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In reply to the discussion: Throwing my hat in regarding the Wypipo controversy. [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)26. should have acknowledgement
and understanding anyway, if a person is worth their salt as a liberal/progressive in an obviously and obscenely racist society. Don't need an outcome. Wypipo are on notice, their game is peeped and it ain't shit. Don't like it, can't help that. And if a white person uses this description of a racist sub-group of the white race as some type of reason/excuse to say f*** n******s and their fight for equal rights, chances are they were not allies in the first goddam place.
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I agree, even working in a very liberal leaning industry in NYC a few of my coworkers over the years
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#1
I think a lot of people aren't noticing the self segregation they're part of, more so with men.
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#3
You already have w this OP, BB. People need to reflect and realize that reflection is not a punish-
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#9
I am glad you asked that, I wont interact with certain people here myself.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#29
It appears to be a hot issue and someone may have seen something that they
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2018
#14
I'm sorry but if you're asking POC (or women) to fall in line to please the GOP I'm going to get
bettyellen
Jun 2018
#68
We are coming from two sides of an issue and there won't be a meeting in the
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2018
#15
My experiences are real to me. Calling them anecdotes is an attempt to diffuse
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2018
#33
++ There's a lot less hatred behind Wypipo or even Honkie, than what a lot of Wypipo have
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#25
Honkie, every time I see that word I laugh, because I hear Gorge Jefferson saying it.
StTimofEdenRoc
Jun 2018
#38
If you have something to say, and want it to be heard, why would you use this term?
StTimofEdenRoc
Jun 2018
#36
If a POC on a discussion board brings up race and your response is "Oh, not THIS shit again!"
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#52