Once upon a time, to be ‘woke’ was seen as a compliment. Now, the phrase is condemned and belittled, which forces me to ask, is it safe to still be ‘woke? — It’s official, being ‘woke’ is dead. I had a good indication that the phrase, which is defined as having alertness to social and racial injustices, was losing its ‘cool’ and effectiveness a few years ago when a (White) senior colleague was asking people in the office if they were “woke”?