Every once in a while, the discourse(话语，论述) gods send a tablet(石板，碑) down to the people, announcing that a previous era is dead and a new age is upon us. Recently, it was the “vibe shift(氛围转变)” – a post-pandemic change in culture that encompassed everything from fashion to politics. The vibe shift consolidated with Donald Trump’s second election, a harbinger(预兆，先驱) of the end of fragility and of movements for racial and gender equality – a rejection of the long 2010s with their hashtags and pink pussy hats(粉色猫咪帽) and women’s marches and protests. The vibe shift has recently been followed by a calling of time on what has come to be known as “Woke 1.0” – a term that represents what is now seen as a culture of hysterical(歇斯底里的，情绪失控的) overreach(过度扩张，越界) triggered by the momentary breakthrough of movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter(#MeToo 和“黑人的命也是命”运动). “Woke 1 was crazy,” said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this month, quoting a New York City councilman. And there we have it, time to walk back some things said and done in the giddy(令人眩晕的，兴奋的) heat of those moments. It was crazy!
每隔一段时间，舆论之神就会向人们降下一块石板，宣告一个旧时代已经死亡，一个新时代即将来临。最近，这块石板就是“氛围转变”——一种疫情后的文化变迁，涵盖了从时尚到政治的一切。氛围转变随着唐纳德·特朗普的第二次当选而巩固，它预示着脆弱性以及种族和性别平等运动的终结——是对漫长的2010年代的拒绝，那个年代充斥着标签、粉色猫咪帽、女性游行和抗议。氛围转变之后，紧接着是对所谓“觉醒1.0”时代的叫停——“觉醒1.0”一词代表了这样一种文化，它被视为由#MeToo和“黑人的命也是命”等运动的短暂突破所引发的歇斯底里的过度行为。“觉醒1.0是疯狂的，”亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯本月引用一位纽约市议员的话说。就这样，是时候收回那些在那些令人眩晕的时刻所说所做的一些事情了。那确实是疯狂的！
This rush to the future away from what some perceive to be an embarrassing past groups together various disparate(迥然不同的，异类的) phenomena. But I’m afraid it’s not that simple. Woke 1.0 (or “peak wokeness(觉醒巅峰)” – I wish the gods would use less trivialising(轻视，贬低) ways to refer to roiling social tides(汹涌的社会潮流), but there we are) was about politics and culture and also about the behaviours and trends it triggered. It was about concrete problems: policing of minority communities, the right of women not to be sexually harassed or violated, the systemic racism and sexism that damaged both. And it was about reforming the cultural structures that created and perpetuated those systems; asking university curricula to expand and diversify intellectual sources, recognising the long shadow of glorified imperial histories, and updating institutions – from the media to the academy – in order to enfranchise change.(它还关乎改革那些创造并延续这些体系的文化结构；要求大学课程扩展和多样化知识来源，承认被美化的帝国历史的长期阴影，并更新从媒体到学术界的机构，以便为变革赋权。) None of this is “crazy”.
这种急于远离某些人眼中尴尬过去的潮流，将各种互不相干的现象混为一谈。但恐怕事情没那么简单。觉醒1.0（或“觉醒巅峰”——我真希望舆论之神能用不那么轻蔑的方式来指称汹涌的社会潮流，但事实就是如此）关乎政治和文化，也关乎它所引发的行为和趋势。它关乎具体问题：对少数族裔社区的警务执法、女性不受性骚扰或侵犯的权利、对两者都造成伤害的系统性种族主义和性别歧视。它还关乎改革那些创造并延续这些体系的文化结构；要求大学课程扩展和多样化知识来源，承认被美化的帝国历史的长期阴影，并更新从媒体到学术界的机构，以便为变革赋权。这一切都不是“疯狂的”。
What did happen is that accompanying those movements was an adoption of postures and behaviours that signalled that one was on the right side. Some of it was performative(表演性的，做作的), risible(可笑的，滑稽的) and low stakes(低风险，无关紧要); the black squares posted on social media and the taking of the knee in kente cloth. But some of it was more material in terms of tone, attitude and outcome. Some on social media made it their business to(把……当作自己的职责) scold(责骂，训斥) the language of others, others lost their jobs or reputations in cases that were questionable or even unjustified. A fixation(痴迷，固着) on diversity and representation made a big song and dance about(大张旗鼓，小题大做) appointing minorities in high places, indulging(纵容，沉溺) the Joe Biden administration, reducing action to appearances(将行动简化为表象).
确实发生的是，伴随这些运动而来的是一种姿态和行为的采纳，用以表明自己站在正确的一边。其中一些是表演性的、可笑的、无关紧要的；比如在社交媒体上发布的黑色方块，以及披着肯特布下跪。但其中一些在语气、态度和结果方面更为实质。一些社交媒体用户以指责他人的言辞为己任，另一些人则在可疑甚至不公正的事件中失去了工作或声誉。对多样性和代表性的痴迷大张旗鼓地宣扬任命少数族裔担任高位，纵容乔·拜登政府，将行动简化为表象。