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Given the contexts I most commonly see it used in, I think it means “having empathy for someone outside my identity group”.
by Cornbilly 2y ago
Given the contexts I most commonly see it used in, I think it means “having empathy for someone outside my identity group”.
- whatthesmack 2y agoIt's not empathy when a person is passed over for a role because of their skin color due to unwritten HR policies, and people using the word "woke" are generally referencing the unethical and illegal aspects of such policies.
- Cornbilly 2y agoTrying intellectualize all of the goofy “woke” controversies over the last few years into “they just don’t like these HR policies” is just being dishonest.
- celdon25 2y agoImagine if you had made that same comment in a case of the same discrimination against another skin color that wasn't white. Heads would roll. So much for "having empathy for someone outside my identity group". Given that many such comments also amount to gaslighting, that's what bothers people about the whole idea. It was a good experiment, but it's time to end the policies and the attitude it brings. There are better things to argue over, this isn't one of them.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoMost of the time when I see people use the term woke it has nothing to do with hiring policies. Which is why I asked.
- anonfordays 2y agoGiven the contexts I most commonly see it used in, I think it means “having hatred for someone outside my identity group”. It's anti-White, Europhobic, misandry, etc.