> Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

Here’s an explanation of wokism from the YouTube channel Carefree Wandering, which is an underrated channel imo:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GnUqrF9mAA8

That depends on who you ask. The term itself tends to be defined by extremes.

Some say that woke are those who consider police brutality a problem.

Others say that woke are those who believe that if you are victim, everything you do is justified, and that your ethnic/sexual/cultural identity is the most important thing about you.

If you want to get better idea of how divisive the whole issue is look up comedian Bill Maher on youtube. He is pretty left, but he's very anti-woke.

> If you want to get better idea of how divisive the whole issue is look up comedian Bill Maher on youtube. He is pretty left, but he's very anti-woke.

He’s a libertarian, which is definitely not left wing.