Re Wypipo and Divisiveness [View all]

[EffieBlack]

Folk keep insisting that the term "Whypipo" is "divisive." but all I get back are meta definitions such as "It's divisive because it causes division."

So I'm going to try one more time.

What exactly is "divisive" about the term "Wypipo?"

Specifically:

1. Who does it divide and what does that division look like/mean?

2. If the term "Wypipo" causes a divide, what was the layout of views about race, racism, discrimination, privilege before the word turned up on DU a couple of weeks ago? Were the people who are now divided as set forth in the response to Question 1 all on the same side of these issues with no disagreements or dissent between them but now are different sides because someone began discussing the word on DU?

3. If you consider yourself to be an ally in the fight for racial justice, has the fact that a stranger whom you don't know and will likely never meet wrote the term "Wypipo" on an anonymous online discussion board changed your opinion, perspective or behavior vis a vis racial justice?

4. If your answer to Question 3 is yes, please explain how your opinion, perspective or behavior vis a vis racial justice has changed in the past couple of weeks? For example, did the word "Wypipo" make you less likely to continue fighting for racial justice? D

I look forward to actually getting some real answers, finally, to my very simple request that the people who keep using the term "divisive" define your term - and disabuse us of the notion that "divisive" means nothing more than "You're talking about race in a way that makes me uncomfortable."

Thanks.