The Great Awoke-ning

Naked Reflections, from the Naked Scientists - A podcast by The Woolf Institute

The phrase "stay woke" first emerged in America in the 1930s. Black singer-songwriter Huddie Ledbetter used the phrase in the song "Scottsboro Boys", about a miscarriage of justice in the Deep South. For him, "stay woke" meant "keep your eyes open". The term has since been appropriated to connote wider forms of perceived injustice beyond the racial - sometimes it feels as if it applies to everything from LGBT rights to soft drinks and razors... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review