What’s wrong with Woke?
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PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
its asleep.....
How so?
THat was funny, thanks.
So, if I understand it, its bad to call yourself 'woke', because it means you really aren't.
I'm okay with that, never called myself "woke".
Matt Dillon
Semolina comes from wheat
It's against free speech. Next!
I think the mtv racist video hurts does not help fight racism in this country. I'm glad you dont call yourself woke. it's silly.
cawacko
Well-known member
"They" being those people who said we should speak truth to power? Those in power are the elite right? They are the best at what they do. Why should we should challenge them instead of accepting they know best?
Why did/do people say 'question authority'? Again, those in authority are the elite are they not? Why question the elite?
“This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff,”
Mr. Obama said. “You should get over that quickly.”
“The world is messy; there are ambiguities,” he continued. “People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids, and share certain things with you.”
I do get a sense sometimes now among certain young people, and this is accelerated by social media, there is this sense sometimes of: ‘The way of me making change is to be as judgmental as possible about other people,’” he said, “and that’s enough.”
“Like, if I tweet or hashtag about how you didn’t do something right or used the wrong verb,” he said, “then I can sit back and feel pretty good about myself, cause, ‘Man, you see how woke I was, I called you out.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-cancel-culture.html
Mr. Obama said. “You should get over that quickly.”
“The world is messy; there are ambiguities,” he continued. “People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids, and share certain things with you.”
I do get a sense sometimes now among certain young people, and this is accelerated by social media, there is this sense sometimes of: ‘The way of me making change is to be as judgmental as possible about other people,’” he said, “and that’s enough.”
“Like, if I tweet or hashtag about how you didn’t do something right or used the wrong verb,” he said, “then I can sit back and feel pretty good about myself, cause, ‘Man, you see how woke I was, I called you out.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-cancel-culture.html
So, If I personally choose not to say or support racist things, its against free speech? How so?
Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate and a congresswoman from Mr. Obama’s home state of Hawaii, seized on his words as a campaign message for her supporters.
“In a nutshell, Obama is saying we all need a little more aloha spirit,” she tweeted. “Being respectful & caring for one another. Not being so quick to judge. Not seeing everything as black/white. I hope you’ll join me in bringing the spirit of aloha to the White House.”
Another Democratic presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, also championed the message on Twitter.
“He is right on all counts,” Mr. Yang said.
Others called out the 44th president for being “paternalistic.”
Michael Arceneaux, the author of “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé,” said he didn’t “need lessons about ‘being woke’ and ‘cancel culture’” in an op-ed for The Independent.
“I am never quite sure if Obama really thinks this naïvely or if he’s trying to convince certain sects of the population — notably young black folks, whom he just loves to lecture — that it’s better to coddle white people about their prejudices with the hopes of growth rather than speak our minds as we see fit,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-cancel-culture.html
“In a nutshell, Obama is saying we all need a little more aloha spirit,” she tweeted. “Being respectful & caring for one another. Not being so quick to judge. Not seeing everything as black/white. I hope you’ll join me in bringing the spirit of aloha to the White House.”
Another Democratic presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, also championed the message on Twitter.
“He is right on all counts,” Mr. Yang said.
Others called out the 44th president for being “paternalistic.”
Michael Arceneaux, the author of “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé,” said he didn’t “need lessons about ‘being woke’ and ‘cancel culture’” in an op-ed for The Independent.
“I am never quite sure if Obama really thinks this naïvely or if he’s trying to convince certain sects of the population — notably young black folks, whom he just loves to lecture — that it’s better to coddle white people about their prejudices with the hopes of growth rather than speak our minds as we see fit,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/obama-woke-cancel-culture.html
I am not against challenging them, obviously I challenge them for a living. Are you saying that there is nothing wrong with being elite, but we should be encouraged to challenge them?
I WHOLEHARTEDLY AGREE!
I just keep hearing a different sentiment expressed, which is a base attack on "the elite" for being elite. Its funniest coming from those who consider themselves elite.
Yakuda
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Kind of like lebron james complaining america is a "systemically" racist country.
I agree, being awake is, at least in part, about knowing yourself. I have racist ideas and tendencies, the difference is that I try to not act on them, and I work to do better.
To me trying to do better, is as close to be 'woke' as a person can be.
The worst thing a person can do is decide that they cant do better so they are just going to stay racist.
IN many ways it is, pretending differently is ignoring reality. Its not awake to reality.
Is it?
Who would that be?