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Comments: Thanks Cyruss. Now wokeness also means that if you are disgusted by the antics of Trump, you are woke because he tells it the way his supporters like to hear if.
Comments: LEILA FADEL, HOST: Woke - it's just four letters, but it has had a big impact on Republican politics ahead of the 2024 election. It's hard to avoid criticism of, quote, "wokeness" and "wokeism" among GOP presidential hopefuls. But what does it actually mean? As Domenico Montanaro reports, the term didn't arise out of the culture war. DOMENICO MONTANARO, BYLINE: There's one word on the Republican presidential campaign trail that's hard to avoid. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) RON DESANTIS: Now, this woke mind virus represents a war on merit, a war on... MONTANARO: That's presidential hopeful and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis using the word woke he's repeated over and over and over again and made central to his politics. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DESANTIS: We will fight the woke in the legislature. We will fight the woke in education. We will fight the woke in the businesses. We will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. Our state is where woke goes to die. (APPLAUSE) MONTANARO: Republicans on the campaign trail are using it as something of a catchall to criticize anything on the progressive side of the political spectrum they don't like, whether it's teaching about racism in schools or gender transition policies or even books and libraries they deem inappropriate. Not every candidate likes this focus. Here's North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum on NBC's Meet the Press. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MEET THE PRESS") DOUG BURGUM: I believe that the president of the United States has got to define a set of things they're supposed to work on, and it's not every culture war topic. MONTANARO: But Burgum is in the minority in his party on this and has minimal support at this point. What about the front-runner for the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump? (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: And I don't like the term woke because I hear woke, woke, woke. You know, it's like just a term they use. Half the people can't even define it. They don't know what it is. MONTANARO: But that seems to be a new stance for Trump because he's used the word multiple times to criticize the left. In fact, just hours after making that statement, he used it repeatedly in a town hall on Fox News. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TRUMP: A lot of things going on with our military, with the woke and all this nonsense. They're not learning to fight and protect us from some very bad people. They want to go woke. They want to go woke. MONTANARO: But what does the word really mean, and where does it come from? ELAINE RICHARDSON: It comes out of Black culture. MONTANARO: Elaine Richardson is a professor of literacy studies at the Ohio State University. RICHARDSON: In simple terms, it just means being politically conscious and aware, like stay woke. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "REDBONE") CHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) Stay woke. MONTANARO: The word has a long history. It was used in Black protest songs dating back to the early 20th century, including by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, the singer of the 1938 song "Scottsboro Boys." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SCOTTSBORO BOYS") HUDDIE LEDBETTER: (Singing) Go to Alabama and you better watch out. The landlord'll get you, going to jump and shout. Scottsboro, Scottsboro boys, tell you what it's all about. I'm going to tell all you colored people... MONTANARO: Here's Ledbetter speaking about the song in what's believed to be the first audio recording of the use of the word woke. An old record - it's hard to hear, but he says in Alabama, be careful and stay woke. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LEDBETTER: So I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through Alabama - stay woke, keep their eyes open. MONTANARO: Be careful. Stay woke. Keep your eyes open. The Scottsboro Boys were nine Black teenagers who are accused of raping two white girls in what is widely seen today as one of the worst cases of racist legal injustice. It helped spur the civil rights movement and loosely inspired the book and movie "To Kill A Mockingbird." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD") GREGORY PECK: (As Atticus Finch) This case should never have come to trial. MONTANARO: Again, here's Ohio State's Richardson. RICHARDSON: It comes out of the experience of Black people of knowing that you have to be conscious of the politics of race, class, gender, systemic racism, ways that society is stratified and not equal. MONTANARO: The phrase came back into popular use in 2008 after Erykah Badu's song "Master Teacher." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MASTER TEACHER") ERYKAH BADU: (Singing) Everybody - I stay woke. Everybody stay - I stay woke. Sing it everybody - I stay woke. Everybody... MONTANARO: Modern Black activism and the Black Lives Matter movement used it widely as a rallying cry. At other times, the seriousness of the word has been diluted, used facetiously and ironically on social media. And now the word has been co-opted as a political slogan on the right, something Richardson warns could lead to violence, like recent cases in which Black people have been shot knocking on a door, for example. RICHARDSON: It promotes anti-Blackness. It promotes stratification. It promotes fear. And that's very dangerous. MONTANARO: On the campaign trail, though, there's no sign of the candidates abandoning the word as they continue to use it to galvanize the conservative base around culture war issues. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
Comments: While ago I wrote here about the word woke and its meaning. I correlated it to progress or progressive values, or actions in the direction of progress. Such as what we saw in our country after reforms of 1342, particularly women getting the right to vote. That woke act by Shah met resistance of reactionary forces. In that sense Shah and “ angela decided was woke! Just like socialism, the term woke is mis used and hijacked by the right wing fear mongers for their political purposes.Where does the word come from and what does it mean? Next post will be transcripts of a radio discussion on this term. ( lengthy)
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Comments: I think there will be a major overhaul to the Democratic Party before 2028. I believe the era of hawkish democrats, neoliberals, Elite democrats, corporate democrats or whatever they are called will come to an end. Or they may just drift to the right and crisscross just like the 50s. Right now they are the servants of Right wing neocons
Comments: Other than the woke people many see the election between of this year between ultra right wing warmonger republicans and the moderate conservative republicans. Democrat elements are just figureheads
Comments: They are entitled to their opinion and do not want to read into it further motives
Comments: Forget Trump and what he is going to do. What is your views / reaction on these comments by liberal democrat tulsi Gabbard.
Comments: She will get destroyed when she has to justify Trump's behavior as a person
Comments: Being against mocking a disabled person is not woke. Being offended by a picture of Harris being tied up like a black slave is not woke. Havig high moral expectations from your president is not woke. Come on man, don't you see what is obvious and want me to tie myself into a knot supporting Trump?
Comments: About the truck video you posted, Jon Stewart (a democrat, a liberal, an anti Trump ) had a piece on it for people with woke mind virus. Like are you fucking kidding me. Enough is enough. I mean these are normal but non extremist democrats. And keep in mind that unlike you these are democrats at the throat of the democrats in charge. Shahin many democrats are questioning things and they are not as ideologic and extremist. They call it when they see it. You are becoming ideological and a bit like woke extremists. It is ok to critic your own party in order to be constructive and put them back on track and assuring that they don't deviate from their values and principles. you should not deviate from your values and principles when you don't like opposing candidate. Stick to them. That what Tulsi and many democrats are doing. Watch this. It is short.it is Jon Stewart about the truck picture you posted below
Comments: And about oh Trump will do this or that... don't forget he is not a new candidate. He was president for 4 years. I think Damon Imani for those who think like that, he nails it.
Comments: Shahin. Harris s already did that to her fellow democrat. Why don't you see these. Forget what trump will do. See what Harris is doing to Bernie fellow democrat.
Comments: One thing that is really strange and actually an anomaly is Trump's assassination attempt and his reaction to it. One thing we know about Trump is that he capitalizes on words said or things happened. He spices it up with BS exaggeration And uses it to his benefit and against his opponents. To this date he has not made any comments on who potentially could have been behind the assassination, no controversial theories and no conspiracy theories. And yet he has an independent investigation crew digging in. Does he have something up in his sleeve that he will use later? Knowing Trump this is odd. And no, it was not staged. 😊. Secret service personnel are deployed by the government and every time it is a random set of personnel. |
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