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In reply to the discussion: 'Wypipo' Explained [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)159. Thank you!
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Yes, the power imbalance means it isn't the same as using anti-black racist terms
enki23
May 2018
#1
Sort of ironic for someone with a Hillary Clinton avatar photo to post an article by this person
oberliner
May 2018
#47
We? I was never a slave owner. I never lynched anyone, I never raped anyone, I never beat anyone.
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#253
You didn't fight in the Revolution or know any presidents, but probably celebrate the 4th of July
EffieBlack
May 2018
#262
It's hypocritical for an oppressed population to coin humorous terms to describe their oppressors?
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2018
#21
Now see, if anyone dares express a negative opinion to this ridiculous and derogatory term,
Tipperary
May 2018
#73
"Switch white to anything else and there would be almost universal scorn and derision for such a
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2018
#19
Switch white to anything else and it would make no sense unless we switched EVERYTHING
EffieBlack
May 2018
#42
If you switch EVERYTHING you wont have to worry about quibbling over words or speech
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#155
Any white person who stops being an ally because Harriot or someone on DU said "Wypipo"
EffieBlack
May 2018
#166
It's not any black person's responsibility to tiptoe around making sure not to offend the tender
EffieBlack
May 2018
#173
Respelling a phrase (in this case "white people") and attaching all sorts of negatives to it is...
TCJ70
May 2018
#249
"As always, if it doesn't apply to you, it doesn't apply to you" - there's the problem
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#66
He can't be trusted on anything because DID YOU SEE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE CLINTONS?!?!
EffieBlack
May 2018
#89
You're OK with him not voting for Hillary in the 2016 general election?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#91
I don"t agree with him on that but that doesn't mean that nothing he has to say has any meaning
EffieBlack
May 2018
#94
How many? None, openly. That was why admin made everyone agree to support her.
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#248
It is meant as a pejorative; that's what the article in the OP is about
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#259
I loved Safire's "On Language" column, like you I read it every week in the NYT Sunday Magazine.
George II
May 2018
#212
Yes, he was the speech writer for both Nixon and Agnew. Even though he was a conservative...
George II
May 2018
#214
No right wing author posted here; nor did any poster agree with any right wing political content.
lapucelle
May 2018
#217
If previous criticism of a Hillary Clinton was a bar to being cited on DU, this would be a very
EffieBlack
May 2018
#222
Sorry. I don't give credence to the opinions of anti-Democratic activists
Steven Maurer
May 2018
#34
Ironic. given it is the empathetic person who will act to change things, address injustices AND
hlthe2b
May 2018
#123
Ugly, divisive, ignorant, unproductive, racist crap that should have no place in this site.
50 Shades Of Blue
May 2018
#41
Clearly, there needs to be a corollary to this discussion that touches on white fragility...Why Whit
MrScorpio
May 2018
#45
I know some people who wrote in "Bernie Sanders" in the last general election
oberliner
May 2018
#209
my mom probably would have gone nuts if she knew the places i went for estate sales.
pansypoo53219
May 2018
#57
You might want to take the time to read up on this person you quote with such glee.
Tipperary
May 2018
#69
I just find it ironic. I have no doubts that Hillary can take care of herself.
Tipperary
May 2018
#92
The emergence of different cultures and languages is the evidence of the instinct to be suspicious
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#95
If humans had no instincts, then babies couldn't suckle, there would be no such thing as
Coventina
May 2018
#122
Yes, it absolutely is. Why do people raise their babies? Why do we fear things?
Coventina
May 2018
#137
No, babies are abandoned, people are disinterested in sex, and computers were invented by
betsuni
May 2018
#144
I do read, that's why I know the difference between anomalies and normative behavior.
Coventina
May 2018
#145
Yes, and as a reader, please give me the source of a reputable anthropologist
Coventina
May 2018
#148
Thanks for introducing this derogatory term, so we can emphasize our differences and fuel up racism!
Chemisse
May 2018
#82
If it "carries no particular meaning", why does it need a article that explains its meaning?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#143
I think from those participating, most agree it is a race based pejorative.
Bok_Tukalo
May 2018
#128
"Not all white people are wypipo." Yes, but we really need more things to divide us
elocs
May 2018
#180
I can't help but notice that most of the people expressing the most offense about the term "wypipo"
EffieBlack
May 2018
#185
Though my name and post count do not show it, I have been here since 2001. This wypipo thing is the
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#258