I see this word, 'woke', being used occasionally in newspaper articles related to politics.
The Google Search dictionary suggests this meaning:
The online edition of Merriam Webster says this about the origin:
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The Google Search dictionary suggests this meaning:
alert to injustice in society, especially racism.
"we need to stay angry, and stay woke"
The online edition of Merriam Webster says this about the origin:
Woke is a slang term that is easing into the mainstream from some varieties of a dialect called African American Vernacular English (sometimes called AAVE). In AAVE, awake is often rendered as woke, as in, “I was sleeping, but now I'm woke.” 'Woke' is increasingly used as a byword for social awareness.
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