# UC Berkeley football team makes light of “woke” label

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-berkeley-football-team-makes-light-of-woke-label/1007659>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-berkeley-football-team-makes-light-of-woke-label/1007659 "2024-09-24T14:53:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-berkeley-football-team-makes-light-of-woke-label/1007659/1 "2024-09-24T14:53:20Z")

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I like that they’re making fun of this kind of thing. You can’t take it seriously. If this better fits somewhere else, please move it.

> **[Cal Golden Bears fans are poking fun at 'woke' jabs from Southern schools](https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/cal-golden-bears-fans-woke-memes-rcna172034)**
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> Fans of the UC Berkeley team are leaning into the progressive label that was intended as a diss from rival schools.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-berkeley-football-team-makes-light-of-woke-label/1007659/2 "2024-09-24T15:28:58Z")

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Thank you for the tag addition. I wasn’t sure that it needed to be NFL to get the tag.