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- Embed this notice@TrevorGoodchild Lemme give you a Hotep perspective on the whole "Woke" thing. When you think of old-school woke, you generally think of a Hotep in a kufi; the stereotypical black conscious to "fight the power" (visa vie black power movements), or even going further back with the hippie movement for whites in the late 60s. There was some level of actual struggle against external forces (whether you agree with them or not).
I call that "Woke Classic"
Then, since Occupy Wall Street, Kony2012 (armchair activism), the advent of the Culture War, and Black Lives Matter, being Woke turned into kich corporate philanthropy.
Now, it seems like being "Woke" (what it's turning into), is a sign of not letting the prevailing authoritarian narrative be status quo (via H1Bs, Immigration, taxes, demographic shifts, what the layman's place in the world is, etc). Ironically, being "Woke" means being grounded, understanding, and living the layman's day to day life. Being woke now is not letting the whims of cosmopolitan Utopians shape your destiny.