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Where 'woke' came from and why marketers should think twice before jumping on the social activism bandwagon
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Tom Mars on Twitter: "For folks who give more weight to the Urban Dictionary, it says: “Being woke means to be paying f•••ing attention to what's going on.” Therefore, “not being woke”
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