Define "woke"

[BabyBoomer50s]

Some companies will never learn. Woke politics is often bad for business. Lol.

Unilever stock loses $2.5B amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s over tweet​

https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/ben-j...&utm_medium=fulltext&utm_campaign=partnerfeed

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678131510191218689

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1678910201624133633

 

[schism666]

Kid Rock Continues To Sell Bud Light At His Bar Even After Temper Tantrum

https://www.wearethepit.com/2023/07...d-light-at-his-bar-even-after-temper-tantrum/

 

[Rotadom]

They really are terrible at this.

Conservatives mistake South Park satire as genuine transphobic propaganda

 

[saintcero]

“woke” = easier to type than “antifa”

 

[Pad_Foot]

Woke = aware?
Unwoke or anti-woke ? Ignorant and living in fear and denial. But? That makes them feel bad! So, stop the Earth, they want it to go backwards

 

[PaxNurgle]

Woke is supposed to be about simple respect and tolerance for people who are different, either different race, gender or sexuality.
10, 20 years ago it was called "political correctness."

And yes, it can be taken to ridiculous and illogical extremes; I've seen it. I once lived in an extremely liberal city where "Woke" (or political correctness, as it was known then) did often get a little over the top, people over thinking it and trying too hard, to the point of ridiculousness. There is a definite line between, not telling offensive racist jokes, and lobbying to replace the men/women signs on restrooms because the woman's restroom sign showed "a feminine woman in a dress" and was therefore sexist. (actual real-life example of P.C./woke gone too far.)

But to be anti-"woke" basically means, saying that simple respect and tolerance is bad. That you are SUPPOSED to be rude, disrespectful, and hateful towards women, minorities, alternative sexualities, and basically those who are different.

Kindly explain, how that isn't extremely fucked up and wrong? When you say you are "Anti-"woke", what kind of values are you really promoting here?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683892865405968386

 

[PaxNurgle]

Some companies will never learn. Woke politics is often bad for business. Lol.

Unilever stock loses $2.5B amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s over tweet​

https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/ben-j...&utm_medium=fulltext&utm_campaign=partnerfeed

Okay, let's think about what you are saying here.

"Woke politics is often bad for buisness."

So, are you implying that what is GOOD for buisness would be for (for example) cashiers to dress in KKK robes and hoods, or to have signs saying "No coloreds" or separate restroom facilities (or separate dining facilities) for people of color? After all, they DID have this- in South Africa (up till the early 1990s) and the deep south (back in the 50's/early 60's.)

Or, should employees be required to yell racial and homophobic slurs at customers to help improve buisness?

I mean, what is really your point here?

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Okay, let's think about what you are saying here.

"Woke politics is often bad for buisness."

So, are you implying that what is GOOD for buisness would be for (for example) cashiers to dress in KKK robes and hoods, or to have signs saying "No coloreds" or separate restroom facilities (or separate dining facilities) for people of color? After all, they DID have this- in South Africa (up till the early 1990s) and the deep south (back in the 50's/early 60's.)

Or, should employees be required to yell racial and homophobic slurs at customers to help improve buisness?

I mean, what is really your point here?

No. Who said that? Businesses should focus on delivering products and services that make customers want to buy and keep coming back. Driving them away with political agendas is not smart.

 

[TrailerHitch]

A long time ago my Dad owned a small grocery store in a small village. Every election cycle people from both parties would come around and want him to put signs up in his business for candidates from their party. My Dad never would. His reasoning was no matter what sign he put up he had the chance of alienating half of his customers. He said my job is to sell groceries and take care of my family not be a political signboard.

Go to any big retailer and try to find candidate signs around election time. They don't do it for the exact same reason. They know if they publicly proclaim support for candidate A that candidate B's supporters will be unhappy. This is the same thing. No matter what stance you take you will make some happy and some unhappy. The business of business is business, not politics.

 

[PaxNurgle]

That actually makes sense. I think the issue is what constitutes "Woke politics" and what is simply treating customers with respect... regardless of gender, race, ethnicity- or, political party.

 

[TrailerHitch]

That actually makes sense. I think the issue is what constitutes "Woke politics" and what is simply treating customers with respect... regardless of gender, race, ethnicity- or, political party.

Treating customers with respect is quite simply called customer service. If you believe in customer service none of anything else matters, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or political leanings. In my job I have customers from all walks of life and I treat them all with courtesy and respect because that's just what you do. Honestly I have co-workers from all walks of life too, we all treat each other with courtesy and respect. Its not that hard to give what you want to get back.

 

[PaxNurgle]

It all goes back to what the definition of "Woke" is really supposed to be about. All it is, is being sensitive to, and respectful of, people of different ethnic, religious backgrounds, genders, or sexual preferences. That's it. It was never about an "Agenda." Much like, 20, 30 years ago there was supposed to be this Political Correctness "Agenda." Exact same thing- there wasn't! All it was, was about respect.

There does seem to be an ANTI- "woke" movement though- which basically states that people of color, gays, lesbians, or women are either unworthy of respect or undeserving of it, and legally should either be discriminated against or should lose all protections against discrimination or disrespect. In other words, the movement is about return to the Jim Crow-era South, where racism is institutionalized by law and implemented by buisnesses who even if they were not legally required to discriminate against minorities, often did so by their own choice, without any consequences. And, it is this that I, and most reasonable and decent people, have such a big issue with.

 

[Pad_Foot]

What happened to “the customer is always right?”

It doesn’t mean you have to live in their shoes!
But! Let them choose their own footwear!!

 

[TrailerHitch]

What happened to “the customer is always right?”

It doesn’t mean you have to live in their shoes!
But! Let them choose their own footwear!!

The customer isn't always right and if you work in retail you learn that very early on. But that doesn't mean you don't treat them with courtesy and respect.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1686571790372356096

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1687658412526702592

 

[RandyRebecca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1686571790372356096

I've never really used the term "woke". Political correctness is better to describe it. What is it? It's what Democrats mostly do, i.e. pretend to be on the side of "progress" by wanting to increase the presence of minorites, exploited groups etc. just for the appearance of boosting their "progressive" credentials in a culture war against the conservative crazies, while actually defending the status quo of big business capitalism all along. That same big business capitalism needs racism, or a culture war around the issue, to survive. These Democrats have as much interest in division as the open racists.

When it comes down to it, the culture wars are nothing more than a distraction from the economic exploitation and class war being waged by the billionaires on ordinary Americans. Class is the real division. Every other division merely flows from the class war and the capitalist need to divide any opposition against the system. We've all got to stop playing that game, and unite against the rich.

 

[Dom70]

WOKE = what I did this morning after sleeping

 

[Rotadom]

Exactly.

 

[schism666]

anti woke caller calls show to explain "wokieism." it doesn't go well.

 

[Dribble]

Well right now...the definition has something to do with describing a poorly constructed soccer team with a pathetic coach. Such a versatile phrase.

 

[Noor]

Interesting that no one has claimed teh mantle of "I am teh smartest person on Literotica!" since the previous two holders of this office both met untimely demises ("Que" and "Byron") and shuffled off the mortal coil.

Que died?