Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoAs a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareAs a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down1·21 hours agoThey’re related but not the same. Political correctness is about taking steps not to offend anyone. Wokeism is more about acknowledging societal issues and lack of inclusivity.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51·21 hours agoWhile you are correct, the only people using “woke” anymore are using it as an insult, meaning “not a bigot like me.”
minus-squareLyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 hours agoAs meat bridge said, the stupid nationalist conservatives stole our word again
They’re related but not the same. Political correctness is about taking steps not to offend anyone. Wokeism is more about acknowledging societal issues and lack of inclusivity.
While you are correct, the only people using “woke” anymore are using it as an insult, meaning “not a bigot like me.”
As meat bridge said, the stupid nationalist conservatives stole our word again