> Makes me wonder what most people would do if a genocide was perpetrated right now.

You don’t have to look very hard to find active genocide specifically or human rights atrocities in general.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

> I have a feeling they would call the protestors of that genocide woke.

Woke means “aware”. By definition any protester is “woke”.

Some people use it as a slur but I’m not sure why it would be insulting.