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What one kept expressing at first becoming aware of discrimination (4)

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I believe the answer is:

woke

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'what one kept expressing at first becoming aware of discrimination' is the definition.
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'what one kept expressing at first' is the wordplay.
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'what one kept expressing' is 'WOKE'.

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(Other definitions for woke that I've seen before include "Roused from sleep" , "Ceased to sleep" , "Came to" , "Stopped sleeping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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