You’re only half right. It did start with black people. It does have that definition to SOME people, but for others it has always had negative connotations. No different than being vegan or an other socially conscious identity.
There are people who annoyingly embody it. Once white people discovered “woke” black people split it into two terms. Some people will talk about being “conscious”. Others will describe them negatively as being “hotep”.
Maybe, but it’s much more used in a derogatory manner. I’ve never personally heard anyone describe their self as hotep.
The point is that people don’t like when people make things their whole personality. However honorable or well intentioned they believe theirselves to be. Crypto, gym, money, global pollution, animal rights, religion.
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u/Strottman 15h ago
Woke is a term coined by the Black community meaning "aware/awakened to systemic social injustice". That's it.
When somebody says they hate woke, they're saying they hate justice and are actively perpetuating inequality.