was a word (used in a 1938 song by Lead Belly*)
meaning aware, vigilant. It now, like fascist, 
has been debased to signify
almost anything and nothing.
*Huddie Ledbetter, 
whose recordings  I listened to in the 1950s. 
I am one of the wokest people on the planet,
keenly aware of the inherent evils of Civilisation,
Big Religion, Big Capitalism, Big Agriculture...
 
No comments:
Post a Comment