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WOW.. Brilliant teaching moment....... pangaia May 2018 #1
:) I've learned the "kerfuffle" was apparently Hortensis May 2018 #45
K & R pazzyanne May 2018 #85
not so azureblue May 2018 #83
I'm a "she," not a "he" - speaking of classifications... EffieBlack May 2018 #89
Exactly. brush May 2018 #175
Here is the problem that you have pointed out in your exasperation BumRushDaShow May 2018 #128
my dog has egg farts populistdriven May 2018 #197
K&R. Perfect. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #2
The only ridicule should be for people who use inane slang like wypipo mythology May 2018 #3
Whoosh! EffieBlack May 2018 #4
Ha! paleotn May 2018 #29
Here's one problem Roy Rolling May 2018 #71
DU isn't a legal document ... we say lots of things here that have no legal import EffieBlack May 2018 #97
Oh, my word! brer cat May 2018 #107
Boom sheshe2 May 2018 #176
I'm with you Plucketeer May 2018 #115
There's a good reason for us to not use it loyalsister May 2018 #116
Wow...such hostility over a simple descriptive word. Demsrule86 May 2018 #27
Agree! Why get so upset? Life is too short as it is. Whether the term "catches " or not will be up Thekaspervote May 2018 #202
Yep...and they make fun of our old fashioned slang. Demsrule86 May 2018 #206
Oh, good lord.... paleotn May 2018 #33
Lemme whitesplain it for you wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #73
That left a mark. egduj May 2018 #169
Strawman wildeyed May 2018 #191
Excellent essay. Thank you! NurseJackie May 2018 #5
Very insightful. salin May 2018 #6
Sounds like your white students thought "It's 'normal' to be white." MineralMan May 2018 #7
Yes EffieBlack May 2018 #10
Exactly. MineralMan May 2018 #14
This is why neighborhoods are often segregated even today. Demsrule86 May 2018 #26
Some neighborhoods, anyway. Not mine. MineralMan May 2018 #35
My new neighborhood is diverse...people of all colors and nationalities...but the burbs in Ohio Demsrule86 May 2018 #55
Agree - but Demsrule is right EffieBlack May 2018 #58
Well, if that were the case, my neighborhood would be a Hmong neighborhood. MineralMan May 2018 #124
That never happens in Burnsville wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #75
I'm sorry to hear that. MineralMan May 2018 #125
White privilege. They view other people as "the other" and themselves as "people". Implication Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #16
Exactly what I was thinking MaryMagdaline May 2018 #53
Just out of curiosity.... MicaelS May 2018 #131
The only one that counts ... eating bad food MaryMagdaline May 2018 #140
YUCK. n/t MicaelS May 2018 #142
ding! ding! ding! ding! ding! TheSmarterDog May 2018 #167
they are mercuryblues May 2018 #228
I'm white (honky, bumpkin, whitey, etc.) True Dough May 2018 #8
I am a white person. Cracklin Charlie May 2018 #9
I'm with you. The first time I saw the word, I recognized it, and MineralMan May 2018 #17
I agree...I had to wait and have it explained to me as I didn't recognize what the word came from... Demsrule86 May 2018 #23
Woah... sheshe2 May 2018 #178
I think I said "a bunch of people" MineralMan May 2018 #180
... sheshe2 May 2018 #183
+++ sheshe2 May 2018 #226
Sometimes, a little discomfort is a good thing. MineralMan May 2018 #227
Correct. sheshe2 May 2018 #229
I think it is funny too... Demsrule86 May 2018 #24
I had not heard it either and had the same reaction. It's so funny. I'm happy to be a wypipo. OregonBlue May 2018 #77
Add me wryter2000 May 2018 #174
Me too and I catch myself thinking like wypipo and I'm embarrassed and so glad no one can read OregonBlue May 2018 #221
I wondered what that meant. ananda May 2018 #11
Great teaching "experiment". Should happen to all white people some time, teen years prob best. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #12
THANK YOU! Wish everyone would LISTEN to you. OneGrassRoot May 2018 #13
You might not get any hands raised if safeinOhio May 2018 #15
You are conflating a discussion with a label. 58Sunliner May 2018 #18
Anybody want to take this one? EffieBlack May 2018 #19
Intersting that you know you have a possie that can speak for you. wasupaloopa May 2018 #40
I find your response here... tonedevil May 2018 #113
You are good at the game wasupaloopa May 2018 #150
At this point.. tonedevil May 2018 #155
You identify Blacks by race everyday...when you use the term Black or White....that is a label... Demsrule86 May 2018 #21
Reread the last paragraph of the OP. salin May 2018 #28
How do you feel about a Jewish person referring to the goyim? Demit May 2018 #30
For fear of some pejorative coming my way, LakeArenal May 2018 #47
Where did I call you a racist or "make" a new label for you? EffieBlack May 2018 #54
I think you are looking for an arguement. LakeArenal May 2018 #60
No. Just asking you to explain something YOU said EffieBlack May 2018 #62
Whoosh!!!! LakeArenal May 2018 #64
You litteraly came into... tonedevil May 2018 #117
I don't have to explain anything to you or anyone. LakeArenal May 2018 #121
Can you point to a single remark... tonedevil May 2018 #123
You are almost commical with your word bait LakeArenal May 2018 #208
You are delusional... tonedevil May 2018 #210
Rick Santorum already trademarked that word wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #79
Funny how we often talk about folks who belong to "minorities". Tom Rinaldo May 2018 #104
Soon, every group will be a minority - including white people. TheSmarterDog May 2018 #170
There is another term that comes to mind here. ehrnst May 2018 #109
I speak for myself only, but you apparently think in racist terms. 58Sunliner May 2018 #137
Yes, you absolutely speak for yourself. ehrnst May 2018 #168
It's a label used in comedy, and in comedy, it's OK to "punch up" but not to "punch down" gollygee May 2018 #112
Seems to me those offended sheshe2 May 2018 #179
What a fantastic teaching exercise. Demsrule86 May 2018 #20
K&R This is a wonderful OP BlueIndyBlue May 2018 #22
I LOVE this post! EffieBlack May 2018 #32
Very well said..... paleotn May 2018 #44
You nailed it! radical noodle May 2018 #120
I learned this lesson when I had just moved to Miami. Demit May 2018 #25
Exactly! EffieBlack May 2018 #36
K&R Gothmog May 2018 #31
I think you are wrong. So many of the replys in that thread went "I'm white but ................." wasupaloopa May 2018 #34
They identified themselves as white to help show that the term is not offensive EffieBlack May 2018 #41
I have to disagree with you. I take it you do not live in my skin as I don't live in wasupaloopa May 2018 #49
We appreciate all the work you do wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #86
The point I would like to make is that the most popularly accepted "truths" here aren't truths at wasupaloopa May 2018 #147
If you are going to disagree... tonedevil May 2018 #119
Say I lived through a certain event that took place many years ago. But today the majority of wasupaloopa May 2018 #149
No one can put you in a box until you let them. haele May 2018 #223
So why do I say I'm white? Boomer May 2018 #51
Exactly. betsuni May 2018 #37
I noticed that I was doing this subconsciously years ago when... TheDebbieDee May 2018 #38
Yes, White Male is the "norm" and RandomAccess May 2018 #39
Thanks EffieBlack May 2018 #43
Exactly -- which is why RandomAccess May 2018 #67
Bingo. paleotn May 2018 #46
Wasn't online for a few days. Had to do a Bing search to find what "wypipo" means. Petrushka May 2018 #42
Thanks, now I see what Wypipo means, its a new twitter word I imagine as- Sunlei May 2018 #105
. . . Petrushka May 2018 #207
hehehe! good one Petrushka :P Sunlei May 2018 #230
Wypipo Reminds me of the KKK phone greeting Howard Stern used to play JunkYardDogg May 2018 #48
good post, I feel like I'm out of societies classroom lecture loop- what is a "wypipo"? Sunlei May 2018 #50
"Top 10 Ways Black People Keep Racism Alive According to Wypipo" EffieBlack May 2018 #52
Hey! Thief! ProudLib72 May 2018 #69
This is from the author of: "Why I Could Never Vote For Hillary Clinton" oberliner May 2018 #122
And? EffieBlack May 2018 #129
And he also wrote: "The Democratic Party Is Not Our Friend" oberliner May 2018 #133
And? EffieBlack May 2018 #134
15th time they posted this in ALL the threads. sheshe2 May 2018 #181
Your Hillary Clinton avatar is inspiring oberliner May 2018 #199
Gonna have to dust off my list of logical fallacies. wildeyed May 2018 #193
There is no logical argument being offered oberliner May 2018 #200
Trying to discredit the argument by discrediting the source. wildeyed May 2018 #222
And he also wrote: "White people don't give a fuck" oberliner May 2018 #198
Ok. EffieBlack May 2018 #205
Shouldn't he have said, "Wypipo don't give a fuck."? Petrushka May 2018 #209
clear, concise nt heaven05 May 2018 #56
Recent example of Wypipo Boomer May 2018 #57
I'm not sure that's exactly right sweetloukillbot May 2018 #110
Very insightful. Thanks!... paleotn May 2018 #59
Yes I'm white and I should be identified as such because I am! If I need to use race to identify Kirk Lover May 2018 #61
Thanks. But read up again on "Wypipo" - it isn't limited to animal rights activists. EffieBlack May 2018 #63
See ya orangecrush May 2018 #65
I dunno. I just sort of shrugged the whole thing off. Mister Ed May 2018 #66
For the record I am fine with Wypipo MaryMagdaline May 2018 #68
The responses to Wypipo from certain, presumably white People, is fucking embarrassing to me* ismnotwasm May 2018 #70
good posting Civic Justice May 2018 #94
I have not posted on DU in a while and I won't Madampiece Theater May 2018 #72
Thank you as well, Madampiece Theater MaryMagdaline May 2018 #82
Thank YOU Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #114
I've written on many websites.... Civic Justice May 2018 #74
An excellent read. We all need to be discussing these matters, but yes, whites especially n/t Tom Rinaldo May 2018 #127
Not much in society takes that "giant leap forward", until... Civic Justice May 2018 #164
Thank you for this cagefreesoylentgreen May 2018 #76
Thank you cp May 2018 #78
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #80
That pretty much sums it up. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #81
Very good story to illustrate different attitudes Johnny2X2X May 2018 #84
Effie, Thank you. Tom Rinaldo May 2018 #87
Good post!!!! Civic Justice May 2018 #102
Effie, you are a treasure Maeve May 2018 #88
Thank you for your very interesting and insightful post. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #90
A couple years ago I had a class that decided to seat themselves along racial lines ProudLib72 May 2018 #91
I absolutely think that's true. Adrahil May 2018 #92
Some white liberals get uncomfortable when someone points out they are less-than-perfect Tarc May 2018 #93
A Jewish friend of mine in Boston says he's never seen as much racism sweetloukillbot May 2018 #111
I'm old enough to remember forced busing... MicaelS May 2018 #136
It's still there cagefreesoylentgreen May 2018 #138
"Forced busing" is a loaded term, conjured up by anti-desegregation forces EffieBlack May 2018 #141
Never knew that. MicaelS May 2018 #145
This goes to the OPs' point. We had kids bused in from the city Tarc May 2018 #156
To add an interesting analogy BumRushDaShow May 2018 #95
It's wrong to slap dehumanizing and derisive labels on anyone. procon May 2018 #96
It is simply disrespectful to use slang words to describe people, no matter their color, gender, Doodley May 2018 #135
Interesting assumption you make... SharonClark May 2018 #98
I know it because we talked about it. EffieBlack May 2018 #103
You're exactly right radical noodle May 2018 #139
Exactly! EffieBlack May 2018 #144
The larger question BannonsLiver May 2018 #151
I have acquaintances who have never met me in person EffieBlack May 2018 #154
I'm not white either. Your analysis is spot-on mainer May 2018 #99
Effie, you are a wonderful writer mcar May 2018 #100
I don't think a term few have even heard of, warrants all this G_j May 2018 #101
This kerfluffle :) should (maybe still can) create an opportunity for dialogue loyalsister May 2018 #106
Great post. White person here. KPN May 2018 #108
I don't see "color-blind" as the goal Boomer May 2018 #118
This an AMAZING post! EffieBlack May 2018 #143
The thanks is all mine Boomer May 2018 #171
++++ sheshe2 May 2018 #194
Outstanding post, Boomer. brer cat May 2018 #148
Trying to justify yet another race-based slang word is pretty ridiculous. Doodley May 2018 #126
Not sure what that has to do with the point of my OP. But ok. EffieBlack May 2018 #130
I read the first paragraph, the second paragraph, the last paragraph and everything in between. What Doodley May 2018 #132
Wouldn't your friends and acquaintances know you are black? BannonsLiver May 2018 #146
Not in this instance EffieBlack May 2018 #152
African-Americans, women, LGBQT, Muslims meadowlander May 2018 #153
I'd surmise that those groups "self identify" out of a need for support & community Tarc May 2018 #158
What's your point? Cary May 2018 #157
If you can't see the point in my very thoughtfully written OP, I doubt any further explanation EffieBlack May 2018 #159
I have until now because I expected that my point of view would be summarily Cary May 2018 #162
Most seem to agree it's a racial slur. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #160
How are you defining "Most?" EffieBlack May 2018 #161
Counting. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #163
Thank you for the alt-right talking point Tarc May 2018 #188
+1 fleabiscuit May 2018 #195
Does it matter if you're in the South? catrose May 2018 #165
Let's Dance -Chris Rea jalan48 May 2018 #166
K&R TheSmarterDog May 2018 #172
My reaction as a white person wryter2000 May 2018 #173
And the point is what? NNadir May 2018 #177
Uh... what? fleabiscuit May 2018 #196
You were/are one hell of a teacher. sheshe2 May 2018 #182
The 2017 Wypipo Awards XRubicon May 2018 #184
Thank you for a very insightful post. Nonhlanhla May 2018 #185
"black" describes a shared cultural experience, while "white" does not. redgreenandblue May 2018 #186
I disagree. Whites do have a shared cultural experience, called privilege. kwassa May 2018 #214
True! EffieBlack May 2018 #216
Simplistic. guillaumeb May 2018 #187
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #189
Drat! I've been caught red-handed! EffieBlack May 2018 #190
If you're bothered by the term wypipo wildeyed May 2018 #192
I choose to not use derogatory labels Soxfan58 May 2018 #201
Kick EffieBlack May 2018 #203
Kicked and recced. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #204
Every time a DUer feels uncomfortable by something posted here IronLionZion May 2018 #211
Interesting: LeftInTX May 2018 #212
But this wasn't about being proud or not. It was just a description. EffieBlack May 2018 #213
Really impressive teaching method. Kentonio May 2018 #215
From your posts, I guess that you were a member of the bar Gothmog May 2018 #217
Haha - yes, I am EffieBlack May 2018 #218
We had to use blue books in my day Gothmog May 2018 #219
The only thing worse than writing in blue books EffieBlack May 2018 #220
Excellent post! geardaddy May 2018 #224
his is the best breakdown i've seen in here so far NatBurner May 2018 #225
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