This week’s theme is about wokeness. A section of the sole reading for this week discusses the importance of academics reclaiming “wokeness”. I think this section is important because the term has been used either sarcastically or derogatorily by people who hold positions of power in the current systems of oppression. Those who mock efforts in social activism also use the term to label those who identify as “woke” as lacking both reason and logic. I think the power behind the term “stay woke”, is in its accessibility to those outside of academia. Everybody who has heard of the term understands what it means. In the age of social media, “stay woke” is one of the many terms that make a catchy tagline; it just rolls smoothly off the tongue.
Everything that has been taught in the 10 weeks of this class is to get us to become “awake”. Then, once we are “awake”, we learn the means to “stay woke”. With the 2020 election closing in on us, we need to “stay woke” and come together in order to combat future systems of oppression.
My final question for this class is what comes next? Are there other interesting topics that have not been covered? Who are authors that I can read up on in order to “stay woke”?
With that, I end this final blog post with the following song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfdsBtXjQg
Bibliography
Mill, Meek. "Meek Mill - Stay Woke feat. Miguel (Official Audio)." YouTube. 24 June 2018. YouTube. 11 Mar. 2019 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfdsBtXjQg>.
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