I think "wypipo" is a terrific term

[obamanut2012]

It is funny and snarky and pointed, and the "outrage" over it comes from a place of privilege, the same place where people rail against "Dear White People," Black Lives Matter, and Oprah buying $500 handbags.

I also could care less about black folks using the term "cracker," and I say that as someone whose maternal side is 75% cracker.

Y'all wypipo outraged by all of this make me lol, and I'm a wypipo.*

That is all.

*Disclaimer: I do get really tan when I'm out in the sun, but I still have 100% VERY wypipo genes.

[Laffy Kat]

1. I like it, too. Doesn't bother me.

[obamanut2012]

2. !!!

[lame54]

3. Does it even exist outside of DU?...

Only place I've heard it referenced

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. It's kind of like the mirror image of "Antifa"

....a term which I think only exists in the fevered minds of the far-right, along with notions of Democrats being slavishly devoted to Saul Alinsky's teachings.

[grantcart]

9. Exactly, it's a Rorschach test.

[Tipperary]

11. Nope.

And it is a joke here.

[gollygee]

12. It's pretty common out in the internet world

do a search on Twitter for the term.

[NCTraveler]

15. It's far more prevalent off of DU than on.

It is a regular topic of conversation at The Root and many other sites.

Do a search there and you will find a number of good pieces.

https://www.theroot.com/

[leftstreet]

4. To be effective, it probably shouldn't be funny

I don't get much of this...but somehow it seems that if whites embrace the term as 'funny,' it diminishes the seriousness behind movements like Black Lives Matter

But maybe that's just me

[gollygee]

13. Making fun of something is a very effective form of protest

Humor can have great power.

Have you asked participants of Black Lives Matter how they feel about the term "wypipo?" Don't appeal to their authority if you don't know they'd come down on your side.

[HopeAgain]

5. Honestly...

I think it is because it doesn't conjure up just images of Deplorables in MAGA hats. It can include the white people who think they are not at all racist but stand all over white privilege. I think it makes some people nervous because it makes us question our current roles while living with white privilege.

[gollygee]

8. Yeah I think you hit the nail on the head. nt

[el_bryanto]

7. It depends on what the purpose of it is

Why people are using it. And who is using it.

Bryant

[Madam Mossfern]

10. I'm not outraged

but I beg to differ about the term.
It just provides another way to set up an "us vs. them" mentality.

[progressoid]

14. I also like "redskin" and "china people"

Its a fun way to describe people.

[mythology]

16. There is a saying this sad desire to defend bigotry reminds me of

When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Just replace god with racial slur.

This should be obvious, sadly it isn't.

[Codeine]

29. Punching up vs punching down.

It’s not that difficult a distinction to grasp, man.

[progressoid]

34. Arguably, China will soon be the world leader economically.

And I'm sure Blankenship was just complaining about the economic threat from the "China people". He didn't say anything about their food or music or funny sounding names. So is that punching up or punching down?

[gollygee]

36. Within the US, it's punching down

The context is the US racial caste system, not global economics.

[Codeine]

42. Deliberate obtuseness isn't as adorable as you think. nt

[progressoid]

45. That's very true.

In fact, that's a very good argument against using the term "wypipo".

[LanternWaste]

37. 'Self-righteous codswallop peddlers' is another fun way to describe people.

'Self-righteous codswallop peddlers' is another fun way to describe people.

[gollygee]

17. It's a word commonly used in the larger progressive world

particularly among African Americans. There was no good specific word to call out people who do or say racist things and are outraged at the suggestion they might be racist.

But a small number of white people at DU find it uncomfortable. They want us to center their feelings of discomfort over the feelings of people of color, who are the victims of racism every day and should be able to speak about that racism in whatever way they need in order to discuss it and process what is happening to them. And they should certainly be able to poke at racism. "Wypipo" is a stick used to poke at racism.

[Devil Child]

18. Wypipo low hanging fruit

Place wypipo or Bernie Sanders in the subject line and you are going to get an active thread. I am waiting patiently for a Wypipo-Bernie combo thread.

[gollygee]

20. breastfeeding, children at nice restaurants, people with a large number of kids, circumcision,

Olive Garden, frying chicken, "I Don't Drink With You" . . .

There are lots of things that create threads like that.

[Devil Child]

24. Those are some bonafide DU dogwhistles

Speaking of dogs, where do we all stand on pitbulls?

[gollygee]

25. Oh there's a special term for that

"Breed Specific Legislation?" I think. I'm a cat person so I don't keep up on these things. Though the whole cat person/dog person issue could create a huge thread too.

[Devil Child]

26. You are a cat person?

You mean those 4 legged bird-habitat destroying furry serial killers!?

[gollygee]

27. Oh yeah the indoors/outdoors cat threads!

Mine is an indoors cat so I think I'm safe there.

[cwydro]

23. Lol.

DU loves memes of the week.

So many here are over 60 or 70, but desperately need to feel “cool.”

I’m in that demo, but find this pathetic.

[DrDan]

41. bingo - well said . . . .

[Polly Hennessey]

19. Doesn't bother me.

That’s what and who I am. Wypipo, for me no problem.

[TCJ70]

21. I think you're confused...

According to the people who define the word it's not a positive thing. Yet you say:

Y'all wypipo outraged by all of this make me lol, and I'm a wypipo.

It's not something you want to be. You're calling yourself a racist bigot. There are no positives to it.

It's a word that used to describe only one particular race of people in completely negative ways. It's a race based slur. Why it's considered acceptable here is beyond me. We wouldn't tolerate that about any other group.

[kentuck]

22. "Talking White"

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/10/talking_white_black_people_s_disdain_for_proper_english_and_academic_achievement.html

Black people’s disdain for “proper English” and academic achievement is a myth.

<snip>



“Ebonics” is mocked as a fake language, and efforts to use it in schools have sparked vocal opposition. When the Oakland, California, school board approved Ebonics for use in its schools in 1996, a flurry of public figures condemned the decision. “I understand the attempt to reach out to these children, but this is an unacceptable surrender, bordering on disgrace,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who later reversed his stance, but not before he was endorsed by a wide range of people.

At the time, linguists protested the criticism, noting the extent to which Ebonics—officially known as African American Vernacular English—is recognized as a language system with its own grammar and pronunciations, with roots in the regional dialects of 17th-century Great Britain. Far from being slang or broken, AAVE is a distinct form of English used by many blacks in informal settings.


<snip>

Ogbu was thorough and convincing enough to spawn a whole genre of popular work around “acting white.” Besides Riley, the most recent contributions include Ron Christie’s Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur and Stuart Buck’s Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation, which—like Ogbu’s work—argues that blacks lag in educational outcomes because of a cultural bias against academic achievement.

In the last 10 years, however, new research has challenged the “acting white” theory. In a 2005 paper, sociologists Karolyn Tyson, William Darity Jr., and Domini Castellino found “that black adolescents are generally achievement oriented and that racialized peer pressure against high academic achievement is not prevalent in all schools.”

[Thekaspervote]

28. Those that keep railing against the term are only prompting its spread

[PubliusEnigma]

30. Because White People are the only racists, right? Why not just call racists "racists"?

Or is that not snarky enough?

[Gothmog]

31. This term does not bother me at all

[KPN]

32. Wypipo sounds like white people spoken with an accent.

Far from racist and incendiary imo.

[TCJ70]

33. That's what it is...

...except that it means racist/bigot/apathetic about injustice/other negative things. So it's the phrase "white people", respelled, then had a bunch of negatives attached to it. That's not really OK...

[KPN]

44. It doesn't strike me that way. I'm not offended

as a white person.

[LanternWaste]

35. I honestly don't believe any of the outrage is sincere.

I honestly don't believe any of the outrage is sincere. At all. Not on DU. Not at the fictional places used as the "well, I heard..." or the "at my offices..." anecdotal posts.

The pretense of outrage however, is really effective cover for a lot of people who wish to pretend maltreatment, discrimination, and persecution at the hands of minorities.

Because lacking that pretense, the obvious privileges they consistently deny as a reality would have to be recognized.




I doubt they realize they don't get it both ways.

[Codeine]

43. It is very rare that I agree with LanternWaste.

He speaks wisdom here however, despite his infuriating habit of repeating his header in the text of the message.

[Alea]

38. pocpipos sure are having fun using it

[KG]

39. heh

I are a wypipo. i don't get the poutrage.

[progressoid]

40. Uh, I don't think you want to admit that.

From what I gather, it describes white people with certain undesirable traits.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10677186