This is them going back to the original definition of "woke" to try and score cheap points like a debate club.

Because yes, being "woke" originally would be the opposite of willful ignorance. It was just their word to describe being aware of all the strings they thought they saw behind "oppressive systems" and the like. Noticing "microaggressions" required staying constantly "woke" to how little things contributed to big things.

But that was the word in the 00s, it hasn't meant that in a long time, especially as it was literally a weak "red pill" metaphor mixed with ebonics to begin with and we can't have that in current Leftist Dogma.