7 Tricks Woke People Play

I recently posted this on Twitter:

Yesterday, I received this response: “What do you mean woke tricks?”

I thought this was a great question, and I thought I’d respond in a blog so I can clearly and properly thread out what I call “woke tricks.”

Defining Our Terms

It may be helpful to separately define the terms "woke" and “tricks.” According to Oxford, "woke" means, "Alert to injustice in society, especially racism." And "trick” is defined as, “a cunning or skillful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.”

Putting the definition of these two words together, here’s my definition of “woke tricks”:

“Woke tricks” are skillful and cunning procedures or practices meant to deceive or defraud individuals based on issues of racial and/or social injustices within a society.

7 Common Woke Tricks

To bring clarity to this definition, let me offer the following seven examples of commonly used w