Actress Jane Fonda won the SAG life achievement honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday night and used her speech to defend woke and encourage Hollywood to pursue an anti-Trump agenda.
While the world and broader culture has been seeking to leave woke behind, Jane Fonda came to its defense at the SAG Awards on Sunday night, defining it as simply giving “a damn about other people.”
“What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls,” said Fonda. “And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.”
Fonda also vaguely referenced the Trump administration’s efforts to cut segments of the federal bureaucracy before issuing a defense of unions.
“A whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening,” she said. “Even…
