Unless you’ve been asleep, you’ve run into and been confused by the term “Woke.” This is understandable since some use it as a synonym for “enlightened” and others as an accusation of pretentious oversensitivity. Thus, the meaning of woke is as blurry as our vision when rubbing the sleep from our slowly waking eyes.The original meaning was clear. It was to be awake to the suffering of others—particularly of minorities. It meant not covering our eyes to the pain and injustice of historic persecution and also seeing and feeling our current inequities. It meant being sensitive to all the ways we still ignore, hurt, and oppress people who are ... No PayWall Ever at the Fullerton Observer