Posted on 09/28/2023 4:19:15 PM PDT by Libloather
British actress Cathy Tyson thinks the term "woke" is equivalent to a racial slur, according to a recent sit-down discussion with the Telegraph's Chris Harvey.
"I imagine some of the readership use the word ‘woke’. For me, it’s as bad a term as an offensive racial slur. The terms ‘woke’ and ‘race card’ are deeply offensive to me," she said in an article published Tuesday.
Woke, according to Tyson, serves to "undermine" progressive ideals, adding that the term "race card" is "thrown in your face if you make a criticism of anything."
"Even the term ‘White privilege’ is very, very divisive. I’m not about sides," she added.
The 58-year-old "Mona Lisa" star joined Harvey to discuss an upcoming four-part spinoff of the 2021 BAFTA-nominated British drama "Boiling Point," as well as her background in film.
She prefaced the discussion about "woke" by telling Harvey she would have never sat down with the Telegraph – a more conservative British outlet – for an interview when she was younger, but she learned to value different perspectives while studying English at Brunel University in west London.
"[It] taught me how to open my mind to different viewpoints," she explained, setting the stage to discuss her distaste for divisive language.
Born to a White mother and a Black father, the actress said she experienced racism while living in a predominantly White neighborhood as a child. She told the outlet she credits her mixed-race identity for her wish for everyone to come together.
"It’s complex, there’s a lot of people of all colors who are suffering financially, who are hungry, at the moment," she said. Later in the interview, Tyson said she supports more limitless casting in film, which would involve hiring actors with a "color-blind, size-blind, age-blind" approach.
The term "woke" has become synonymous...
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The only speech which needs to be protected is offensive speech.
If speech does not offend anyone, it does not need protection.
Oh. Well saying those are offensive to you is offensive to me.
I care every bit as much about the offense you’ve taken as you do mine.
(eyeroll)
Trying to apply the Race Card to any situation the racists desire.
I love it! Keep up the hyperbole as it dilutes the power of race hustlers.
I hope they do find it offensive. I mean it that way.
Thats just so funny.
It was their term and now some unknowing wokes are calling the term offensive.
Live by the euphamism
Die by the euphamism.
These people are a total one way street in arswholeville.
Redneck, cracker, MAGAt, Teabagger, White Supremacist, far right, alt right, Nazis, KKKlan, Rethuglican, Repukes, etc.—all these terms and more are thrown around by the Left.
I guess you’ll just have to get over it.
white privilege is meant to be divisive
i thought woke was a LEFTIST term they use to describe themselves
it must be like “fake news”
they created it and then wanted it stopped once it was used against them
never did like woke
too mamby pamby
im gonna stick with the tried and true
COMMIE!!
Woke is the perfect term. That’s why we are using it all the time now. Until the woke virus goes away.
Woke is a term they labeled themselves as, not a term someone else applied to them.
Was I slightly off-key with “woke”? How about Hot Woke Garbage instead?
You were one vowel off with “twit,” there.
“Woke” is more concise than “cultural Marxist”.
Well said.
That’s right.
WHO???
even if i knew who the rachet ho was, i don’t give a damn what it thinks... feh
Does “mentally ill” sound better?
What about just plain “commie.” How could that be offensive, unless commies are “bad?”
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