What is woke?

Information and education of the origin of woke in AAVE and why context matters.

THERE has been quite a bit of talk about “woke” this week - triggered by a comment the Wairoa Mayor in regards to his decision not to call a state of emergency during Cyclone Vaianu even though all other council's in the region had.

Mayor Craig Little told RNZ Hawke’s Bay Local Democracy Reporter Linda Hall this week that, “We're becoming woke as a count…