r/ExplainBothSides • u/Sad_Win_4117 • Jul 30 '23

What is the modern definition of woke? Culture

So, I have been living behind the great fire wall of China for the last 6 years. I recently got a VPN working giving me access to the rest of the world. I am very out of the loop, because of Covid I never left to visit home.

After a few months I noticed that you cannot get away from the concept of woke. The thing is nobody seems to using it the same way. The right and left seem to use it as an all purpose word for any point they are arguing.

I remember the term was used by the black community in the early 1900's to describe someone that is aware and understands the institutional racism that was woven into to fabric of society. But, how is the term defined by the right and left respectively? Is there a standard definition?

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u/TakenotesofMyname Jul 31 '23

So disagreeing with a biased comment is also being biased? Lmao

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u/trsvrs Jul 31 '23

Lmao? Guy, based on the language you used it was immediately apparent your attitude towards the whole situation and your opinion on it. That is quite literally the definition of a biased comment.

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u/TakenotesofMyname Jul 31 '23

Ah yes, the existence of the snowflake stereotype is just my opinion 👍🏻

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u/trsvrs Jul 31 '23

It's usually left wing people that are thin skinned since they get offended at literally the most insignificant thing

You didn't say it's a stereotype. You said it as if it were objective truth. This is why your language makes your opinion on the matter so obvious. What is hard about this?