"Whitey" is a derogatory term for a white person. [1] The level of contempt implied by the term varies, although it is most often used as an insult.
In Saturday Night Live's notorious 1975 " Racist Word Association Interview" skit, Richard Pryor's character uses "whitey" as his response to Chevy Chase's character's prompt of "negro". [2]
During Barack Obama's 2008 US presidential campaign, a hoax was promoted that his wife Michelle Obama had been recorded "railing against 'whitey'", which she denied, saying, "That’s something that George Jefferson would say." [3] [4]