Caroline Downey, a columnist for the conservative National Review, said Thursday that conservatives themselves are to blame for the word “woke” losing its meaning.
“Not everything is woke,” Downey said during a panel on CNN’s “NewsNight,” in response to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on social media blasting restaurant chain Cracker Barrel’s new logo as a “woke rebrand” amid a wider MAGA meltdown over the switch.
“I think we’re abusing the term a little bit too much where it’s losing its meaning,” she continued. “That’s really important because some things actually are woke and we should call it like it is.”
The term “woke” originally referred to someone or something that was aware of and attentive to racial and other social justice issues.
Cracker Barrel recently unveiled a simplified logo that drops the image of an old man and a barrel.
