The Wokest Baes of April 2016
LatestSpring is here, my friends, and just as nature’s seeds are blooming, so is the wokeness of a select group of men who just get it, ya know?
Let’s meet the Wokest Baes of April.
Wilmer Valderrama
Here he is speaking to the Huffington Post about this year’s presidential election:
“Right now the priority is to get as many people as possible to register to vote so that the polls and the statistics and the numbers and the demos go up in percentage, so that we’re able to have a comprehensive decision on who’s going to represent us. To me, that is urgent and it’s critical.”
The former “That ‘70s Show” star has long been an advocate for mobilizing Latino voters, in the past he’s starred in quirky voter registration PSAs for Voto Latino alongside Demi Lovato and Rosario Dawson.
Bae Factor
I’ll admit that I’ve held a grudge against this dude for some time now, due to his completely implausible and kinda skeevy dating history. However, he seems to have grown up: he’s been with Demetria for six years now. (Although she’ll be just 24 years old in August, so you do the math.) That, coupled with the fact that he’s been pretty charming on his recent episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, is enough to make me indifferent. I’ll let this stand.
Woke Factor: All legitimate points, Mr. Wilmer. Look at you, diving into this election with some real talk! I also appreciate his efforts to register Latino voters because I spend a lot of time dreaming about an election that will finally turn Texas into a blue state.
Wiz Khalifa
Bae Factor
Hm. While I love a neck tattoo on my friend Jane, this doesn’t exactly work for me. He does have a nice face under there, and beautifully clear skin, but his styling is really not giving me much to work with. However, he’s a sweet father, and it is the spirit of this column to reward a man for rather basic goodness. Amber Rose seems to have forgiven him, so I suppose I will as well.
Woke Factor: At first glance, there is one obvious oversight in Wiz’s tweet: a person can be both black and a woman and a lot of people have an issue with that specific combination.
However, depending on how you take his wording, he is saying something true and good. Since we’re talking the hoopla around putting any woman on our currency, his distinction between the backlash over a black woman of course makes sense. It’s also a rather astute observation from a man who has a song called “Ass Drop.” Way to rep for our girl Harriet, Wiz!
Kevin Bacon
Bae Factor
Remember Footloose?