Ep4, Let's talk about ... Woke, beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans. The phrase stay woke had emerged in AAVE by the 1930s, in some contexts referring to an awareness of the social and political issues affecting African Americans. Welcome to Let’s Talk About, this is a weekly podcast which has no limits which means ALL subjects are on the table, I’m your host Tashinga Takawira, now before we get into the episode let me give you a quick disclaimer, we are just friends/work colleagues putting a subject on the table and discussing it. This means these are all our own opinions which have not been influenced in any way shape or form, we are not professionals in anyway and we are also not here to offend or upset anyone. But we are entitled to our opinion and we are sharing that with you in this space. So sit back and enjoy the episode.