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APStylebook on X: "Use quotes around the slang term “woke," which originally described enlightenment or awakening about issues of racial and other forms of social justice. Some people and groups, especially conservatives,
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Tom Mars on X: "For folks who give more weight to the Urban Dictionary, it says: “Being woke means to be paying f•••ing attention to what's going on.” Therefore, “not being woke”
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