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Woke can mean different things to different people. While some use it as being actively aware (awake/ vigilant), some use it as an insult and a stick with which to beat others.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary says "woke" is defined as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)."
Oxford English Dictionary "woke" is defined as "Originally: well-informed, up-to-date. Now chiefly: alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice."
One Urban Dictionary contributor defines woke as “being aware of the truth behind things 'the man' doesn't want you to know”. Meanwhile, a concurrent definition signals a shift in meaning to “the act of being very pretentious about how much you care about a social issue”.

Woke | Wikipedia

What does being woke mean? | The Sun | 21 Jan 2021
A history of “wokeness” | Vox | 9 Oct 2020
 How the word ‘woke’ was weaponised by the right | The Guardian | 21 Jun 2020
 Where ‘woke’ came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon | The Conversation | 8 Sep 2019