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What's a wypipo? Loki Liesmith May 2018 #1
White people... sheshe2 May 2018 #2
A race based pejorative for Caucasians. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #7
What does it stand for? Curious, since it is said by a man about a woman. Tipperary May 2018 #8
I'm not sure what you are asking. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #11
Pejorative? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #16
Whiny wypipo are whiny. TheSmarterDog May 2018 #24
Do you think of positive things when you hear the word? Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #25
It doesn't sound rude to me. Demit May 2018 #27
It sounds ignorant to me. Tipperary May 2018 #88
Well sheshe2 May 2018 #32
I was answering a question. And others debated the word. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #34
No. sheshe2 May 2018 #37
Your retelling of the sequence of events is inaccurate. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #42
And still no comment on the OP itself. sheshe2 May 2018 #45
I like how I can be personally attacked, insulted and NOTHING happens to that Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #103
Some are desperate to fire back with a certain word and know they can't. NCTraveler May 2018 #104
nice diversion heaven05 May 2018 #78
Logic and commonsense mythology May 2018 #106
okay heaven05 May 2018 #113
this one is heaven05 May 2018 #77
It's a bit of an irony that you're telling someone else to "save the 'umbrage.'' LanternWaste May 2018 #75
I agree with you: the bigger outrage is a white teacher doing.... marble falls May 2018 #44
I read it and chuckle heaven05 May 2018 #76
To understand heaven05 May 2018 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author ollie10 May 2018 #102
Whoever objects to it, that's who. Igel May 2018 #30
You may choose to be offended by it, but "wypipo" is not an epithet EffieBlack May 2018 #54
No it isn't heaven05 May 2018 #81
DOESN'T heaven05 May 2018 #74
It looks like a phonetic (in dialect) way of saying BumRushDaShow May 2018 #13
Yep. sheshe2 May 2018 #22
When I grew (and taught school) in Charleston, South Carolinians were called "sandlappers" Sancho May 2018 #79
This is a good example of a very interesting dynamic of race in America EffieBlack May 2018 #52
!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2018 #65
And white people used "party" as a verb while no self-respecting black person ever did ... EffieBlack May 2018 #66
Yup BumRushDaShow May 2018 #67
LOL! EffieBlack May 2018 #68
We used to go to BumRushDaShow May 2018 #71
yep heaven05 May 2018 #86
Becky is not always bad. AllyCat May 2018 #28
Say it out loud. MineralMan May 2018 #26
Thanks. nt sheshe2 May 2018 #33
Well, from an electromagnetic spectrum standpoint, Sailor65x1 May 2018 #31
+1 sheshe2 May 2018 #35
It may be related to a dialect that is spoken by some black peoples in Blue_true May 2018 #50
Someone who gets madder about the term "wypipo" than the white teacher's actions and supporters. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #53
LOL! EffieBlack May 2018 #55
I mean... WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #56
Sick teacher glad she is gone and sick supporters of what is child abuse. Demsrule86 May 2018 #3
Sometimes I wish there was a button you could push to turn the world off for a bit and walk away. Afromania May 2018 #4
I know what you mean. smirkymonkey May 2018 #64
What is she teaching the other kids? Strange behavior to support via protest . Prayer walk? What's lunasun May 2018 #5
She taught them to laugh at what she did. sheshe2 May 2018 #6
KR Me. May 2018 #9
Thanks, me. sheshe2 May 2018 #12
I wonder why this story was ...i cant say i guess, i will pm Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #14
And obviously intimidated the student and father into not complaining jberryhill May 2018 #36
Well the parents/ community protesting and prayer walking too then I guess lunasun May 2018 #47
This is the twitter images I saw earlier today irisblue May 2018 #10
It is assault. sheshe2 May 2018 #15
I understand the assault is anyone who reports the story, but we both Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #18
I guess we do. sheshe2 May 2018 #19
TBH this story and the one where the two young black men were slaughtered Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #20
Including the black students who are supporting her? Ms. Toad May 2018 #21
Black people are not immune from racism EffieBlack May 2018 #38
The student and his father are examples of this jberryhill May 2018 #40
There's a reason slavemasters preferred having slaves as overseers EffieBlack May 2018 #41
I'm aware of that - Ms. Toad May 2018 #48
Are you SERIOUS? This was NOT an "unconventional teaching method." EffieBlack May 2018 #51
Have you read any reports of the incident beyond the one linked to in the OP? Ms. Toad May 2018 #57
Yes, yes - you always insist there's nor to the story EffieBlack May 2018 #58
Two different issues Ms. Toad May 2018 #61
Two different issues, but you keep taking the same approach EffieBlack May 2018 #63
exactly true heaven05 May 2018 #93
well heaven05 May 2018 #92
Please point me to links from people in her community Ms. Toad May 2018 #101
really? heaven05 May 2018 #90
I have no doubt that you know hate when it is directed at you by wypipo Ms. Toad May 2018 #105
okay heaven05 May 2018 #112
so that heaven05 May 2018 #87
It does not make it acceptable - Ms. Toad May 2018 #100
In the Starbucks case, you didn't care at all what any of the other people there thought EffieBlack May 2018 #109
You're comparing apples to hockey pucks Ms. Toad May 2018 #114
I love the trouble you trouble you always go through to justify racist behavior EffieBlack May 2018 #115
as a final statement on this teacher heaven05 May 2018 #111
Christ on a trailer hitch Hekate May 2018 #17
That reminds me wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #46
Wow! And nobody said anything. MineralMan May 2018 #29
The student and his father have both had things to say about it jberryhill May 2018 #39
Obviously the two of them are too close to the issue to be truly objective. Captain Stern May 2018 #62
You're being sarcastic, but that's often the argument used to DISCOUNT victims and witnesses when EffieBlack May 2018 #69
I think you're right. Captain Stern May 2018 #72
I hear what you're saying an generally agree, but there's an additional layer to consider EffieBlack May 2018 #73
+++ nt heaven05 May 2018 #94
This is very disturbing Gothmog May 2018 #70
Not acceptable at all Bettie May 2018 #99
K&R Gothmog May 2018 #23
White supremacy is the world's biggest hate group. Initech May 2018 #43
Time to inflict Houston's policies on her. muntrv May 2018 #49
She does not match, even loosely, my definition of a teacher. n/t raven mad May 2018 #59
Michael Harriot, author of: "Why I Could Never Vote For Hillary Clinton" oberliner May 2018 #60
oh he can't be heaven05 May 2018 #96
For people who were concerned about the "animal rights activist" part of the first "wypipo" thread gollygee May 2018 #80
Bizarre behavior from the teacher, but... IluvPitties May 2018 #82
Then she isn't fit to be a teacher gollygee May 2018 #84
I don't know, I am just befuddled by her behavior. IluvPitties May 2018 #97
It is strange gollygee May 2018 #98
"Was she just tired of dealing with an unruly student" BumRushDaShow May 2018 #95
+1 Billion. Thank you! Nt Anon-C May 2018 #107
My 7th grade homeroom teacher told my parents I was "disruptive" EffieBlack May 2018 #116
That's how they roll. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #117
Yup. EffieBlack May 2018 #118
That is appalling kcr May 2018 #85
Ok, this teacher acted inappropriately and should be disciplined. average_mo_dem May 2018 #89
Too bad I have to trash threads that are otherwise discussing important issues. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #91
If a kid is sleeping in your class it means you are a lousy teacher kimbutgar May 2018 #108
South Carolina? Doesn't surprise me... Blue_Tires May 2018 #110
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