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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
From what i understand, woke appeared in the north American black community as a way of saying stay aware (of the structures that negatively impact minorities) and be present (in fighting against those structures).
As so often happens, conservatives took and appropriated the word, distorting it.
gpt
But languages always change, and usage determines meaning. From conservatives it spilled to moderates and even left-wing people, so now it means those things among non-North American black communities. It has gained the second meaning even in European sites to describe a particular type of American activism that’s insincere, obnoxious, and shallow.