Woke
tv·TV-MA·Sep 9, 2020·
Woke buries every episode in lectures on systemic racism, microaggressions, and identity politics through Keef Knight’s arcs and talking objects, turning storytelling into nonstop activist messaging. Skip it if you want entertainment instead of a 9/10 dose of overt ideological content.
The TV show "Woke" centers on Black cartoonist Keef Knight, whose traumatic police encounter sparks a sudden awakening in which talking inanimate objects lecture him on systemic racism, microaggressions, gentrification, and colonization, while he navigates activism, corporate commodification of social justice, and questions of allyship and Black exceptionalism.
Both seasons make progressive identity politics and racial trauma the explicit core of every plot, character arc, and subplot, from episode titles like "Blue Lies Matter" and "Black Trauma V" to creator-driven satire that prioritizes ideological messaging over independent storytelling. The hybrid animated format exists specifically to deliver these themes, with subplots reinforcing activist revenge, sexual fluidity explorations, and performative versus authentic wokeness. This foundational emphasis on punching viewers with serious topics on police brutality and identity politics, rather than treating them as background elements, directly accounts for the show's official overall woke score of 9/10.
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We've run a full content analysis on Woke and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Woke's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Woke is rated TV-MA. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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