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Woke (/ˈwoʊk/) as a political term of African American origin refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice. It is derived from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues. By the late 2010s, woke had been adopted as a more generic slang term broadly associated with left-wing politics, socially liberal causes, feminism, LGBT activism, and cultural issues (with the terms woke culture and woke politics also being used). It has been the subject of memes, ironic usage and criticism. Its widespread use since 2014 is a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.

social justice cultural issues grammatical aspect

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  2. "How 'woke' fell asleep | OxfordWords blog" (in en-US). OxfordWords blog. 16 November 2016. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/11/woke/. 
  3. Kelley, William Melvin (20 May 1962). "If You're Woke You Dig It; No mickey mouse can be expected to follow today's Negro idiom without a hip assist. If You're Woke You Dig It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E2DF143EE637A25753C2A9639C946391D6CF. 
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  13. Hess, Amanda (2016-04-19). "Earning the ‘Woke’ Badge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/earning-the-woke-badge.html. 
  14. Kelley, Frannie (March 24, 2015). "Earl Sweatshirt: 'I'm Grown'". National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/sections/microphonecheck/2015/03/24/394987116/earl-sweatshirt-im-grown. 
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  22. "Anti-Woke: A Duty to Offend - Brendan O'Neill (dubbed "The Most Hated Man on UK Campuses")" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJGXgl51CM
  23. @@thehill (29 October 2019). "Fmr. President Barack Obama: "This idea of purity and you're never compromised and you're politically woke, and all that stuff -- you should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws."". https://twitter.com/@thehill/status/1189409128587956226. 
  24. "Barack Obama challenges 'woke' culture". 30 October 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50239261. 
  25. Gold, Tanya (2 March 2019). "'Brexit shows democracy doesn't work': An interview with Titania McGrath". https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/brexit-shows-democracy-doesnt-work-an-interview-with-titania-mcgrath/. 
  26. Lyons, Izzy (6 March 2019). "Titania McGrath: 'Queen of woke Twitter culture' sheds his online mask". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/06/man-behind-woke-twitter-account-titania-mcgrath-people-sick/. 
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