by his stage name, Lead Belly, sings in the song.
“Woke had a specific meaning among Black activists, but if you weren’t part tuned into that movement, you wouldn’t know the term,” said Shana Kushner Gadarian, a professor of political opinion and communications at Syracuse University. “Once political leaders and the media began using the term, it gained wider exposure. That explains why there are conflicting views of what the word really means.”
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