Being "woke" just means...

[MissMillie]

...having empathy. Right?

[EYESORE 9001]

1. To me, the word implies awareness

which is infinitely preferable to ignorance.

[Tripper11]

4. Awareness. As soon as I read the post....

the only word that came to mind was awareness.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Pretty much...

RWers love to take good things and spin them into evils.

Most of the "free speechers" I run into these days are just complaining that people won't let them act like assholes without consequences.

[FalloutShelter]

5. N/T

[Diamond_Dog]

6. +100

[Siwsan]

3. Why do the right's insults always sound like actual compliments?

Antifa? Anti Fascist? Yup. I proudly claim that title, just like my uncles who fought in WWII.

Social Justice Warrior? Sounds like a good thing, to me. Especially compared to the Social INJUSTICE Warriors we deal with every day are doing.

Woke? Instead of sleep walking through the spread of Neo and QAnonsense? Yup. Paying attention in order to react appropriately seems the smartest course of action, to me.

[Sympthsical]

7. Supposed to mean awareness

When people would recognize the systemic, institutional, legal, and cultural racism that exists in America. When a white person would have that "A ha!" moment and see just how bad it has been for minorities in this country.

Emphasis on it's supposed to mean that. Kind doesn't in some ways these days. But that's a whole other conversation I'm not getting into today.

[MissMillie]

10. Well, I guess in my head

being aware requires some empathy and vice versa.

[Sympthsical]

11. You're not wrong

Being aware requires actively fighting against selfishness, that the world doesn't include only your experiences.

Too many people think the entire world operates how it does within their own bubble. That's a large part of why we're in the messes we're in.

[yonder]

12. Amen. Looking (and feeling) beyond ourselves.

[Walleye]

8. Politically correct means being considerate of other peoples' feelings

They took that and easily turned it into an insult

[uponit7771]

9. Black folks have been using since the 40s (link)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#:~:text=Woke%20(%2F%CB%88wo%CA%8Ak,Vernacular%20English%20expression%20stay%20woke.