Most people who are concerned about ‘woke’ culture, and describe it as such, are referring to the very specific mindset outlined above. For them the term is merely descriptive, although we would be unwise to ignore the vocal few who have adopted ‘woke’ as a form of insult and who genuinely oppose the noble goal of confronting prejudice. Debates which have been framed as ‘anti-woke versus woke’ smack of tabloid sensationalism, which has led to a general misapprehension of what is really at stake. It is also arguably why such terms ought to be avoided, as the word games are a distraction from
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