How "Woke" Was Colonized

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Fresh]

the term "woke" was started by Black people, and as usual white people stole our shyt and made the word woke mean something negative

but that's white peoples MO is...steal our slang, charisma, etc and act like it's theirs

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

par the course

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Michael from Good Times & Oswald Bates were woke

 

[Taadow]

I don’t think “colonized” is the right word…that would denote that they took it because they like it. Right?

 

[WaveGang]

Gentrified

 

[Illuminatos]

Add the word “based” to that list as well.

 

[MajesticLion]

I don’t think “colonized” is the right word…that would denote that they took it because they like it. Right?

Using/being able to benefit is the idea here. They don't have to like something to steal it. They don't even have to want it for themselves. They'll steal things just to deny anyone else having it.

 

[Collateral]

Don’t you clooossee your eyesss