The opposite of "woke" is asleep. Common sense, right? Thus, the twisting of the term into some pejorative appellation backfires. If some of the world is "woke" the rest are just sleepwalking through life, dreaming of the halcyon, Leave-it to…
The opposite of "woke" is asleep. Common sense, right? Thus, the twisting of the term into some pejorative appellation backfires.
If some of the world is "woke" the rest are just sleepwalking through life, dreaming of the halcyon, Leave-it to-Beaver, good ole days of the past, when there were men and women, boys and girls, and no one was confused.
This whole transgender thing invented just last week out of nonsense and misplaced sensitivity.
But, like every criticism of "woke" philosophy—which I interpret as enlightenment and a willingness to recognize the myriad differences among people and cultures—the truth is much more complex.
Here in Arizona, one cannot help but benefit from exposure to Native American culture—and I don't mean in casinos. One of the more prolific cultures is the Diné or Navajo.
Within the Diné culture is a great example of how an "invention of woke culture" turns out to be a well-established recognized phenomenon. The Diné being just one example.
Nádleehi is a social and ceremonial role in the Diné culture. One widely accepted philosophy that recognizes not two genders but four distinct genders among humans. Masculine Male, Feminine Male, Masculine Female, and Feminine Female.
Each of these may exhibit themselves as independent genders or through gender fluidity.
(From Wikipedia)
Nádleehi is a social and, at times, ceremonial role in Diné (Navajo) culture – an "effeminate male" or "male-bodied person with a feminine nature". However, the nádleehi gender role is also fluid and cannot be simply described in terms of rigid gender binaries. Some Diné people recognize four general places on the gender spectrum: feminine woman, masculine woman, feminine man, and masculine man. Nádleehí may express their gender differently from day to day, or during different periods over their lifetimes, fulfilling roles in community and ceremony traditionally held by either women or men. At times, some may hold positions that can only be held by people who are near the middle of the gender spectrum Contemporary nádleehí may or may not participate in the modern, pan-Indian two-spirit or LGBT communities. Notable people who were recognized by their communities as nádleehí are traditional weaver and ceremonial singer Hosteen Klah (1867–1937) and Fred Martinez, who was murdered at the age of 16 in June 2001. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1dleehi
The murder of young Mr. Martinez serves to illustrate how hate and prejudice crosses cultural boundaries. Ignorance is universal. Yet it also shows the existence of "woke" enlightenment across cultural and ethnic boundaries
The next time someone belittles the concept of transgender or gender fluidity as if it were some temporary fashion trend, remind them that history is replete with examples of cultural (woke) recognition.
And remind those who use the term "woke" as a biting criticism just what the opposite of the term is.
Somnambulism just might explain quite a bit about the state of our nation and the brain-dead walking among us.
I prefer to be woke, as in enlightened, conscious, and alert. Enlightenment is progressive, living in the darkness of ignorance and intolerance is regressive.
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