When one is woke are they awake?

Awake describes the literal state of not being asleep.
‘Woke’ describes the state of being aware of all the injustices being present around you, and in society at large.

@ragingloli I did mean another awake (spiritual).

Woke has nothing to do with spirituality.

“Awake” is never used that way and since the term “woke” has become a pejorative that is thrown at the left, I never use it at all either. (Although there was a play written in the 30s by Clifford Odets called “Awake and Sing” that was partially about awakening to the oppression of the worker by the capitalist system.)

“Woke” to me as a word is utterly useless, due to the fact that it means something different to almost everyone. The original intent of the word “woke” was to mean supporting ideas that help further social justice causes. But now, a lot of people conflate “woke” with identity politics. They’re two completely different things.

“Woke” has different meanings, all being correct. It all depends on how you look at it, and how you mean it.

Words, wurds, wirdz!

I think loli, janbb & others are mostly right in pointing out how “woke” can be used & understood. In the US it’s a term that generally referrs to an increased political awarness/realization of sytematic injustices & unfair practices – toward the poor and people of color in particular. But to my knowlege it’s only recently become used in a perjorative/scornful way by the right against targets on the left.

I first heard it used by 60’s civil rights activists when I watched the documentary series “Eyes On the Prize” as part of course work in college. Then it hit my ears again about 2013 when Obama used it in some press conference. No negative spin, just part of a larger narrative:
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

But it’s also true that there’s nothing much spiritual about the way it’s used by anyone now. Unfortunately, woke doesn’t have the same weight as being “Awake” in the Buddhist sense.

So stay Ommmm the right Path.

Political injustices have nothing to do with minorities. I would point to recent cabinet appointees as proof. Rather, I would point out it focuses on class, not color. Financial stature has suffered repeatedly at the hands of the very people they vote into office.

The self proclaimed woke have proven themselves less than awake.

I identify as non-sleeping. The term “woke” is offensive.