Wokeism

Wokeism has a much longer history than you might think and its original meaning has been appropriated and obfuscated beyond recognition. We break down the defintiion, the current application, and level a critical lens at "woke" culture. Warning: We discuss a few awful people doing awful things. Vocab: Pejorative. Recommendations: Abraham: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird)Shane: Samiam - Stowaway (https://open.spotify.com/album/5EZd3zQ30PFR9Xtbcbp0EU?si=o-wT0RWXQOWCcog4WL0EtQ)Links and References:https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversyhttps://www.nationalworld.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/what-does-woke-mean-definition-woke-culture-2023-3215758https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/2167/stop-w-o-k-e-acthttps://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/dsjel/vol2/iss3/1/https://shareok.org/handle/11244/326817https://formationreimagined.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Church-membership-has-fallen-below-the-majority-for-the-first-time-The-Washington-Post.pdfhttps://diversity.social/wokeism-woke-culture/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support.