Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke, recorded s
U.S. Congresswoman Marcia Fudge in 2018
Folk singer-songwriter Lead Belly used the phrase "stay woke" on a 1938 recording of his song "Scottsboro Boys".
"Master Teacher", a 2008 song by the American singer Erykah Badu (pictured in 2012), included the term "stay woke".
"#StayWoke" hashtag on a placard during a December 2015 protest in Minneapolis
Since 2020, efforts have been made by people, most notably American conservatives, to challenge critical race theory in schools in the United States. Following the 2020 protests of the murders of Ahma
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…would thus become indispensable to the maintenance of this economic system; the minorities would be seen responsible for the losses of this system. 2020s critical race theory controversies Baizuo – Derogatory Chinese neologism…
A protester speaks against critical race theory at an Alamance-Burlington School System board meeting in 2021.