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EffieBlack

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54. You may choose to be offended by it, but "wypipo" is not an epithet

Reply to Igel (Reply #30)

Fri May 4, 2018, 11:34 PM

May 2018

Last edited Sat May 5, 2018, 01:42 AM - Edit history (1)

It's a play on how some black people pronounce "white people" and describes a certain mindset and behaviors.

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Wypipo Held a Protest for White Teacher Who Slapped, Kicked and Pulled Locs of Sleeping Student [View all] sheshe2 May 2018 OP

What's a wypipo? Loki Liesmith May 2018 #1

White people... sheshe2 May 2018 #2

A race based pejorative for Caucasians. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #7

What does it stand for? Curious, since it is said by a man about a woman. Tipperary May 2018 #8

I'm not sure what you are asking. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #11

Pejorative? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #16

Whiny wypipo are whiny. TheSmarterDog May 2018 #24

Do you think of positive things when you hear the word? Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #25

It doesn't sound rude to me. Demit May 2018 #27

It sounds ignorant to me. Tipperary May 2018 #88

Well sheshe2 May 2018 #32

I was answering a question. And others debated the word. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #34

No. sheshe2 May 2018 #37

Your retelling of the sequence of events is inaccurate. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #42

And still no comment on the OP itself. sheshe2 May 2018 #45

I like how I can be personally attacked, insulted and NOTHING happens to that Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #103

Some are desperate to fire back with a certain word and know they can't. NCTraveler May 2018 #104

nice diversion heaven05 May 2018 #78

Logic and commonsense mythology May 2018 #106

okay heaven05 May 2018 #113

this one is heaven05 May 2018 #77

It's a bit of an irony that you're telling someone else to "save the 'umbrage.'' LanternWaste May 2018 #75

I agree with you: the bigger outrage is a white teacher doing.... marble falls May 2018 #44

I read it and chuckle heaven05 May 2018 #76

To understand heaven05 May 2018 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author ollie10 May 2018 #102

Whoever objects to it, that's who. Igel May 2018 #30

You may choose to be offended by it, but "wypipo" is not an epithet EffieBlack May 2018 #54

No it isn't heaven05 May 2018 #81

DOESN'T heaven05 May 2018 #74

It looks like a phonetic (in dialect) way of saying BumRushDaShow May 2018 #13

Yep. sheshe2 May 2018 #22

When I grew (and taught school) in Charleston, South Carolinians were called "sandlappers" Sancho May 2018 #79

This is a good example of a very interesting dynamic of race in America EffieBlack May 2018 #52

!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #65

And white people used "party" as a verb while no self-respecting black person ever did ... EffieBlack May 2018 #66

Yup BumRushDaShow May 2018 #67

LOL! EffieBlack May 2018 #68

We used to go to BumRushDaShow May 2018 #71

yep heaven05 May 2018 #86

Becky is not always bad. AllyCat May 2018 #28

Say it out loud. MineralMan May 2018 #26

Thanks. nt sheshe2 May 2018 #33

Well, from an electromagnetic spectrum standpoint, Sailor65x1 May 2018 #31

+1 sheshe2 May 2018 #35

It may be related to a dialect that is spoken by some black peoples in Blue_true May 2018 #50

Someone who gets madder about the term "wypipo" than the white teacher's actions and supporters. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #53

LOL! EffieBlack May 2018 #55

I mean... WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #56

Sick teacher glad she is gone and sick supporters of what is child abuse. Demsrule86 May 2018 #3

Sometimes I wish there was a button you could push to turn the world off for a bit and walk away. Afromania May 2018 #4

I know what you mean. smirkymonkey May 2018 #64

What is she teaching the other kids? Strange behavior to support via protest . Prayer walk? What's lunasun May 2018 #5

She taught them to laugh at what she did. sheshe2 May 2018 #6

KR Me. May 2018 #9

Thanks, me. sheshe2 May 2018 #12

I wonder why this story was ...i cant say i guess, i will pm Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #14

And obviously intimidated the student and father into not complaining jberryhill May 2018 #36

Well the parents/ community protesting and prayer walking too then I guess lunasun May 2018 #47

This is the twitter images I saw earlier today irisblue May 2018 #10

It is assault. sheshe2 May 2018 #15

I understand the assault is anyone who reports the story, but we both Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #18

I guess we do. sheshe2 May 2018 #19

TBH this story and the one where the two young black men were slaughtered Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #20

Including the black students who are supporting her? Ms. Toad May 2018 #21

Black people are not immune from racism EffieBlack May 2018 #38

The student and his father are examples of this jberryhill May 2018 #40

There's a reason slavemasters preferred having slaves as overseers EffieBlack May 2018 #41

I'm aware of that - Ms. Toad May 2018 #48

Are you SERIOUS? This was NOT an "unconventional teaching method." EffieBlack May 2018 #51

Have you read any reports of the incident beyond the one linked to in the OP? Ms. Toad May 2018 #57

Yes, yes - you always insist there's nor to the story EffieBlack May 2018 #58

Two different issues Ms. Toad May 2018 #61

Two different issues, but you keep taking the same approach EffieBlack May 2018 #63

exactly true heaven05 May 2018 #93

well heaven05 May 2018 #92

Please point me to links from people in her community Ms. Toad May 2018 #101

really? heaven05 May 2018 #90

I have no doubt that you know hate when it is directed at you by wypipo Ms. Toad May 2018 #105

okay heaven05 May 2018 #112

so that heaven05 May 2018 #87

It does not make it acceptable - Ms. Toad May 2018 #100

In the Starbucks case, you didn't care at all what any of the other people there thought EffieBlack May 2018 #109

You're comparing apples to hockey pucks Ms. Toad May 2018 #114

I love the trouble you trouble you always go through to justify racist behavior EffieBlack May 2018 #115

as a final statement on this teacher heaven05 May 2018 #111

Christ on a trailer hitch Hekate May 2018 #17

That reminds me wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #46

Wow! And nobody said anything. MineralMan May 2018 #29

The student and his father have both had things to say about it jberryhill May 2018 #39

Obviously the two of them are too close to the issue to be truly objective. Captain Stern May 2018 #62

You're being sarcastic, but that's often the argument used to DISCOUNT victims and witnesses when EffieBlack May 2018 #69

I think you're right. Captain Stern May 2018 #72

I hear what you're saying an generally agree, but there's an additional layer to consider EffieBlack May 2018 #73

+++ nt heaven05 May 2018 #94

This is very disturbing Gothmog May 2018 #70

Not acceptable at all Bettie May 2018 #99

K&R Gothmog May 2018 #23

White supremacy is the world's biggest hate group. Initech May 2018 #43

Time to inflict Houston's policies on her. muntrv May 2018 #49

She does not match, even loosely, my definition of a teacher. n/t raven mad May 2018 #59

Michael Harriot, author of: "Why I Could Never Vote For Hillary Clinton" oberliner May 2018 #60

oh he can't be heaven05 May 2018 #96

For people who were concerned about the "animal rights activist" part of the first "wypipo" thread gollygee May 2018 #80

Bizarre behavior from the teacher, but... IluvPitties May 2018 #82

Then she isn't fit to be a teacher gollygee May 2018 #84

I don't know, I am just befuddled by her behavior. IluvPitties May 2018 #97

It is strange gollygee May 2018 #98

"Was she just tired of dealing with an unruly student" BumRushDaShow May 2018 #95

+1 Billion. Thank you! Nt Anon-C May 2018 #107

My 7th grade homeroom teacher told my parents I was "disruptive" EffieBlack May 2018 #116

That's how they roll. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #117

Yup. EffieBlack May 2018 #118

That is appalling kcr May 2018 #85

Ok, this teacher acted inappropriately and should be disciplined. average_mo_dem May 2018 #89

Too bad I have to trash threads that are otherwise discussing important issues. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #91

If a kid is sleeping in your class it means you are a lousy teacher kimbutgar May 2018 #108

South Carolina? Doesn't surprise me... Blue_Tires May 2018 #110