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wypipologist
or wipipologist [wahy-pee-pol-uh-jist]
What does听飞测辫颈辫辞濒辞驳颈蝉迟听mean?
Wypipologist is a humorous slang term for someone, usually a Black person, who “studies” wypipo, or “white people.” Wypipo, after all, do some crazy stuff in need of expert explanation.
Where does wypipologist come from?
Wypipologist is based on wypipo, a Black slang term for “white people” (particularly those perceived to be racist, unaware of their own privilege, or engaging in cultural appropriation) based on a Black colloquial pronunciation of the phrase. Wypipo is especially found on social media, such as Black Twitter, and is recorded as early听as 2016.
Added to听飞测辫颈辫辞听is the suffix -ologist, signifying someone with expert knowledge of a particular domain of study, usually a kind of science (think biologist). A wypipologist, then, “studies” wypipology鈥�听the science of white people, as it were, or white, mainstream culture.
Why does Donald Trump keep coming for black folks?
We consulted resident our wypipologist, , to take a look at Trump鈥檚 tweets about black people, by the numbers.
— The Root (@TheRoot)
The term wypipologist appears to have been coined by journalist and commentator Michael Harriot, a major contributor to the Black-geared website The Root听in early 2017. In his bio for the site, Harriot describes himself as a “world-renowned wypipologist.”
Harriot often uses wypipologist in his irreverent coverage of white people and their sometimes-ridiculous or racist behaviors, ranging from the humorous (making acoustic versions of rap songs) to the harmful (calling cops on Black people for being, well, Black).
From Harriot, the term has spread and a few other media personalities began cheekily calling themselves听wypipologists.
Examples of wypipologist
Who uses wypipologist?
The term wypipologist remains听prominently听used by Michael Harriot in his coverage of white culture for The Root, though听wypipo听on its own is fairly common on social media.
Black Twitter ain't fucking around with wypipo on Super Bowl sunday.
— Tony (@PS3_4_Lyfe)
Some Black people, however, have also humorously or casually adopted the title wypipologist in making observations about the behavior of white people.听Hey, all those BBQ Becky’s and Permit Patty’s aren’t analyzing themselves, it seems.
2019 is off to an awesome start 馃槀. Auds, 鈦︹仼, our favest 鈥淲ypipologist and Beckyologist鈥� is here and he鈥檚 bringing 馃敟馃敟馃敟 (h/t 鈦︹仼 馃憣馃従)
— Victoria Uwonkunda (@Msuwonkunda)
Some white people may take offense to wypipo/wypipologist as an example of听reverse racism, but others would counter that these complaints overlook the privilege white people have historically enjoyed in mainstream culture and the long-running oppression of people of color.
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