The term woke is at least around 100 years old.
It was specifically a reminder to stay “woke” (awake) of the threat of lunching.
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jaybone@lemmy.world 2 months agoHasn’t Disney had Poc characters since the 90s, hence predating the term woke by several decades?
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes words come from places. Etymology is a thing. But ask anyone in the mainstream 1950s or 1990s, they will have no idea what “woke” means, in the cultural context of that time and place.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, Disney has had POC since at least 1946, but we don’t talk about that one.
boonhet@lemm.ee 2 months ago
… I want to talk about that one. I don’t know Disney history, wtf did they do in 1946? I’m assuming something super racist
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_South
Which is best known for the Zip a Dee Doo Dah song.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s also the original 1940 version of Fantasia.
That Dumbo has a crow named “Jim” in a group of three behaving remarkably like minstrel show characters is also… unpleasant.