Apparently this is a new (to me, at least) attempt at coming up with an anti-white insult and is (maybe) becoming a thing.
To me, the term is so ludicrous that I’d be giggling at it, not offended. It sounds like baby-talk: “Does oos tumtum have da rumblies? Isums bad wypepo that made oo sicky-wicky?” (Note, “popo” for “police” has a similar effect on me)
I just can’t take it seriously. Not that I take "cracker’ or “honky” seriously either, but it at least implies anger rather than large amounts of lead in the drinking water.
If you were walking down the street and one black person said to the other “Look at that wypepo’s pants. They’re totally out of fashion and un-hip.” and the other responded with “How gauche. Only a wypepo would dress in such a manner.” I’d try not to laugh at them.
What about you? If you’re white are you offended by the term? If you’re black would you use it?
To my understanding, it’d be a one-off remark by the occasional fucking assclown. “Nigger” (for example) has historical weight behind it and means something and is a real insult.
Are they describing me? I’d react the same as to any other insult about my dress.
I don’t think that use of wypipo would bother me very much, but I HAVE been slurred with the word “wypipo”, and it was by another white person and I found it offensive.
I believe the white man brought up the issue of adding a black (or maybe it was brown) stripe to the gay pride flag in a Facebook post. He got a lot of responses, all over the spectrum. He replied to someone who didn’t like the idea saying that he noticed only wypipo in his thread opposed the idea. Since 19 of the 20 people who responded to his post were white*, that seemed like a pretty stupid generalization. And since he obviously intended it as a slur, I found it insulting. I think any word can be insulting if that is its intention. Even “wypipo”.
and the one black woman said something only mildly in favor, like, “that sounds like a nice idea”.
No, but then I’m a white guy. I don’t have to feel offended or threatened by words others make up to refer to me because I still have my White Guy status.
Yeah, I always thought it was plural, and it always seemed to me more or less like using “chicks” to refer to women or “kids” to refer to college students: deliberately somewhat disrespectful in tone but not intrinsically an insult.
Found this via Google. To say it is an afro-centric web site would be the understatement of the day, but the segment below was interesting nevertheless.
I’ll go on record as a white person who doesn’t like the term. It really is racist and I’m the target. It treats all white people as ignorant and oblivious, based solely on their race, without considering those individuals’ viewpoints or experience. I try not to judge people by their race and I would ask others to do the same for me.
Some would argue that “wypipo” only refers to unenlightened or racially intolerant white people and so not everyone should be offended by the description. Others would argue that the n-word only refers to ignorant or criminal blacks and not “good” black people or they believe that if Tupac can say it in verse, white people should be able to sing along too and use it with friendly intent. I disagree with both of these views.
Furthermore, while I’ve heard of white people trying to use the n-word without insulting black people (though it’s still a landmine even in the friendliest of mixed company), I have never heard anyone use “wypipo” in any way that wasn’t meant to be insulting. If white people have even heard of the term, they certainly haven’t gotten to the point where they can reappropriate it the way black people have retaken the n-word for their own purposes.
I understand why people of color might use “wypipo.” There are a lot of insulting terms for minorities. They want one of their own to fight back with. I don’t think it’s the best strategy.
I has a sad over that kind of thinking because white people seemingly get to do everything and every single time black people try to protest or respond, they’re told
I was born white, male, able bodied, heterosexual and into a middle class family in a rich country. I am playing the video game of life on the “Tutorial for Children” setting. A few racial epithets won’t hurt me the way they do genuinely disadvantaged people.
My first instinct would probably be to wonder whether the speaker is having a stroke. Assuming they weren’t and it was an attempt at an insult / racial slur, no I don’t think I’d be particularly offended. I’d probably get on with my life and avoid talking to that person in the future. If it was said by someone whose opinion I actually cared about, I’d try to offer a helpful suggestion that they knock it off.
This list is weird. It says wypipo are pro-life (a typical conservative view), allies/SJWs (typical liberal views), are in to safety pins & BLM (typical liberal views), and are against kneeling for the anthem and for the Confederate flag (typical conservative views).
(we) White people can clearly be annoying in our flaky stances on social issues, but we definitely have clear lines, and we want to stay separated by those clear lines!
