Here’s an hilarious article by Woke RationalWiki:
Woke might refer to:
- A term in African American Vernacular English to refer to awareness of danger, injustice, and racism
- A political term originating in feminist circles indicating awareness of social justice issues
- A term appropriated by the Alt-right used as a smear against one promoting a socially progressive message; later re-appropriated by Republicans, Christofascists and other conservatives as a generic snarl word against pretty much anything they don’t like or in some cases, outright stated to be what it is, in brazen contempt of civil rights.
- A term used by conspiracy theorists to refer to themselves; see Wake up
- The past tense of wake
- Having a functional conscience and sense of empathy[citation NOT needed]
These types of usage of the word originally derive from African American Vernacular English. This word is nearly a century old.