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A Woke

How to define a word properly.

By Skyler SaundersPublished about a year ago Updated about a year ago 3 min read
A Woke
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The current proponents of woke agendas show themselves to be parasites. They feed upon a host that should be reserved for the proper and the clearly-defined. Woke means that you are awake, aware. All of the people who champion the ideals of gender issues and sexual orientation and assignment issues without caring for such individuals truly; of wishing to defund law enforcement; the diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) supporters rarely if ever give thought to merit and talent rather than chemical makeup; the thoughts about being for tribalism and collectivism are harsh and violent turns.

The current woke crowd only wishes to destroy and corrupt the minds of those who don’t have a loud voice. They may flood social media sites but that is all they feel they can use. They might hold rallies or join in other demonstrations. They’re concerned only with tearing down as opposed to lifting up objectivity. This crowd pushes forward the sense that intellectualism is the key to discord and, ironically, fists and guns are to be used instead of ideas and discussion.

Critical race theory (CRT) is a keystone to the whole movement. It allows for all of the cretins to crawl out from their pestholes and blare their opposition with shrieks and shouts. Authors like Ta-Nehisi Coates have an obsession with black bodies but not human brains. He celebrates how the body is the most important part of the equation and only denigrates how Foundational Black Americans (FBA) function in the body politic.

In the nineteen-thirties and forties in America, a red wave washed over the sections of the populace. Some black people in particular took on the Communist Party and felt like it could enhance their lives. Since then, through the War on the Drugs stemming from the nineteen-seventies, some blacks have only been seen as convicts and addicts instead of thinkers and educators. The descdents have yet to fully embrace capitalism as the sole political system consonant with human relations.

The incarceration rate should be the alarm bell to challenge the status quo and shake up all of the misinformation and ugliness that emanates from certain individuals who have been struggling to find a greater identity than just being a member who has darker skin tones or broader facial appearances.

When I say woke, I mean the absolute, definite, and clear pronunciation of an individual who finds stimulating thought to be the only torch to bear. Someone who is woke, in this context, means they have a specific and definable way of presenting their fresh ideas.

Woke brings together the thoughts of the sphere of consciousness. How woke people should be viewed must be in the way of individuals who create their mental makeup through research and experience, where applicable. It is about stitching together the fabric of a person’s mind so that they can seek greater things to contemplate.

The awareness which comes with being woke means that they must be tested and forged in the fires of intellectualism. To fight for the woke word to be reclaimed is not merely to just pick up a catchword and repurpose it with tacks and glue. The idea is to present what the word should mean to everyone who has made the choice to use their minds.

If there are enough people to engage in ideas, that will permit such individuals who choose to use their brains to better understand the world and the world within. It is a battle over the soul, primarily. With the influx of so many people who deny and seek to destroy capitalism, without knowing what it is, it stains the woven fabric.

For woke to be redone for the person just at the onset of their lives discovering their own trials in the world of philosophy, it would have to be a winning moment. There of course would be those who would find stumbling blocks in just appraising the word. To be a woke is a person willing to be prepared in their mind for the onslaught of the muck and mire that currently dirties the culture. Of course, once the transition and reclamation serve as the new beacon amongst a wasteland, there will be a reawakening of the power to discuss the reality of not just taking a word but infusing it with actual meaning.

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