BYU the most woke school in the state
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
I've seen it mentioned by different people who were in the locker room, but I've only seen the one picture. I think it's real, but I can't guarantee it.
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
BYU can do better. Like most slang, the meaning of "woke" changes depending on who's saying it, and to whom. Among black people talking about Ferguson, "stay woke" might mean something like: "stay conscious of the apparatus of white supremacy, don't automatically accept the official explanations for police violence, keep safe."
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
It's the new YOLO.Ddawg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:04 am BYU can do better. Like most slang, the meaning of "woke" changes depending on who's saying it, and to whom. Among black people talking about Ferguson, "stay woke" might mean something like: "stay conscious of the apparatus of white supremacy, don't automatically accept the official explanations for police violence, keep safe."
YOLO started out as a modernization of the carpe diem sentiment of not letting opportunities pass you by.
That lasted about five months before it devolved into this:
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
It seems like whoever is in charge of branding at BYU is just trying to hard to be cool, which in the ends up being super lame.
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
I concur Dr.
Trying to be street cool should not be the goal of any University.
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BYU does not have that kind of street cred. Plus, we're trying appear as a beacon of higher education, not some gangsta school.
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Re: BYU the most woke school in the state
BYU in this situation (and any like it) is almost by definition the white kid in a shirt and a tie trying to convince the urban kids he can hang with them because he totally understands their life.