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The woke will soon realise that the only way to make education "equitable" (an euphemism for "equal outcome") is to remove education entirely. This, again, dra

• jpster 5y ago
  What does “woke” mean?
  • drdeca 5y ago
    Do you not know? Are you unfamiliar with how it is used?
    • consumer451 5y ago
      > Do you not know? Are you unfamiliar with how it is used? In this case those seem to be two different things. At least I hope. Do you agree with the Oxford definition? > alert to injustice in society, especially racism. > "we need to stay angry, and stay woke"
      • drdeca 5y ago
        the use is often ironic. Referring more to political affiliation with people who, perhaps, consider themselves to be alert to injustice and such. Like calling someone self-righteous. Also, I don't think the "especially racism" is accurate anymore (at least among the ironic use, which, in my experience, is the more common one). The stronger association nowadays is with like, positions about minorities among sexualities and gender identity, not primarily around race. Was this really unclear to you? Are you not exposed to this kind of use frequently?
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  • consumer451 5y ago
    > What does “woke” mean? This is a very important question. Oxford says: > alert to injustice in society, especially racism. > "we need to stay angry, and stay woke" I would love to learn the exact definition which the grandparent uses internally. Other terms which have one English definition and yet widely disparate meanings depending on political indoctrination in the USA: - Capitalism - Communism - Socialism - Social Democracy - I'm sure many others If we could at least start by having the same meanings for very important words like this, then maybe I would have more hope for US stability. Hacking this basic issue seems like the most disruptive and positive move possible in US civil discourse.
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  • bitwize 5y ago
    It comes from the black community in the 70s, who in turn may have gotten the concept from Gurdjieff, who famously said "man is asleep" and therefore unaware of "the terror of the situation". "Stay woke" in the 70s meant "be aware of the actual social situation around you; Whitey is still not your friend". Anyone who uses "woke" as a pejorative is promoting sleep -- personal and social unawareness. And thus the terror continues...
  • akomtu 5y ago
    I'd define "woke" as identity fundamentalism. It's all about identity - black vs white, male vs female, gender conformant vs non-conformamt; and it's fundamentalism because it doesn't admit a middle ground - you either blindly join them, or become their enemy. CRT is a good summary of their views.
    • jpster 5y ago
      Blindly join them in what, exactly?
• path411 5y ago
  You could also try to skim some of the original material instead of taking an article obviously written with a propaganda level of bias hook line and sinker. Stop blindly trusting people because they use some of the same political buzzwords you like. They aren't proposing any reduction in math education, it's actually a proposal to try to teach more students, more math. Most schools in the us start in b early middle school a set "advanced" math course. And if for some reason you weren't accepted in 6th grade, it is totally very difficult to get into the advanced math tract as it is taught and assumed that you need every year of math perfectly in order or you will be "lost". No other subject is taught like this. I had many people move in and out of honors classes from 6-12th grade. But very rarely people move into the honors math classes from non honors. Kinda a big sign the current system is stifling