What is wokeness (Cultural Marxism)?

A friend asked me to define woke/wokeness.  Cultural Marxism, Neo-Marxism, Progressivism, social justice, anti-racism, and critical theory/intersectionality are related terms. Woke implies the person has undergone a conversion experience enlightening him to power dynamics, systemic racism and social injustices of Western civilization.  The new convert experiences critical consciousness. He laments his whiteness and forsakes his…