Great interview, my question is if being woke is used against us as if it's a vile thing, why is it not publicly embraced and explained to educate those who don't understand? By not saying "Yes I am woke because..." it's like we are giving the permission to use it against us! Why???
While it is not known when being awake was first used as a metaphor for political engagement and activism, one early example in the United States was the paramilitary youth organization the Wide Awakes, which formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1860 to support the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln.
Among the earliest uses of the idea of wokeness as a concept for black political consciousness came from Jamaican philosopher and social activist Marcus Garvey,[3] who wrote in 1923, "Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa!"[3][6]
Black American folk singer-songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly, used the phrase "stay woke" as part of a spoken afterword to a 1938 recording of his song "Scottsboro Boys", which tells the story of nine black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.
To be "Woke" is to acknowledge when discrimination/injustice is happening around you in society today and when you see it ..don't turn a blind eye but call attention to it ... Its being culturally sensitive and understanding of the history and to the suffering it has caused for centuries
…probably the girls didn’t tell him to leave, they just gave him good and kind advice for his own well-being. That’s said, the aggressive guy shouldn’t be tolerated for picking up fights and even less to target black people.
Woke means criminals think it's still possible for them to be the last men on the planet. They don't think sitting in a jail cell would be any different. Woke means they're hoping they can too be partying with the ladies.
I think there is a misunderstanding here. Harrison's example of woke is excellent. The problem is that some people have taken it too far, that's why it has become a bad word.
@@Marksman3434Your question itself is "too far". You are smug, arrogant, delusional, and absolutely horrified when other human beings do not recite your leftist script that the world has made zero progress and a social utopia is right around the corner if everyone would just do what you say...... Ie WOKE.
@@DrSt-mu4zw You can’t take it too far. Being awake or woke has always meant to “be aware” of things that are actually happening despite a common narrative. It’s based on things actually happening, once people take it too far it becomes something else.
He would have name & shamed those shameless girls who asked him to leave bcs some Jeff has problem. Still I have hope the host name and shame those girls.
Five videos and still no real answer. Every explanation on every video is different. I'm going with nobody really knows and most just use their own interpretation.
It’s the ability to think critically about the systems in place that impact everyone. Some media outlets are confusing it with simply being a decent person, which doesn’t actually require an “awakening”; at least, not for people who are capable of thinking critically. Hope this helps!
Awakening-no. Awake- technically, yes. It originated during WW2 when minorities literally woke up to a ban on hiring discrimination in the defense industry. Tens of thousands of skilled labor positions opened up to all minorities (except the Japanese, of course). They wanted to “stay woke up” to opportunities for upward mobility (which were totally unheard of before that day). That executive order was a teeny precursor to the civil rights movement, where the term gained popularity in the context of paying attention or you’d fail to develop the new mental outlook that new situations demand. This is when it took on the definition of being critical of the world around you without losing your place in it.
Why didnt Jeff have to go? Maybe he is the brother of the person throwing the house party? Maybe he LIVES there? Maybe he bought the beers for everyone? Maybe you werent as liked as you thought and they made the whole thing up? This story assumes a LOT about the motivation. Did you talk to Jeff while he was sober? No? Ok
@@debishvebishwish4839 True... if. But notice in the story the guy never did anything, or said anything... it was just the story teller saying he was TOLD he MIGHT. No proof anything happened or would have happened and no way to know what the real reason he was asked to leave was. For all we know the teller is a jerk when he drinks and others didnt want to put up with HIM. That is just as likely.
@@TierDvik thus the "IF" in my statement. "IF" he somehow becomes troublesome, he should leave, "IF" he doesn't, he can sit together with everyone. Simple.
Jeff won't leave because he has better status than any of us. Even If I would be one eyed sighted, think Jeff would exploit that fact to gain superiority anyways, and get the attention.
Or the lady who was all "fake friendly" didn't want him there and was lying. There was no Jeff to begin with. Like, why didn't the lady just introduce him to Jeff before he gets drunk? It could have been an opportunity for Jeff to confront his bias against black people. Hell who knows, by the end of the party Jeff and Harrison may have become best friends.
@@adammwalch fine, I misspelled absurdity but you can still answer my question. you are also wrong for saying "your" absurdity, when referring to multiple people, therefore my confusion about your statement when I said "who" is justified. Tbh you're acting like a Reddit user. Also “The woke” doesn’t seem to be a person that’s in this video? Can you please define “woke”.
@@sbirkkk The use of "your" is entirely correct. Grammatically, the use of the multiple group 'woke' is treated as a singular. Don't try to engage in a petty tit for tat with an English professor.
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Great interview, my question is if being woke is used against us as if it's a vile thing, why is it not publicly embraced and explained to educate those who don't understand? By not saying "Yes I am woke because..." it's like we are giving the permission to use it against us! Why???
Love and sharing. Thank you for this.
While it is not known when being awake was first used as a metaphor for political engagement and activism, one early example in the United States was the paramilitary youth organization the Wide Awakes, which formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1860 to support the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, Abraham Lincoln.
Among the earliest uses of the idea of wokeness as a concept for black political consciousness came from Jamaican philosopher and social activist Marcus Garvey,[3] who wrote in 1923, "Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa!"[3][6]
This video was awesome. The example Harrison provided really explained the word "woke". 👍
Black American folk singer-songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, a.k.a. Lead Belly, used the phrase "stay woke" as part of a spoken afterword to a 1938 recording of his song "Scottsboro Boys", which tells the story of nine black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.
To be "Woke" is to acknowledge when discrimination/injustice is happening around you in society today and when you see it ..don't turn a blind eye but call attention to it ...
Its being culturally sensitive and understanding of the history and to the suffering it has caused for centuries
LOL the fact that you honestly believe that....
Here a Human Being offers words of
T R U T H !!!
I Truly believe in this way of thinking, Reaction, Action and Living.
CHEK WOKE AF
Awake, Not Woke.!
…probably the girls didn’t tell him to leave, they just gave him good and kind advice for his own well-being.
That’s said, the aggressive guy shouldn’t be tolerated for picking up fights and even less to target black people.
I think it's a made-up story.
Comfortable over UN - Comfortable
Is a Dis - Ease ...
If you drink the coke, you are DIET woke 😂 give me the real deal 😎
Excellent explanation!
Woke means criminals think it's still possible for them to be the last men on the planet. They don't think sitting in a jail cell would be any different. Woke means they're hoping they can too be partying with the ladies.
Great talk and explanation of the word woke.
I think there is a misunderstanding here. Harrison's example of woke is excellent. The problem is that some people have taken it too far, that's why it has become a bad word.
Can you give an example of taking it “too far”?
@@Marksman3434 woke is identity wokeness so not just race. it's gender, religion etc. Taking it too far is 9/11, and BLM riots
What about lbgt and how opening that doorway could influence the younger generations? That's pushing woke
@@Marksman3434Your question itself is "too far". You are smug, arrogant, delusional, and absolutely horrified when other human beings do not recite your leftist script that the world has made zero progress and a social utopia is right around the corner if everyone would just do what you say...... Ie WOKE.
@@DrSt-mu4zw You can’t take it too far. Being awake or woke has always meant to “be aware” of things that are actually happening despite a common narrative. It’s based on things actually happening, once people take it too far it becomes something else.
Good interview Clarity. Invisible Boy. Sounds like a good read.
He would have name & shamed those shameless girls who asked him to leave bcs some Jeff has problem. Still I have hope the host name and shame those girls.
Five videos and still no real answer. Every explanation on every video is different. I'm going with nobody really knows and most just use their own interpretation.
It’s the ability to think critically about the systems in place that impact everyone. Some media outlets are confusing it with simply being a decent person, which doesn’t actually require an “awakening”; at least, not for people who are capable of thinking critically. Hope this helps!
@@peckishpagan wait? Awakening? Awake? Woke? Is that it? I’m being honest. If that’s it I might cry a little.
Awakening-no. Awake- technically, yes. It originated during WW2 when minorities literally woke up to a ban on hiring discrimination in the defense industry. Tens of thousands of skilled labor positions opened up to all minorities (except the Japanese, of course). They wanted to “stay woke up” to opportunities for upward mobility (which were totally unheard of before that day). That executive order was a teeny precursor to the civil rights movement, where the term gained popularity in the context of paying attention or you’d fail to develop the new mental outlook that new situations demand. This is when it took on the definition of being critical
of the world around you without losing your place in it.
@@peckishpagan you should make a video for people like me. Your paragraph alone would have saved me some time. Thank you
@@movieforge01 Thank you. I might do that. I’m really glad it helped!
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Being woke does not expand your understanding of reality, no; It SHRINKS it.
WHAT WORD WOULD YOU INVENT TO APPY TO PALESTINIAN OPPRESSION? IT IS ALL TOO TRITE.
Why didnt Jeff have to go?
Maybe he is the brother of the person throwing the house party? Maybe he LIVES there? Maybe he bought the beers for everyone? Maybe you werent as liked as you thought and they made the whole thing up?
This story assumes a LOT about the motivation. Did you talk to Jeff while he was sober? No? Ok
I mean, if he lives in the house, can't he just go inside his room? If he is being destructive, he should take a break, calm down a bit.
@@debishvebishwish4839 True... if. But notice in the story the guy never did anything, or said anything... it was just the story teller saying he was TOLD he MIGHT. No proof anything happened or would have happened and no way to know what the real reason he was asked to leave was. For all we know the teller is a jerk when he drinks and others didnt want to put up with HIM. That is just as likely.
@@TierDvik thus the "IF" in my statement. "IF" he somehow becomes troublesome, he should leave, "IF" he doesn't, he can sit together with everyone. Simple.
I’m not woke by the way I was awake along time ago
Something is wrong: Jeff could also have a grunge on smal people as well. Like any other colored person.
Jeff won't leave because he has better status than any of us. Even If I would be one eyed sighted, think Jeff would exploit that fact to gain superiority anyways, and get the attention.
Or the lady who was all "fake friendly" didn't want him there and was lying. There was no Jeff to begin with. Like, why didn't the lady just introduce him to Jeff before he gets drunk? It could have been an opportunity for Jeff to confront his bias against black people. Hell who knows, by the end of the party Jeff and Harrison may have become best friends.
Your absurdity is being exposed now
Who? and what absurdly?
@@sbirkkk "Who?" The interviewer, the author, the 'woke'..."What 'absurdly'"? Your misuse of an adverb makes an answer impossible
@@adammwalch fine, I misspelled absurdity but you can still answer my question. you are also wrong for saying "your" absurdity, when referring to multiple people, therefore my confusion about your statement when I said "who" is justified. Tbh you're acting like a Reddit user. Also “The woke” doesn’t seem to be a person that’s in this video? Can you please define “woke”.
@@sbirkkk The use of "your" is entirely correct. Grammatically, the use of the multiple group 'woke' is treated as a singular. Don't try to engage in a petty tit for tat with an English professor.
@@adammwalch well I wouldn’t have tried to be a smart ass if I knew that….
We all know what it means.