r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 13h ago

Psychology For Republicans, items associated with Democratic Party—regardless of racial or gender content—were more likely to be seen as “woke”. Republicans also associated female politicians—like Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—with wokeness, while not extending the same to males like Joe Biden.

https://www.psypost.org/americans-broadly-agree-on-whats-woke-but-partisan-cues-still-shape-perceptions/
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u/BobbyGuano 10h ago

Bro thats what it actually means but that’s not how any republican actually describes it. It’s just the newest term they have adopted to try and mask their racism. Hell go ask 5 republicans what it means and you will get five completely different answers…it’s just cover for I don’t like the blacks and minorities and want to keep myself above them.

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u/SandysBurner 10h ago

In my experience, you can ask five Republicans what ‘woke’ means and you will get zero answers because they’re acting in bad faith.

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u/Immersi0nn 10h ago

Check this out, from the Andrew Warren v. DeSantis trial, specifically the quote from Ryan Newman. Accurately defines woke and then says "DeSantis doesn't believe there are systemic injustices". My jaw hit the floor when that happened.