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In reply to the discussion: An Observation About White People and Wypipo [View all]paleotn
(17,912 posts)59. Very insightful. Thanks!...
It's interesting how turning the the descriptive dynamic back towards white people makes many of them squirm. We're culturally not use to being labeled as other. For some, maybe it touches a nerve where we're consciously or subconsciously remorseful and embarrassed by what whites have done to others over the centuries, and being singled out reveals something they've not yet fully come to terms with. For others, it may be "how dare you single out the normal state! All is other except us!" Whatever it is, we're damn touchy about it. That's usually a sign of something that needs to be closely examined and dealt with.
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DU isn't a legal document ... we say lots of things here that have no legal import
EffieBlack
May 2018
#97
Agree! Why get so upset? Life is too short as it is. Whether the term "catches " or not will be up
Thekaspervote
May 2018
#202
My new neighborhood is diverse...people of all colors and nationalities...but the burbs in Ohio
Demsrule86
May 2018
#55
Well, if that were the case, my neighborhood would be a Hmong neighborhood.
MineralMan
May 2018
#124
White privilege. They view other people as "the other" and themselves as "people". Implication
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2018
#16
I agree...I had to wait and have it explained to me as I didn't recognize what the word came from...
Demsrule86
May 2018
#23
I had not heard it either and had the same reaction. It's so funny. I'm happy to be a wypipo.
OregonBlue
May 2018
#77
Me too and I catch myself thinking like wypipo and I'm embarrassed and so glad no one can read
OregonBlue
May 2018
#221
Great teaching "experiment". Should happen to all white people some time, teen years prob best. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2018
#12
You identify Blacks by race everyday...when you use the term Black or White....that is a label...
Demsrule86
May 2018
#21
It's a label used in comedy, and in comedy, it's OK to "punch up" but not to "punch down"
gollygee
May 2018
#112
I think you are wrong. So many of the replys in that thread went "I'm white but ................."
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#34
They identified themselves as white to help show that the term is not offensive
EffieBlack
May 2018
#41
I have to disagree with you. I take it you do not live in my skin as I don't live in
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#49
The point I would like to make is that the most popularly accepted "truths" here aren't truths at
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#147
Say I lived through a certain event that took place many years ago. But today the majority of
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#149
Wasn't online for a few days. Had to do a Bing search to find what "wypipo" means.
Petrushka
May 2018
#42
good post, I feel like I'm out of societies classroom lecture loop- what is a "wypipo"?
Sunlei
May 2018
#50
Yes I'm white and I should be identified as such because I am! If I need to use race to identify
Kirk Lover
May 2018
#61
Thanks. But read up again on "Wypipo" - it isn't limited to animal rights activists.
EffieBlack
May 2018
#63
The responses to Wypipo from certain, presumably white People, is fucking embarrassing to me*
ismnotwasm
May 2018
#70
An excellent read. We all need to be discussing these matters, but yes, whites especially n/t
Tom Rinaldo
May 2018
#127
A couple years ago I had a class that decided to seat themselves along racial lines
ProudLib72
May 2018
#91
Some white liberals get uncomfortable when someone points out they are less-than-perfect
Tarc
May 2018
#93
It is simply disrespectful to use slang words to describe people, no matter their color, gender,
Doodley
May 2018
#135
This kerfluffle :) should (maybe still can) create an opportunity for dialogue
loyalsister
May 2018
#106
I read the first paragraph, the second paragraph, the last paragraph and everything in between. What
Doodley
May 2018
#132
I'd surmise that those groups "self identify" out of a need for support & community
Tarc
May 2018
#158
If you can't see the point in my very thoughtfully written OP, I doubt any further explanation
EffieBlack
May 2018
#159
"black" describes a shared cultural experience, while "white" does not.
redgreenandblue
May 2018
#186