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wasupaloopa

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28. Nobody is whining about a word. And as I tried

Reply to Skidmore (Reply #13)

Tue May 8, 2018, 10:38 PM

May 2018

to point out we lived that behavior and did something about it.

Racism is learned and is passed down through generations. Until you can isolate a generation from racists so that it isn’t learned it isn’t going to end.

A few months or a year of saying wypipo isn’t going to end racism either.

Doing what I did helped change things a bit

Nobody on this board by preaching to the choir and saying their mea copas is going to change anything.

Saying wypipo is only dividing us as you are doing by saying I am whining

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I was born white in 1946. In all reality I had nothing to do with it but had to play along. I grew [View all] wasupaloopa May 2018 OP

.... LexVegas May 2018 #1

Rude d_r May 2018 #2

This is a creepy response to someone who is sincerely trying to have the conversation. Squinch May 2018 #6

Wow..That's pretty obnoxious. EffieBlack May 2018 #10

How 'bout now? LexVegas May 2018 #22

Oddly enough, an apt indicator of your own character rather than the OP. LanternWaste May 2018 #11

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Thank you for sharing this oberliner May 2018 #4

Very well writ. Same age here, similar experiences, plus the gender restrictions of procon May 2018 #5

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You, Joe Madison, and one of my BILs are from Dayton BumRushDaShow May 2018 #9

This is really interesting EffieBlack May 2018 #12

I grew up in a Skidmore May 2018 #13

Thank you for this, Skidmore mcar May 2018 #15

Thank you Skidmore... sheshe2 May 2018 #16

Thank you for posting this Gothmog May 2018 #17

Perfect. NurseJackie May 2018 #20

Mahalo for your personal Cha May 2018 #21

Well spoken. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #23

Nobody is whining about a word. And as I tried wasupaloopa May 2018 #28

I've not weighed in on this here, but... herding cats May 2018 #30

Thank you, Skidmore! pnwmom May 2018 #31

Thank you. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #34

I'm white. I'm a baby boomer. I grew up in a 99% affluent white community. hunter May 2018 #14

A black family tried to buy a house on our street wasupaloopa May 2018 #25

Beautiful post malaise May 2018 #18

At the risk of sounding terribly ignorant, pennylane100 May 2018 #19

It's just a variant spelling of "white people." But some white people feel it's an insult. pnwmom May 2018 #32

Thanks for sharing. Caliman73 May 2018 #24

Thank you for sharing this.... ProudMNDemocrat May 2018 #26

I think Wypipo is a stupid, divisive tern. Blue_true May 2018 #27

Sticks and stones can break my bones, HopeAgain May 2018 #29

Born in 52..... quickesst May 2018 #33

It sounds stupid. Tipperary May 2018 #35