The Evolution of 'Woke'

“觉醒”的演变

Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios

社会与文化

2022-05-10

30 分钟
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What does it mean to be woke? Has the word problematic become problematic? Today in the Valley, John McWhorter talks with Banished host Amna Khalid about the fraught vocabulary of modern censorship. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lexiconvalley.substack.com
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  • 🎵 Hi, folks.

  • For this week's episode of Lexicon Valley, I'll be doing a cross-pollination,

  • very special episode with my Booksmart Studios colleague,

  • Amna Khalid, where we discuss words like cancellation and woke.

  • So please listen in,

  • and I'll be back next time with one of my regular language and linguistics-saturated shows.

  • And in the meantime, if you want to subscribe to our shows at Booksmart,

  • just visit booksmartstudios.org.

  • From Booksmart Studios, this is Banished, and I'm Amna Khalid.

  • Republicans are always denouncing so-called cancel culture.

  • I think that nobody should lose their job because of what they believe in.

  • I think that's the issue.

  • Cancel culture is eroding the very foundation of who we are as an American people.

  • He's woke.

  • Now you're woke, but you're like me woke.

  • I'm woke to the woke.

  • So we're woke.

  • We have to stay woke.

  • You and I are both woke.

  • I think you're woke.