Disney "woke" accusations from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis challenge a 100-year narrative that defines being woke as being aware of racial injustice.

“Woke” is certainly the word of the moment. But what does it really mean? I’ve been asked this numerous times by readers when the term comes up in one of my columns (and it often does).

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

Use of the term woke in Black culture is decades old. Now, mostly white Americans lob it at Disney, BlackRock and others deemed progressive in a pejorative sense. What does it mean?

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.