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maxsolomon

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1. Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 07:00 PM
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or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction "stay woke", recorded since at least 1924.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

Here's the doctor who's going to educate 1's of West Virginian youth in countering it:

https://www.duq.edu/faculty-and-staff/patrick-lee-miller.php

Patrick Lee Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy. He is the author of Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy (Continuum, 2011), and co-editor of Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (Hackett, 2015). He has published articles on Heraclitus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Augustine, Hobbes, Hamilton, Madison, Darwin, Nietzsche, Mill, Freud, Rawls, Rorty, Judith Butler, and David Lynch. But his recent philosophical writing uses Platonism to address current problems such as gender, sexuality, child psychology, education, natural evolution, virtual-reality, spirituality, indecision, truth-telling, and liberal government.

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Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s maxsolomon Thursday #1
But when the term was first brought up on DU BumRushDaShow Thursday #4
really? I don't remember that RussBLib Thursday #16
Around 2017 and beyond BumRushDaShow Friday #29
DU has too many right wingers/propagandists and low key racists Stacey Grove Friday #25
Plato was banned in Texas for being "woke" DBoon Friday #34
People are afraid. That person showed great courage signing up... slightlv Thursday #2
Um, what? Prairie Gates Thursday #3
Huh? Boy, was something misunderstood in translation! LOL! slightlv Thursday #7
Not in West Virginia! RockCreek Thursday #8
From the linked article dpibel Friday #22
OK, Get Real! This is West Virginia. The Roux Comes First Friday #23
Incredulous, as in.... reACTIONary Thursday #5
Ummm, wait.... Better than free..... reACTIONary Thursday #6
... BumRushDaShow Thursday #10
$300 fucking grand?!? róisín_dubh Friday #24
The problem with West Virginia is.......(and I mean this sincerely) democratsruletheday Thursday #9
"almost heaven" oasis Friday #32
did anyone really think... mike_c Thursday #11
Oh lord. jmowreader Thursday #12
I would love to see... RussBLib Thursday #17
A curriculum DOOMED to fail. ProudMNDemocrat Thursday #13
No papers, no curriculum, no need to explain the core points of anti-wokeness, OAITW r.2.0 Thursday #14
"it was imposed on the university" reACTIONary Thursday #15
University of Iowa doing similar but as required courses Zertz11 Thursday #18
"Tilting At Windmills" BurnDoubt Thursday #19
The Freedom to be an Asshole BurnDoubt Thursday #20
Some day, "Anti-Woke Movement" Seinan Sensei Friday #21
On brand for regressives Stacey Grove Friday #26
Just wait...they'll probably make it a required course for first-year students. nt bbernardini Friday #27
Oh well. No big deal. West Virginia is so flush with money, what's $3 million in state funding? Drop in the bucket Scrivener7 Friday #28
100% It's a Dude and 100% He'll Never Have Sex DrFunkenstein Friday #30
I think the program directors overlooked the obvious: Aristus Friday #31
Sign up. Do NOTHING. Don't even show up - get 3-credit "A" Grins Friday #33
How great that West Virginia has solved all of its problems Mysterian Friday #35
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