• Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
          20·
          9 months ago

          You’d have to define it to be wrong, so take a leap rather than call people poo poo heads and run away.

          • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
            537·
            9 months ago

            Look, considering you don’t know what wokeness is, I’ll spell it out for you: wokeness is critical theory, which states that, among other things, inequality is inherently bad or wrong, and must be rectified. You don’t need to adhere to critical theory to observe that such inequalities exist though.

            You can learn more about Critical Theory here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

            Or about critical theory applied to race, commonly known as Critical Race Theory or CRT, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory

            That’s my serious answer, with everything you need to know. After this we can be as silly or goofy as you like.

            • EGG_CREAM@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              9 months ago

              Since your issue is with critical race theory, and you have stated in multiple comments that the problem with critical race theory is that it says inequality and hierarchy is bad, specifically when it comes to race, I guess its safe to assume you are a racist, then?

                • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
                  119·
                  9 months ago

                  If you adhere to CRT, I’m sure you would agree, even though I’m black, since under the CRT framework, it’s not about hating races, but not advocating for equality of outcomes across ethnic lines. And this is how you get stuff like “conservatism is white supremacy” and whatnot.

                  It’s all a bit silly, but if you’re down with the silliness, go ahead. Call me, a black man, racist for disagreeing with Donald Glover, a man I greatly respect.

                  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
                    101·
                    9 months ago

                    LMFAO, do we have a c/asablackman yet? Go the fuck back to 4chan.

            • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              7·
              9 months ago

              I promise you that you never knew anything about critical race theory before republicans told you to be afraid of it like a year ago.

    • stillwater@lemm.eeEnglish
      231·
      9 months ago

      Wait, what is woke then if it’s not being aware of social inequalities?

      • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
        449·
        9 months ago

        In a quick sentence, wokeness is critical theory, in particular applied to race, known as critical race theory.

        To observe inequalities is not woke; what is woke is to believe that all inequalities or power hierarchies are inherently bad.

          • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
            319·
            9 months ago

            I think a variety of levels of pay depending on job position, effort, or skill is a great example. Not all jobs are equal, so they should not all yield the same amount of pay.

            • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
              41·
              9 months ago

              I highly doubt you’ve never tried methamphetamine. Every racist pretending to be black when they’re called out for racism on the Internet is big into it at some point in their lives.

              • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
                26·
                9 months ago

                I’ve never tried methamphetamine, although I believe I have ADHD and I certainly wouldn’t be opposed taking an amphetamine at some point in the future

        • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          what is woke is to believe that all inequalities or power hierarchies are inherently bad.

          That sounds like a thinly veiled way of saying you’re a supremacist.

          • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
            17·
            9 months ago

            If we’re both the lens of wokeness I’d agree, even though I’m a black dude, as under that framework it’s inequality, not discrimination, that is racism.

        • stillwater@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          How can wokeness be a specific academic concept? That doesn’t make sense, CRT is CRT and it’s just an academic lens. And what’s wrong with it anyway? Do you just not like acknowledging that America has the deck stacked against black people and really doesn’t want to change that? Why do you think it’s good to suppress an academic lens like CRT? What would you prefer is taught instead of that?

          But what are some examples of social inequalities that are not inherently bad? Your other examples are not social inequalities. You’re looking at something like suggesting what kinds of systematic racism are good actually, not looking at things like the difference in pay between an engineer and a janitor.

          • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOP
            11·
            9 months ago

            You would have to provide your definition of social inequalities for me to answer, since you don’t think that my examples qualify as inequalities.