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Woke. Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. [1] Beginning in the 2010s, it came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.
v. t. e. " Political correctness " (adjectivally " politically correct "; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, [1][2][3] policies, [4] or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. [5][6][7] Since the late 1980s, the term has been used to describe a ...
Black women have been involved in American socio-political issues and advocating for the community since the American Civil War era through organizations, clubs, community-based social services, and advocacy. Black women are currently underrepresented in the United States in both elected offices and in policy made by elected officials. [1]
A vast majority, or 78%, of Democrats surveyed said “woke” describes someone aware of injustices, while 56% of Republicans said it describes someone who is extremely politically correct ...
Property damage. $1–2 billion (May 26 – June 8, 2020) [7] A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8][9] including police brutality and other forms ...
The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (both free and freedmen).In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free colored persons of African blood; and in no part of the country do the latter, in point of fact ...
Dilapidated hotel sign, Route 80, Statesboro, Georgia. The picture was taken in 1979, after the end of segregation. In the United States, colored was the predominant and preferred term for African Americans in the mid- to late nineteenth century in part because it was accepted by both white and black Americans as more inclusive, covering those of mixed-race ancestry (and, less commonly, Asian ...
Political ideology in the United States is usually described with the left–right spectrum. Liberalism is the predominant left-leaning ideology and conservatism is the predominant right-leaning ideology. [96][97] Those who hold beliefs between liberalism and conservatism or a mix of beliefs on this scale are called moderates.