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In reply to the discussion: 'Wypipo' Explained [View all]BumRushDaShow
(137,091 posts)158. In the author's case
he is invoking the term in the essay to make this point (from the OP article) -
The reason so many white people find the term wypipo objectionable is because they arent used to being lumped in with others simply because of the color of their skin. That is the privilege they live with every day. 97 percent of school shooters are white. White nationalist extremist have killed twice as any Americans as any other ideological group. Rapists and sexual assaulters are more likely to be white. Yet, a white male in a dark parking lot or unlit alley doesnt engender nearly as much fear as a black male. Thats the immunity of whiteness.
So when you are unfairly (or even fairly) associated with anything negative, it is offensive because you live with the privilege of existing as an individual. You are not used to being reduced to a stereotype or trope.
Its as reductive and demeaning as being referred to as inner city, urban or underprivileged. Thats what the term wypipo does. It is a tiny, microscopic taste of wypipos own medicine, and I understand why they find that little spoonful bitter. It is infuriating to be cataloged into a cliché that paints you with such broad strokes.
So when you are unfairly (or even fairly) associated with anything negative, it is offensive because you live with the privilege of existing as an individual. You are not used to being reduced to a stereotype or trope.
Its as reductive and demeaning as being referred to as inner city, urban or underprivileged. Thats what the term wypipo does. It is a tiny, microscopic taste of wypipos own medicine, and I understand why they find that little spoonful bitter. It is infuriating to be cataloged into a cliché that paints you with such broad strokes.
So in a way, it is "meaningless" (or perhaps "valueless"
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Yes, the power imbalance means it isn't the same as using anti-black racist terms
enki23
May 2018
#1
Sort of ironic for someone with a Hillary Clinton avatar photo to post an article by this person
oberliner
May 2018
#47
We? I was never a slave owner. I never lynched anyone, I never raped anyone, I never beat anyone.
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#253
You didn't fight in the Revolution or know any presidents, but probably celebrate the 4th of July
EffieBlack
May 2018
#262
It's hypocritical for an oppressed population to coin humorous terms to describe their oppressors?
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2018
#21
Now see, if anyone dares express a negative opinion to this ridiculous and derogatory term,
Tipperary
May 2018
#73
"Switch white to anything else and there would be almost universal scorn and derision for such a
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2018
#19
Switch white to anything else and it would make no sense unless we switched EVERYTHING
EffieBlack
May 2018
#42
If you switch EVERYTHING you wont have to worry about quibbling over words or speech
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#155
Any white person who stops being an ally because Harriot or someone on DU said "Wypipo"
EffieBlack
May 2018
#166
It's not any black person's responsibility to tiptoe around making sure not to offend the tender
EffieBlack
May 2018
#173
Respelling a phrase (in this case "white people") and attaching all sorts of negatives to it is...
TCJ70
May 2018
#249
"As always, if it doesn't apply to you, it doesn't apply to you" - there's the problem
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#66
He can't be trusted on anything because DID YOU SEE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE CLINTONS?!?!
EffieBlack
May 2018
#89
You're OK with him not voting for Hillary in the 2016 general election?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#91
I don"t agree with him on that but that doesn't mean that nothing he has to say has any meaning
EffieBlack
May 2018
#94
How many? None, openly. That was why admin made everyone agree to support her.
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#248
It is meant as a pejorative; that's what the article in the OP is about
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#259
I loved Safire's "On Language" column, like you I read it every week in the NYT Sunday Magazine.
George II
May 2018
#212
Yes, he was the speech writer for both Nixon and Agnew. Even though he was a conservative...
George II
May 2018
#214
No right wing author posted here; nor did any poster agree with any right wing political content.
lapucelle
May 2018
#217
If previous criticism of a Hillary Clinton was a bar to being cited on DU, this would be a very
EffieBlack
May 2018
#222
Sorry. I don't give credence to the opinions of anti-Democratic activists
Steven Maurer
May 2018
#34
Ironic. given it is the empathetic person who will act to change things, address injustices AND
hlthe2b
May 2018
#123
Ugly, divisive, ignorant, unproductive, racist crap that should have no place in this site.
50 Shades Of Blue
May 2018
#41
Clearly, there needs to be a corollary to this discussion that touches on white fragility...Why Whit
MrScorpio
May 2018
#45
I know some people who wrote in "Bernie Sanders" in the last general election
oberliner
May 2018
#209
my mom probably would have gone nuts if she knew the places i went for estate sales.
pansypoo53219
May 2018
#57
You might want to take the time to read up on this person you quote with such glee.
Tipperary
May 2018
#69
I just find it ironic. I have no doubts that Hillary can take care of herself.
Tipperary
May 2018
#92
The emergence of different cultures and languages is the evidence of the instinct to be suspicious
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#95
If humans had no instincts, then babies couldn't suckle, there would be no such thing as
Coventina
May 2018
#122
Yes, it absolutely is. Why do people raise their babies? Why do we fear things?
Coventina
May 2018
#137
No, babies are abandoned, people are disinterested in sex, and computers were invented by
betsuni
May 2018
#144
I do read, that's why I know the difference between anomalies and normative behavior.
Coventina
May 2018
#145
Yes, and as a reader, please give me the source of a reputable anthropologist
Coventina
May 2018
#148
Thanks for introducing this derogatory term, so we can emphasize our differences and fuel up racism!
Chemisse
May 2018
#82
If it "carries no particular meaning", why does it need a article that explains its meaning?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#143
I think from those participating, most agree it is a race based pejorative.
Bok_Tukalo
May 2018
#128
"Not all white people are wypipo." Yes, but we really need more things to divide us
elocs
May 2018
#180
I can't help but notice that most of the people expressing the most offense about the term "wypipo"
EffieBlack
May 2018
#185
Though my name and post count do not show it, I have been here since 2001. This wypipo thing is the
wasupaloopa
May 2018
#258