It may seem like woke baes are everywhere these days—that’s because they are and they’re only getting woker and baer. I think it’s high time we recognize these alert gentlemen, and every month I will do just that.
So, what exactly is a woke bae? A woke bae is a bae who is woke, as first coined by a drooling Buzzfeed post about Matt McGorry which described him as “so bae and so woke.” Moving on, let’s take a look at some of the men who displayed their baest and wokest selves during the month of January.
Danny Devito
On #OscarsSoWhite, the legendary and petite actor said:
“It’s unfortunate the entire country is a racist country. So this is one example of the fact that even though some people have given great performances in movies, they weren’t even thought about. We’re living in a country that discriminates and has certain racial tendencies — racist tendencies — so sometimes it manifests in things like this and is illuminated. But generally speaking, we’re a bunch of racists.”
Bae factor:
Low. Sorry Danny. You’d be a cool uncle though.
Woke factor: Major, major points for that last unintentionally hilarious yet painfully accurate dagger: “we’re a bunch of racists.” It’s succinct, impactful and displays an enviable amount of wokeness. I also appreciate how Danny said “we,” showing that he’s not afraid to accept, to some degree, that he’s part of the problem. Very woke.
Lucas Neff
Bae factor:
That’s a bae.
Woke factor: The Raising Hope star’s strongest point of wokeness is the diversity of his wokeness. In January, he covered, amongst many other issues, #oscarssowhite, the Flint water crisis and generally admired the dopeness of our first black president and his immaculate wife. Lots of wokeness is good wokeness.
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