Woke
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the
2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities, such
as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas
involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white
privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans. The phrase stay
woke has history in AAVE as far back as the 1930s, in some contexts
referring to an awareness of the social and political issues affecting
African Americans. The phrase was uttered in lyrics of recordings by Lead
Belly in mid 20th century and post-millennium by Erykah Badu. The term
emerged in the 2010s, and, increasingly, it meant not only racial
consciousness but also that of gender, as well as other discriminated
identities, originally in the American context. During the 2014 Ferguson
protests, the phrase was popularized by Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists
seeking to raise awareness about police shootings of African Americans.
After seeing use on Black Twitter, the term woke was increasingly used by
white people, often to signal their support for BLM, which some commentators
have criticised as cultural appropriation. Initially, this wider adoption
spread primarily among the young or the millennial generation. As it spread
internationally, the term was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in
2017. By 2020, however, members of the political center and right wing in
several Western countries were using the term woke in an ironic way, as an
insult for various progressive or leftist movements and ideologies perceived
as overzealous, performative, or insincere. In turn, some commentators came
to consider it an offensive term with negative associations to those who
promote political ideas involving identity and race. Since then, derivative
terms such as woke-washing and woke capitalism were coined to describe, for
example, companies who signal support for progressive causes as a substitute
for genuine change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Political Correctness
Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; commonly
abbreviated PC) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures
that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular
groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has been used to describe
a preference for inclusive language and avoidance of language or behavior
that can be seen as excluding, marginalizing, or insulting to groups of
people disadvantaged or discriminated against, particularly groups defined
by ethnicity, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. In public discourse and
the media, the term is generally used as a pejorative with an implication
that these policies are excessive or unwarranted. The phrase politically
correct first appeared in the 1930s, when it was used to describe dogmatic
adherence to ideology in authoritarian regimes, such as Nazi Germany and
Soviet Russia. Early usage of the term politically correct by leftists in
the 1970s and 1980s was as self-critical satire; usage was ironic, rather
than a name for a serious political movement. It was considered an in-joke
among leftists used to satirise those who were too rigid in their adherence
to political orthodoxy. The modern pejorative usage of the term emerged from
conservative criticism of the New Left in the late 20th century, with many
describing it as a form of censorship. Commentators on the political left in
the United States contend that conservatives use the concept of political
correctness to downplay and divert attention from substantively
discriminatory behavior against disadvantaged groups. They also argue that
the political right enforces its own forms of political correctness to
suppress criticism of its favored constituencies and ideologies. In the
United States, the term has played a major role in the culture war between
liberals and conservatives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness
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