NNTS: Woke

Sooo… I couldn’t get my hands on Rog Smuve and C.A.P. yet this week, so I’ve decided to treat you to a Nothin’ NICE to Say Interview entitled “Woke.” In this installment, Aldo NICE linked up with Just Devaughn and Duff to parse through the concept of wokeness in the culture. The podcast kicked off with us discussing the connotations of the term (04:00), different media depictions over the years (07:00), and how Hoteps have co-opted the term (11:00). Next, we dove into the concept of people using wokeness as a justification for financial situations (21:00) and the 50-80 Rule as it pertains to voting and capitalizing on the wave (28:00). The second half of the pod was dedicated to the emerging sense of self that comes about in black youth (41:00), a little R.Kelly talk (50:00), conspiracy theories (56:00) and proclamations of wokeness (1:00:00).