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(97,742 posts) Mon Jun 25, 2018, 04:48 PM Jun 2018

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40 Ways White People Say 'White People' Without Actually Saying 'White People' [View all]

1. Americans
2. Real Americans
3. Middle America
4. Working-class Americans
5. Patriots
6. Europeans
7. Southerners
8. Midwesterners
9. Millennials
10. Christians
11. Evangelicals
12. Red-state voters
13. Rust Belt voters
14. Conservatives
15. Republicans
16. Suburbanites
17. Gentrifiers
18. Families
19. Veterans
20. Soccer moms
21. Management
22. Law enforcement
23. Hard-working americans
24. The middle class
25. The upper-middle class
26. The upper class
27. Citizens
28. Taxpayers
29. Hipsters
30. Baby boomers
31. Homeowners
32. The military
33. The troops
34. Yinzers (for Pittsburgh)
35. Steel/coal/plant workers
36. Legal/documented immigrants
37. Regular/simple/decent/rural/normal Americans
38. Voters
39. Victims
40. People

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/40-ways-white-people-say-white-people-without-actually-1827101126

A lot of truth in that list.

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40 Ways White People Say 'White People' Without Actually Saying 'White People' [View all] sheshe2 Jun 2018 OP

I swear I hit that Rec button a thousand times, but it only came up one. Iggo Jun 2018 #1

Ha. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #17

I din't get the reason for this wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #2

It's an MO Loki Liesmith Jun 2018 #4

Yes. Tipperary Jun 2018 #6

Aaaah sheshe2 Jun 2018 #44

Does MO mean anything besides modus operandi? Marthe48 Jun 2018 #121

It's verbiage in society, often including the media,... NCTraveler Jun 2018 #7

That is not absolute is it? It is an opinion isn't it in reality. wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #9

It is not an opinion nor is it absolute. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #11

This whole OP is a game. You know you are looking for wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #14

Presumably the attack point is those of us on DU. Why else would they be so vague ? OnDoutside Jun 2018 #52

Perhaps not being American is interfering with your recognition of those code words... moriah Jun 2018 #61

No, I know exactly how it's said, but my point (and I've tried to get this over elsewhere) is that OnDoutside Jun 2018 #110

Well, it's one of the examples of privilege... moriah Jun 2018 #135

It's like posting "Blacks are ruining CHICAGO"or "Jews are cheap!" elehhhhna Jun 2018 #175

The "some" or "many" is implied. If I say, "fish are getting caught in six-pack rings," I clearly... Garrett78 Jun 2018 #184

Oh dear..... OnDoutside Jun 2018 #199

And your post is a personal attack on me. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #65

40 Ways White People Say 'White People' Without Actually Saying 'White People' - yeah, vague. OnDoutside Jun 2018 #103

When you read an article... tonedevil Jun 2018 #106

So again you attack me and imply a meaning that I never said. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #141

It's the title of your thread. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #159

It was the title of the article. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #162

That's insulting. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #176

What is insulting? sheshe2 Jun 2018 #179

Stop your circular bu!ish if I'm done i know what you want. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #187

I have no fucking clue what you are talking about. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #189

Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #190

Yep. Tipperary Jun 2018 #208

Not for one minute, because you don't state it in your OP. It's a bit late to OnDoutside Jun 2018 #198

Honestly? JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #201

ALL politicians don't use these words EffieBlack Jun 2018 #206

Yes. Read the title of the OP. OnDoutside Jun 2018 #207

Now imagine it's the day after the 2016 election JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #221

Do you know if that old white guy was a member of DU ? Probably not, right ? OnDoutside Jun 2018 #222

I don't JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #226

Ah but there's the rub, OnDoutside Jun 2018 #227

I agree with you the majority of the time but with this and wypipo you poor it on a little thick I wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #109

Yes, indeed. Tipperary Jun 2018 #53

It's fucking dog-whistle code and it goes on all fucking day. Iggo Jun 2018 #15

Sorta like when the news portrays sheshe2 Jun 2018 #22

Or that black flood victims are looters but white flood victims thankfully found some food. Iggo Jun 2018 #24

Dayum. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #34

I will never forget those two photos mcar Jun 2018 #45

Looters and scavengers. /nt tonedevil Jun 2018 #102

That is way over and above these "40 words" Anyone can see the wrong in calling everyone black a wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #113

No, it's right there. Iggo Jun 2018 #214

Agreed---Or even just identifying. POC, or Latino, even a woman,,,or... etc etc pangaia Jun 2018 #62

Exactly, pangaia. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #66

Rioters vs Drunkken Revelry mercuryblues Jun 2018 #265

"dog-whistle code" mitch96 Jun 2018 #43

I watch that Superior Donuts show. murielm99 Jun 2018 #55

Think about it for awhile EffieBlack Jun 2018 #48

Maybe 'Wypipo' ran out of steam too quickly? Sailor65x1 Jun 2018 #163

Maybe wypipo using 40 words could work wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #191

Its not personal. Don't take it personal. Polite exclusion is still exclusion. Its not the words ... marble falls Jun 2018 #228

"A lot of truth in that list" Loki Liesmith Jun 2018 #3

I missed it too Runningdawg Jun 2018 #10

In the places you deny yourself the opportunity to look. LanternWaste Jun 2018 #13

And I enjoy your righteous berating of people wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #28

Every time. NEVER offering any comment of any substance. Only condescension. 7962 Jun 2018 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jun 2018 #160

Please, just read the post to which I'm responding. 7962 Jun 2018 #161

deleted and I apologize. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #165

No problem, thank u! 7962 Jun 2018 #171

Thanks and sorry. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #174

I think you are unaware of the meaning of the word "bemusing." Tipperary Jun 2018 #54

I award you the internet for the day. 7962 Jun 2018 #210

Just as a start. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #38

I grew up need the steel mills of Chicago and they had very mixed race employment elehhhhna Jun 2018 #177

Uuum sheshe2 Jun 2018 #197

1 to 40 ck4829 Jun 2018 #223

He seems to have forgotten too add his reasoning mythology Jun 2018 #5

No need. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #73

Heartland is another one. From the heartland ..wherever that is. Other areas have no heart? lunasun Jun 2018 #8

From the perspective of a US citizen, christx30 Jun 2018 #90

It is called the heartland because the brain isn't there. FSogol Jun 2018 #137

Don't say the words White People NY_20th Jun 2018 #12

Why the capitalization? Igel Jun 2018 #49

Does it matter? NY_20th Jun 2018 #71

Bull. Lots of people of all races fit in that list. pwb Jun 2018 #16

I usually go with redneck cracker MAGAtard, at least for many of the white folks in my neighborhood. malchickiwick Jun 2018 #18

MAGAtard!!! wolfie001 Jun 2018 #203

In the sixties we use to call this kind of thing "mind fucking." wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #19

This isn't about racism NY_20th Jun 2018 #23

Created for just this kind of thread. wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #27

White people are conditioned that when they hear those words, NY_20th Jun 2018 #37

It's majority privilege. Igel Jun 2018 #56

Great post. Captain Stern Jun 2018 #67

What an awesome post. NY_20th Jun 2018 #70

+1. nice post! yonder Jun 2018 #82

A very worthwhile post. Beartracks Jun 2018 #134

Great explanation! EffieBlack Jun 2018 #157

+++ sheshe2 Jun 2018 #173

+1000 InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2018 #209

+1000 Thank You. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #237

There is no implicit bias in the words. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #50

What I'm saying is, when white people hear the term middle class, NY_20th Jun 2018 #77

That's not what the OP says. You've got it backwards. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #79

It's implicitly implied NY_20th Jun 2018 #88

So what race is the writer of "the black middle class is in for a very harsh, rude awakening"? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #96

I'm not aware of the writing you speak of, but again, NY_20th Jun 2018 #101

I see. You detect implicit bias in that excerpt. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #107

No, I'm not trying to detect anything, NY_20th Jun 2018 #116

If no group of people are monolithic then it would be best to not write Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #122

No, because again, NY_20th Jun 2018 #124

So you still have not given advice about how to write "middle class" when what is meant is Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #125

No. I never said that it was wrong to write it as such. NY_20th Jun 2018 #132

I have examined Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #136

Again, I understand that you don't feel you need to make it clear NY_20th Jun 2018 #139

So if the fault lies in the reader but both alternatives for writer are wrong, what is writer to do? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #140

It's clear we are not seeing eye to eye on this. NY_20th Jun 2018 #143

It has been enjoyable, and I agree with hints you dropped that we are probably not far apart. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #145

Just want to say "cheers" NY_20th Jun 2018 #147

Most? Maybe add the modifier Old wypipo? Then you offend more of the wrong audience. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #180

Why are you offended? NY_20th Jun 2018 #229

Any word can be a trigger !!!!! elehhhhna Jun 2018 #193

Lol! I know, right? Tipperary Jun 2018 #219

So much more mindreading here. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #178

Yes, and back in the day on DU, we called it "shit-stirring " cwydro Jun 2018 #211

... NurseJackie Jun 2018 #20

Hey Jackie sheshe2 Jun 2018 #81

From the author of: "I'm Tired of Good White People" oberliner Jun 2018 #21

Thus du destroys itself. *** "We become what we resist" *** elehhhhna Jun 2018 #192

I would take exception to some of these terms FakeNoose Jun 2018 #25

Yeah! Fuck Americans, amirite!? TCJ70 Jun 2018 #26

Yeah right. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #148

Can you list non-biased replacements for these words? TCJ70 Jun 2018 #216

Yes, pretty much a regular thing for certain posters here. Tipperary Jun 2018 #233

Exactly. Owl Jun 2018 #246

What an incredibly ignorant OP. Every bit as hate mongering as when the RWNJs do it. OnDoutside Jun 2018 #29

If you Google each and every one of those words... MrScorpio Jun 2018 #30

That's not a fault of the words or the people who use the words. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #47

Don't say white people EffieBlack Jun 2018 #150

Even better, Google them in Google Images. MineralMan Jun 2018 #230

I'm glad I never said any of those words. egduj Jun 2018 #31

I don't know why the response to this sort of post is always so defensive cyclonefence Jun 2018 #32

I really don't understand what's behind all of that white racial resentment myself MrScorpio Jun 2018 #35

Exactly! Croney Jun 2018 #60

Yup! happy feet Jun 2018 #68

Yes. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #85

Right on. PunkinPi Jun 2018 #138

Fascinating, isn't it? EffieBlack Jun 2018 #151

+1, Enough of us are woke and should keep speak up uponit7771 Jun 2018 #153

The discomfort with references to "white people" is interesting EffieBlack Jun 2018 #156

I remember this cyclonefence Jun 2018 #164

Wow! This is so deep! EffieBlack Jun 2018 #168

We already know this. Or we'd be freepers. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #181

You don't have to be a freeper to not know this EffieBlack Jun 2018 #204

+1 fishwax Jun 2018 #172

+1. I'm white and I have no problem with these posts ck4829 Jun 2018 #225

This. geardaddy Jun 2018 #235

Plenty of implicit bias among white liberals, unfortunately. Bradical79 Jun 2018 #252

And politicians do it to JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #33

Bingo, whiteness as the default... MrScorpio Jun 2018 #36

"Too." cwydro Jun 2018 #255

And of course, my favorite: "People Like Us" ::sigh:: n/t TygrBright Jun 2018 #39

Shaming people for saying "voters" is stupid way to get all colors out to vote! Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #40

I would suggest... tonedevil Jun 2018 #63

Oh? And what do you suggest for "middle class" Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #69

You are reacting as if... tonedevil Jun 2018 #84

The article presents an implicit prohibition. It is devoid of reasoning, discussion or background. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #92

You may infer, but... tonedevil Jun 2018 #100

Without that implication, the OP & article are DEVOID of point about "writing" and "saying" Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #111

I think I understand the article and the OP... tonedevil Jun 2018 #120

OK I wasn't clear enough. Let me try to be clearer for you Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #123

Condescend to someone who cares... tonedevil Jun 2018 #126

You, who write "I don't find I have missed anything important", cries "condescending!". :eyes: Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #127

Roll your eyes to your hearts content it looks good on you. /nt tonedevil Jun 2018 #131

perhaps sheshe2 Jun 2018 #149

How do You (tonedevil) know the race of a writer? You do not. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #72

If you read the link you would know. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #87

If you read my post title you would know Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #97

Black people are very aware of white people in society, NY_20th Jun 2018 #99

1) You over generalize about white people and your complaint is that white people overgeneralize Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #105

I am a white person, so I am very intune with how some white people react and feel NY_20th Jun 2018 #112

When I write "people" I mean people. What is my race? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #115

I'm happy that when you write people, and picture people NY_20th Jun 2018 #117

I know who... tonedevil Jun 2018 #114

Again, it has to be said that "a writer" does not mean "the writer". Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #118

You are correct... tonedevil Jun 2018 #155

Really, I mean Really. A lot of untruth in that list too. njhoneybadger Jun 2018 #41

Glad this is still here mcar Jun 2018 #42

Thanks mcar sheshe2 Jun 2018 #242

But let one black person one time say "Wypipo" and all hell breaks loose ... EffieBlack Jun 2018 #46

ya ... sheshe2 Jun 2018 #167

Yup. EffieBlack Jun 2018 #169

Yep. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #170

Wow. Women looooove Exaggeration. By women i mean hysterical women obviously. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #183

Whoosh! EffieBlack Jun 2018 #202

You left out wypipo. Tipperary Jun 2018 #51

Because that's not a way that white people say "white people" without saying "white people." Iggo Jun 2018 #59

Well, Tipperary sheshe2 Jun 2018 #94

Yup. ismnotwasm Jun 2018 #57

Haha, the author added a funny note... Croney Jun 2018 #58

Let me add a little sick translation humor Xipe Totec Jun 2018 #74

17 sarisataka Jun 2018 #75

All American n/t ejbr Jun 2018 #76

+1000. nt ecstatic Jun 2018 #188

I don't think most of these are do-whistles, but they are definitely a kind of Nitram Jun 2018 #78

Yes indeed Roy Rolling Jun 2018 #80

Chris Matthews has used SEVERAL of these terms for bullwinkle428 Jun 2018 #83

Thank God I'm here to pay for his sins elehhhhna Jun 2018 #186

Yes, because YOU are the victim in all of this EffieBlack Jun 2018 #205

So these are words used by white politicians and other peddlers of racism as code for white people. Chemisse Jun 2018 #86

What about W.A.S.P.? bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #89

That's actually saying it. ucrdem Jun 2018 #91

Still rocking... sarisataka Jun 2018 #98

Pisses me off whenever I hear someone opine about "real America" thucythucy Jun 2018 #93

Silent majority ucrdem Jun 2018 #95

It only works if you let it. Homeowner and taxpayer may be dog whistles to the right but we can't wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #128

Oh yes! Great points. I recognize those whistles. nt R B Garr Jun 2018 #217

Hmmm. Maybe that list might be titled LakeArenal Jun 2018 #104

Or even insinuating......🤷‍♀️ Heartstrings Jun 2018 #130

One way posters help Republicans gulliver Jun 2018 #108

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2018 #119

and then they cry when someone says 'wypipo' samir.g Jun 2018 #129

HUH WHAT?????? whistler162 Jun 2018 #133

... sheshe2 Jun 2018 #144

No, but how often do you hear "this white guy" vs "this black guy"? moriah Jun 2018 #146

+1000 n/t Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #241

No, it's about implicit bias and dog wgistles -nt Bradical79 Jun 2018 #253

Not sure how this got to be controversial grantcart Jun 2018 #142

If this is really the best you can do, then perhaps we are all doomed to failure. PubliusEnigma Jun 2018 #152

Do not feed the trolls. Doodley Jun 2018 #154

There are a lot of replys in this thread... tonedevil Jun 2018 #158

Really? Southerners? Do you understand that most of the south is black? Tipperary Jun 2018 #166

Really? The military? Respect? sheshe2 Jun 2018 #185

"Do you understand that most of the south is black?" BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #213

+1000 OnDoutside Jun 2018 #224

Well, the South has large concentrations of AAs but most of the South Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #239

Don't forget, "the girl/or boy next door." Pretty sure ecstatic Jun 2018 #182

Nah. Called him "boy" , must mean black. The term dates from the 40's so .... elehhhhna Jun 2018 #194

The list left off some categories Gothmog Jun 2018 #195

"Working families" is another one. A loaded one. progree Jun 2018 #196

wow. KG Jun 2018 #200

K&R ck4829 Jun 2018 #212

Hmm Afromania Jun 2018 #215

. Iggo Jun 2018 #240

You said it, she. A lot of truth in that list. K&R. nt R B Garr Jun 2018 #218

K&R ehrnst Jun 2018 #220

As a native Hawaiian, I am an American yuiyoshida Jun 2018 #231

Yup. And the blowback, even here, is telling. MineralMan Jun 2018 #232

Telling what? Please be as descriptive as possible not all of us have the wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #258

Think about it. It's a common term. MineralMan Jun 2018 #260

K&R geardaddy Jun 2018 #234

Thank You, Sheshe! I don't know where you get Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #236

Thank you, Blue. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #247

Yep! Puzzler Jun 2018 #238

Good list hueymahl Jun 2018 #243

I hate post like these keepleft101 Jun 2018 #244

Forgot, "Settler", "Investor Class", "Homesteader", "Prepper" and "Land owners" harun Jun 2018 #245

Europeans? Please azureblue Jun 2018 #248

The point is... tonedevil Jun 2018 #249

+ 1000! sheshe2 Jun 2018 #250

You have managed to unearth... tonedevil Jun 2018 #251

They may not see it. sheshe2 Jun 2018 #254

According to what? TCJ70 Jun 2018 #259

I don't know why... tonedevil Jun 2018 #261

I think I'm hardly the one whining here. TCJ70 Jun 2018 #263

If you can't accept... tonedevil Jun 2018 #264

Give it up. To the supporters of this OP you are proving your guilt. wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #256

Some just have a comprehension problem Bradical79 Jun 2018 #257

For such a long post, you're missing the point. Or demonstrating it, whichever. moriah Jun 2018 #262