You’re Using “Woke” Wrong

From “woke bae” to “woke-a-cola,” the word woke has taken the
internet and mainstream media by storm. But how many people who use
the word actually know what it means? On today’s episode, Rachelle
and Madison (but, really, mostly Rachelle) explain the decades-old
origins of the word, and how its meaning has evolved as it’s gone
from Marcus Garvey to being sung by the likes of Erykah Badu and
Childish Gambino to being wielded as a slur by the likes of Mike
Huckabee. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and
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