Loving and hating the word 'woke'

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | Aug 11

Over the past decade, the common meaning of the word 'woke' has fluctuated between "social consciousness" and "performative sensitivity." 

On Today's Show:
Jasmine Green, editorial & audience associate at The Bulwark, offers her take on the word "woke," the evolution of wokeness, and how Democrats might re-claim it from its current status as a mostly pejorative term.

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