In woke thinking, individuals are often assigned to specific communities. Instead of groups, the term communities is used: “A community, in the context of diversity development, denotes a (political) interest group in which people come together who share experiences of discrimination. The community is bound by a positive sense of we, or reference to a positive group identity.”70
Woke activists use “community” to refer to a particular identity-political grouping. The designation is based on a political view of identity: individuals are recognised as authentic members of a community only if they support woke identity politics. Shared social characteristics are not sufficient to belong to a community.71
Woke activists often present themselves as advocates for marginalised communities whose interests they represent (see Self-Organisation and Empowerment). They do this even when they represent only a small part of the respective group (e.g., queer feminists as spokespersons for all women, trans activists as spokespersons for all trans persons, party-affiliated activists as representatives of civil society).