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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
Yes you're exactly right. "Woke" has been used as part of AAVE for years if not decades. It was only in recent years that conservatives decided to take it to mean something bad.