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

[Matthew Medeiros]

After years of reading these posts passively, I've never been moved to post
here before, but YES, thank you Les, and Kristina as well.  The misuse of
the term "woke" on this list over the last couple days, and the lack of
understanding, has been a huge bummer.  I could not have said it better
than Les.

-Matt



On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 5:29 PM Kristina LEMSON via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Hear hear Leslie Watling, and thankyou for your post.
> ________________________________
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> on behalf of Leslie Watling
> via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 11:36:06 PM
> To: taxacom at lists.ku.edu <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
> Subject: Taxacom: policing the scientific lexicon and misuse of the term
> woke
>
> EXTERNAL EMAIL - Be careful with links and attachments.
>
>
> 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
>



-- 
Matthew J. Medeiros, Ph.D.
Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
(postdoctoral scholar)
School of Life Sciences, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (research associate)
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