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COMMENTARY: What does 'woke' mean? At UPEI, it leads to a lack of courage

You may have noticed that in casual conversation the word “woke” is often preceded by an apology. Many do not know exactly how to use the word, or what it truly means. It is a word with little philosophical underpinning — except vague assertions about being awake to the fact we all have the right to self-fulfill, and a repetitive credo encouraging us all to be sickeningly “nice.”

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How utterly boring. But a deeply suspect interpretation of “woke” is also being used as an instrument of repression. In the hands of University of........

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