# When's the last time "whitey"'s been used geniunely **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372 "2003-03-31T04:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/1 "2003-03-31T04:26:33Z")
Not since I’ve been alive, that’s for sure. The only people that use it are white people doing a “lookit me! I’m a racist black person” shtick. Get over it, it’s old. Nobody says “whitey”. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/2 "2003-03-31T04:31:39Z")
You tell 'em, whitey. Disclaimer: I myself am quite easily sunburnt. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/3 "2003-03-31T04:35:22Z")
Well, Whitey Whitney talked Beaver Cleaver into climbing into the giant soup bowl on the billboard. Not sure it was a racist thing though…never mind… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/4 "2003-03-31T05:20:28Z")
We still talk about Yankee great Whitey Ford… ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/5 "2003-03-31T05:24:39Z")
And tighty whiteys… ---
**Author:** ![Hermann\_Cheruscan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@Hermann\_Cheruscan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermann_Cheruscan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/6 "2003-03-31T05:26:21Z")
Well, I haven’t heard the racist term Whitey lately, but lots of people use the racist terms “lily White”, redneck" and “cracker”. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/7 "2003-03-31T05:36:07Z")
And **spooje** , don’t forget Whitey Herzogs '82 Cardinals. And we have [http://www.whiteysicecream.com/](http://www.whiteysicecream.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/8 "2003-03-31T05:39:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Klaatu \* > \*\*And we have [http://www.whiteysicecream.com/](http://www.whiteysicecream.com/) \*\* Whitey’s RULEZ!!! Take it from me, whitey! ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/9 "2003-03-31T14:30:03Z")
I do believe that Pimp C in the Jay-Z classic masterpiece “Big Pimpin” spit the line “Chromin’, shinin’, sippin’ daily, no rest till whitey pay me” Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/10 "2003-03-31T14:30:09Z")
[And broasted chicken at Whitey’s in Arlington, VA.](http://www.whiteysrestaurant.com) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/11 "2003-03-31T14:39:14Z")
On the other side of the coin is Blackie Schwamb who pitched 31 2/3 innings for the St. Louis Browns in 1948. I have no idea as to the color of his skin. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/12 "2003-03-31T14:46:17Z")
He was white. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/13 "2003-03-31T14:47:25Z")
The University of Northern Colorado changed their name to “The Fighting Whites” as a reaction to PC run amok. Although spelled “Whites” everybody says the “Fighting Whiteys”. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/14 "2003-03-31T16:35:06Z")
Does anybody still say “honky”? ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/15 "2003-03-31T16:42:24Z")
I use “whitey” and “honky” all the time, because they’re dated enought to be funny. I’m white, though. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/16 "2003-03-31T16:44:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*The University of Northern Colorado changed their name to “The Fighting Whites” as a reaction to PC run amok. > > Although spelled “Whites” everybody says the “Fighting Whiteys”. \*\* actually, it was just one intramural team, not the whole university. [here’s their website](http://www.fightingwhites.org/) ---
**Author:** ![blue\_poop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@blue\_poop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_poop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/17 "2003-03-31T16:52:47Z")
did anyone else think that when you read the thread name that it was about…em, femimine products? I feel like such a dumbass! I never use the term “whitey” and I’ve never heard it being used til now, wierd. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteyFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@WhiteyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiteyFoo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/18 "2003-03-31T16:58:56Z")
Just thought I’d pop in to say “Whitey will pay!!!” ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/19 "2003-03-31T17:50:00Z")
And, of course, Everlast’s _Whitey Ford Sings the Blues_. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372/20 "2003-03-31T18:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Klaatu \* > \*\*Well, Whitey Whitney talked Beaver Cleaver into climbing into the giant soup bowl on the billboard. > > Not sure it was a racist thing though…never mind… \*\* That was a coffee cup, wasn’t it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-whitey-s-been-used-geniunely/165372.md?page=2)