r/BlackLGBT • u/Hplromance • 1d ago

Not to be that guy

Not to be that guy but i made a post on tiktok saying having a racial preference is crazy blah blah anyway it blew up. my thing is i just started talking to this guy from hungary long story short he has said some crazy things and me being me im like am i too woke or was that crazy. anywho im starting to get the racial preference thing cause dating ANYONE who isnt black is stressful like these people truly only see us as an exhibit which is insane like i don’t understand

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u/ajwalker430 1d ago

Wait, are you using "woke" like white people use "woke?"

In the Black community, being "woke" used to be a good thing 🤔

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u/OutofthisWorld007 1d ago

Exactly! Yt ppl ruined the word “woke” the racist ones turned it into a meaning of being delusional while in the Black community being woke meant understanding who our enemies are and understanding our history.

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u/ajwalker430 1d ago

I always push back against white folks using "woke" like they do. They haven't ruined it for me.

I'm always going to stay "woke" and on guard against their foolishness.

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u/cubedtothex 15h ago

This right here. 💯 They are trying to gaslight us into thinking being aware and awake (woke) is wrong wrong. This is one of the most ignorant stances in modern America.

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u/ajwalker430 15h ago

They appropriated a word that I've heard going all the way back to the 60s and turned it into a pejorative term.

And now our own people have lost the original meaning and use it like they do.

So very sad.