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Carmen Vela's avatar

I read an article by a Black woman about the term “woke”. She explained that Black children are “woke” first time someone called them the n-word; Black ppl are “woke” first a cop terrorizes them; Black parents when their child is killed by police. She went on to say white ppl can’t be woke bc they’ll never experience those events.

I wish I could remember who wrote the article, but as a Latinx woman I stopped using that term.

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VJ's avatar

Thank you for sharing this insight. I so appreciate your empathy and kindness.

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