I'll never understand how being aware of social injustice can somehow be manipulated to be a bad thing.
I chose 80%. I'm always still learning.
It depends on your definition of the word.
The Urban Dictionary defines woke as “the act of being very pretentious about how much you care about social issues.”
Wikipedia defines it as "a term that refers to awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice".
If one uses the latter definition then yes. I am always trying to do that. To be socially aware and consciously awake. I am always striving to be aware and do better. I cannot put a percentage on it though because that would just be a guess. No one is perfect so I know it isn't 100%.
But pertaining to the first definition, no. I don't care what others think about how much I care about social issues and I am certainly not pretentious about it. I care about social issues and what I can do to make things better and that is what matters.
DF, google is your friend.
Sometimes it seems that the 'sides' go to war over virtually everything.
Thanks all.
I also have been somewhat perplexed by the term "woke".
Initially it seemed like a simple term for a good thing.
But it has somehow also grown to be seen as a negative thing.
Woke now has two meanings, each opposite the other.
Calling someone woke can be a compliment or an insult depending on caller.
It is unfortunate America is now so polarized.
Sometimes it seems that the 'sides' go to war over virtually everything.
FWIW, I couldn't bring myself to vote in the very poll I created.
The meaning of the term is too much of a train wreck.
If I could do magic, I'd just vanish the term woke, and the sides.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
So one can be 0% woke and 100% woke at the same time
"Woke" is a self-congratulatory wink. "Woke" is self-focused, wearing a hat taking selfies kinda nothingism. Please don't call me woke. Love is selfless in nature, not an identity on a T-shirt.
I'll look for ways I can do better as a human. Nothing about that calls attention to self.
PS: I Bet everyone here wants to do well and love others. I do honor that thought.
I think the point of the SNL skit was how over the top and silly the whole PC & woke movements can get.
So, where should one draw the line to do the right thing, but not take it to the silly level?
I have no idea where anyone else should draw the line, only where I draw the line.
Only each individual knows where they draw the line.
That's the annoying thing about woke, sharing the planet with others.
Everyone feels they are right, but everyone varies.
IMO the whole reason woke is a broken word is it doesn't include a People Vary Clause.
Woke's premise seems to be, there's only one right way to be, and everyone must conform to it or they become "them", not "us".
Sound familiar?
I won't bother posting the pic of the jets exploding into the WTC.