Taxacom: policing the scientific lexicon and misuse of the term woke

[Kristina LEMSON]

Hear hear Leslie Watling, and thankyou for your post.
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>From all the messages and replies in this thread, it seems to me the term
woke has been adopted as a pejorative, which is not the true meaning of the
term. The word "woke" arose in the Black community in the US as a way to
talk about seeing others with understanding and compassion. The right
wingers have usurped the word  and made it sound bad, evil, something to be
stamped out, which could be nothing further from the truth.

So, unless you agree with the right-wingers, please stop using the term
"woke" to label ideas and statements you don't agree with. But also, if you
can, be "woke" to the ills of others less fortunate than you.

Best,
Les

Les Watling
Professor Emeritus
School of Life Sciences
University of Hawaii

Professor Emeritus
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
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