# y'all wypipo need to grow some skin **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 6, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434 "2018-07-06T21:35:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/61 "2018-07-07T08:35:07Z")
Here’s a few other descriptions niguswhoread use for wypipo: > [@](#): > > [ul] > White people don’t season their food, but wypipo like theirs organic, free range and gluten free. > > Wypipo are deathly worried about radical Islamic terroristm, but won’t acknowledge that the vast majority of terrorism in America comes from white people. > > White people can’t dance, but wypipo love to dance and will dance anywhere. > > Wypipo are pro-life when it comes to abortion, but cool with the death penalty and police brutality. > Those wypipo will tell you that “pro-life” is just a term to describe the anti-abortion movement, that it has nothing to do with issues of police violence and capital punishment. But if you mention the movement that focuses on State violence against black bodies, they will quickly say, “but what about black on black crime?” > > Wypipo have the intestinal fortitude to wear shorts and flip flops all year round. When it is absolutely too cold to wear them, yoga pants will suffice. > > There are some white people who believe in social justice causes, but wypipo need special names for themselves, like “allies” or “social justice warriors.” > > There are white people who treat human beings like human beings and don’t need special recognition for it. Wypipo will point out their safety pins and wear Black Lives Matter t-shirts. > > Wypipo believe kneeling during the national anthem is unpatriotic and disrespectful to the men and women who lost their lives defending this country. Yet they are cool with the Confederate flag, which actually represents an act of treason that killed almost as many Americans as all the other wars combined. > > White people have all kinds of friends and associates. Wypipo know exactly how many black friends they have and can remember that one time in 1998 they spent an entire day with their Dominican co-worker.[/ul] I think that safety pins/BLM t-shirt one is pretty strongly directed at the white people in this thread just loving this new wypipo word. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Bullet_Traffic_Control)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/62 "2018-07-07T09:23:37Z")
> [@Mr Dibble](#): > > The fact that you’re a giant racist who literally called for the lynching of Black Netflix executives didn’t seem to make your list, there, Jakey-boy. I stared at this for a good three minutes trying to work out what the fuck you were shrieking about. Then I realised that you could _only_ be referring to this: > [@Me](#): > > Whether a word is racist depends on context. If I say “The word nigger is a disgusting racial slur that has no place in civilised society”, and then someone complains _that I said the word nigger_, that person is (a) stupid (b) whiny (c) a bitch, and (d) too thin skinned to survive in the modern world and should probably be culled for the good of the herd. To say you misrepresented both the letter and the spirit of my post would be something of an understatement. You are a lying, deceitful, sneaky, manipulative little worm with no scruples, no conscience, and absolutely no honour. You’re like Trump, a bullshitter who will say anything he thinks will help him win an argument. In your next life, you’re going to come back as a fucking weasel, and even the other weasels will think you’re a prick. I find it impossible to believe there could be any benefit to knowing you in real life. > [@Mr Dibble](#): > > Aah, false dilemma, my old nemesis… It’s not a false dilemma. Either racist insults _are_ OK, or they _aren’t_. Pick one. > [@Mr. Dibble](#): > > Yes, I was so vocally and repeatedly calling Friedland a racist all over that thread… > > …oh, wait, I didn’t? I actually and repeatedly said Friedland was fired for insensitivity and being bad at executiving, not racism? From the GD thread (which you keep forgetting the rest of us can read): _“One could, with more cause, say the same for all the entitled wypipo whining about not getting to spout racist words without social judgement.”_ There you have it. Nigger, when used by a white person, is an objectively racist word _regardless of the context in which it is used_. Because Chris is white, you would say that Chris was using racist language. If he was asked to apologise and he refused, you would side against him. That makes you a stupid fucking piece of garbage. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/63 "2018-07-07T09:37:52Z")
> [@Jake\_Bullet\_Traffic\_Control](#): > > To say you misrepresented both the letter and the spirit of my post would be something of an understatement. Oh, you meant “culled for the good of the herd” in some different, non-lynchy “spirit”, then? Or “someone [who]complains that I said the word nigger” _doesn’t_ include the Black Netflix staff who did just that, somehow? It’d be fascinating watching you walk that back if you weren’t so pathetic at it. “Spirit of my post”? It is to laugh. > [@](#): > > You are a lying, deceitful, sneaky, manipulative little worm with no scruples, no conscience, and absolutely no honour. Man, racists _really_ hate being called racists, don’t they? Snowflake. > [@](#): > > It’s not a false dilemma. Either racist insults _are_ OK, or they _aren’t_. Pick one. Repeating the fallacy isn’t going to magically make it true, guy. That’s some really primitive thinking you got going on there. > [@](#): > > There you have it. Nigger, when used by a white person, is an objectively racist word _regardless of the context in which it is used_. Because Chris is white, you would say that Chris was using racist language. Yes. I’m sure you can figure out the difference between that and me calling \*Chris \*a racist. Any day now… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/64 "2018-07-07T10:44:20Z")
I don’t feel oppressed, I would just think a person using the term is ghetto trash and probably avoid him or her. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/65 "2018-07-07T10:53:07Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > ghetto trash :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/66 "2018-07-07T10:59:55Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > :rolleyes: Well now I’m feeling oppressed :mad: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/67 "2018-07-07T11:07:45Z")
Snowflakes. [Snowflakes everywhere](https://i.imgflip.com/1q954y.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/68 "2018-07-07T11:57:20Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Snowflakes. [Snowflakes everywhere](https://i.imgflip.com/1q954y.jpg). Personally I consider myself the yellow patch of snow the dog pissed on. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/69 "2018-07-07T12:15:00Z")
It’s good to have a healthy self-image. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/70 "2018-07-07T12:18:43Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > typo \*typipo ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/71 "2018-07-07T12:20:35Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s good to have a healthy self-image. Thank you, I appreciate that. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/72 "2018-07-07T12:22:51Z")
> [@If you are white and were called a "wypipo", would you be offended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-white-and-were-called-a-wypipo-would-you-be-offended/813752/29): > > I am not the target of the OP’s question. But I have a childhood memory of watching an episode of Oprah where there was a white supremacist on the show outlining the “differences” between black people and niggers. I don’t find the list above any less moronic. > > If you have a problem with all white people, and you have the ability to enunciate your reasoning, then do so. If you have a problem with a specific subset of white people, then elaborate on who those people are, why you have the problem with them, and what they have in common beyond being white. Don’t equate them with everyone who happens to be white. Don’t come up with some stupid name for them that leaves a lot of ambiguity about who you’re referring to. Don’t use “nicknames” as an excuse to be racist. At best, it’s lazy. And it is never “at best.” (from a thread we had a month or two about this word) That sums it up I think. Dribble can love the word all he wants but it makes him full of shit, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/73 "2018-07-07T12:24:26Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > (from a thread we had a month or two about this word) > That sums it up I think. Dribble can love the word all he wants but it makes him full of shit, if you ask me. Love you too, man. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/74 "2018-07-07T12:47:12Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > How are you supposed to recognize when someone SAYS “wypipo” to you? If their natural pronunciation of “white people” is “wypipo”, phonetically, how do you know? Or is this an internet-only outrage? My question too. Assuming ‘wypipo’ is pronounced the way I guess it is, it’s not a new word, racist or otherwise; it’s just ‘white people’ spoken quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/75 "2018-07-07T13:15:23Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > If I were black I’d still be in a successful position that I am now because unlike ignorant people like yourself I don’t blame others for my problems. I do something about it instead of asking others to help me and blame others for my problems. I succeed because I work for it and try for it instead of expecting someone to hand it to me. You keep mentioning a GED and from the wording, you may have just made it to GED level with linguistics but not much further and are envious that anyone else could make something of themselves instead of bitching and moaning about how shit isn’t fair. Your politics have made you weak and blind. > > You can bait and switch all you want and bend figures to support your narrative but you and I both know it’s only because of a combination of population numbers and merit. If you think otherwise you are just a deluded idiot. Go ahead keep spouting your crying rhetoric and see how far it gets you. I bet not much farther than you can throw your GED. > \*\* > Btw: Get something better than “ya’ll hoes” when referring to white people. In the meantime, enjoy your double standard ‘privilege’ of being able to do so. God forbid anyone white refers\*\* to all blacks as “whores”. I bet you’re so dim not to see the hypocrisy of it. Fine, you win. I’ll use “thots” instead of “hoes”. Here, I’ll use it in a sentence: this thot actually think “hoes” is some kind of undercover racial epithet. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/76 "2018-07-07T13:38:04Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > My question too. Assuming ‘wypipo’ is pronounced the way I guess it is, it’s not a new word, racist or otherwise; it’s just ‘white people’ spoken quickly. It originates in, and is designed for, a written medium. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/77 "2018-07-07T13:41:44Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > It sounds like a word that racist white people would use to deride AAVE. That was more or less my reaction on seeing that word for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/78 "2018-07-07T14:07:59Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > If Whites are the majority population and make the majority of money of course they are going to hold those positions in majority. No racial conspiracy here. Next. Ideally you’d see a balance between representation in places of power, and the demographics of the total population. However, that’s sort of a pipe dream even in a truly egalitarian society - you aren’t going to find equal representation of women as NFL players even if we reach 100% parity in society. That shouldn’t be true for intellectual pursuits however. However, as Sunny Daze points out, that list could be recreated with white women in place of black people and look almost the same. The other thing is some of this is generational. It takes generations for society to really fundamentally change, and power and wealth is often built generationally as well. So it is going to take time - even if we do an awesome job (which we are not doing). I found this opinion piece interesting, and like the point that the authors make - that we need more stories of success: [https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/opinions/good-news-for-black-men-in-america-opinion-wilcox-wang-mincy/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/opinions/good-news-for-black-men-in-america-opinion-wilcox-wang-mincy/index.html). That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be diligent about backsliding, but sometimes well meaning people are contributing to the problems. “It has gotten better, but we still have a long way to go” is a better message than “it sucks.” And not just because it helps inspire young black men to know that they CAN make it, or because it helps overcome stereotypes racists have about “all black men being criminals” - but also because it acknowledges the really hard work we have already done as a society on this. And wypipo is disrespectful and demeaning. It certainly doesn’t raise the discourse. It may be funny in some contexts. Personally, I try and stay away from language like that - I’m not fond of the Evangelical Christian movement, but I do try to not call them “Fundies” - I’m not always successful at policing my language ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/79 "2018-07-07T14:28:01Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > My question too. Assuming ‘wypipo’ is pronounced the way I guess it is, it’s not a new word, racist or otherwise; it’s just ‘white people’ spoken quickly. It’s used almost entirely in a derogatory manner in general and in that manner by Dribble exclusively. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434/80 "2018-07-07T14:46:29Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > It’s used almost entirely in a derogatory manner in general Look at Mr Black Twitter Expert, here. > [@](#): > > and in that manner by Dribble exclusively. I’ve said as much. Like I’ve said before - I like the word because in its simplifying of spelling (for Twitter reasons) it scans a little like baby talk - and I use it to talk to and about big, stupid, over-privileged, racist babies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-wypipo-need-to-grow-some-skin/817434.md?page=5)