The origins of “woke” aren’t totally agreed upon, but the general consensus is some Black activists first used it in the twentieth century as a call for African-Americans to remain vigilant in the fight against racism. The term became more frequently invoked by both Black people and non-Black supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement during the early 2010s. Unless you spend a lot of time on Twitter or Bluesky, you probably aren’t familiar with Woke 1.0 or Woke 2.0, the discourse Ocasio-Cortez is referring to. Generally, Woke 1.0 is used by left-leaning people who were wary of some of what happened from 2014-2020, particularly in 2020. But there are two different and somewhat contradictory critiques of Woke 1.0.