How does "woke" differ from being simply "aware"?

Mar 1, 2024 ... Woke activists aggressively promote sexual behavior and lifestyles through celebrations and legislation with new laws and vocabulary introduced ... Dec 20, 2023 ... Typically, “wokeness” and “woke ideology” are terms of abuse, used against a variety of practices that, despite their diversity, have a similar ... Dec 5, 2022 ... Asked what “woke” means more generally, [Desantis' General Counsel Ryan] Newman said “it would be the belief there are systemic injustices ... Jul 8, 2021 ... The lawsuit alleges the school embraced "woke culture," and gave priority to "gender-identity, human sexuality, and pregnancy termination." They ... Aug 26, 2022 ... In fact, the use of “woke” as an in-group signal urging Black people to be aware of the systems that harm and otherwise put us at a disadvantage ... Jan 22, 2021 ... “Woke” is currently used by the political left to refer to progressiveness and social justice, while those on the political right have ... Mar 12, 2025 ... What does it mean to be "woke"? Today, someone who is "woke" is someone who is aware of the social injustices occurring around them. Other ... Jan 8, 2019 ... I am crotchety, it's true. I have not become jaded in my work at the university. Not jaded, that's not what I mean. I'm still very hopeful, but ... Oct 13, 2022 ... Merriam-Webster defined "woke" in 2017 as "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues," like "race and social justice." The ... Mar 15, 2023 ... “aware and actively attentive to societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice.)”