“We are not born woke. But rather, there are moments of awakening for each of us.” While the term “woke” became a defining term of 2016, I appreciated his refreshing explanation, which clarified that “wokeness” doesn’t work like a light switch. You don’t just turn it on and boom, “You’re woke!” Instead, it is a process of learning, listening, stripping away the blinders that privilege puts on, and exposing yourself to suffering that doesn’t always affect you in order to act from a place of understanding and empathy.
