>'Woke' _primarily_ means roused from sleep. >Every other usage is metaphoric drift from that. The global cultural influence of African Americans is massive,

>'Woke' _primarily_ means roused from sleep. >Every other usage is metaphoric drift from that. The global cultural influence of African Americans is massive, possibly bigger than any other single group in the US, even after centuries of gatekeeping. A notable style trait of Ebonics is purposely butchering English grammar. Are you claiming you would use the past tense of 'wake' as the present tense (as in 'stay woke') without African Americans popularizing it? This may be the strangest claim I've heard recently. BTW, redefining established civil rights concepts to undermine the people and movements tied to them is extremely racist...