Is "uppity"

[Dubai Vol]

The word "uppity" on its own is not racist. The missing word in the statement is what makes it racist, and that missing word is right there as plain as day for anyone who knows anything about race relations in America.

Either you people are disgracefully ignorant or disgracefully dishonest.

From a quick Google (spoiler alert, don't click if you find certain words offensive):

Spoiler :

When ever you hear a black person referred to as elitist, you need to know that it's the code word for an oldie but goodie phrase from our past: uppity n!gger.

Now for those of you who have no idea what uppity n!gger means, go back in history and read about it, but it was generally a term used by poor whites during Jim Crow and most of the last century to refer to an African American who spoke well or dressed well or was well educated.

Matthew Modine [actor]Says “Uppity-******” On O’Reilly...he said his Dad’s generation would have classified Jeremiah Wright as an “Uppity-******”


This website (christianparty.net) calls Colin Powell an "uppity n!gger" over and over again.



What do you call a Black guy with a Harvard degree? An uppity n!gger.

If you can't hear the word after "uppity" then you're either deaf or you have your fingers in your ears.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

If you can't hear the word after "uppity" then you're either deaf or you have your fingers in your ears.

I repeat, it depends on context. The American South has one context. Other regions have other contexts. Certainly the phrase in your spoiler isn't used in this part of Canada. It tends to get used of disobedient children and teenagers.

 

[JollyRoger]

I repeat, it depends on context. The American South has one context. Other regions have other contexts. Certainly the phrase in your spoiler isn't used in this part of Canada. It tends to get used of disobedient children and teenagers.

It was an American Southerner using it.

 

[MobBoss]

The word "uppity" on its own is not racist. The missing word in the statement is what makes it racist, and that missing word is right there as plain as day for anyone who knows anything about race relations in America.

Either you people are disgracefully ignorant or disgracefully dishonest.

Not at all. That simply means that the N-word is racist (it is) and not the word 'uppity'.

I would agree.

If you can't hear the word after "uppity" then you're either deaf or you have your fingers in your ears.

Again, no. The only place I have ever actually heard the term used was in the movies.

As to your links, the first is mere commentary from a blog. The 2nd doesnt work, and the third simply a hugely racist link on the order of storm front. It even calls John McCain a traitor who married a jew!

My point being if going to the utmost extreme is the only place you can find your 'uppity N-' comments then perhaps we are not wrong at all.

 

[MobBoss]

I repeat, it depends on context. The American South has one context. Other regions have other contexts. Certainly the phrase in your spoiler isn't used in this part of Canada. It tends to get used of disobedient children and teenagers.

Again, being raised in the American South I can only disagree with you on your perceived context.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

The word "uppity" on its own is not racist. The missing word in the statement is what makes it racist, and that missing word is right there as plain as day for anyone who knows anything about race relations in America.

I disagree. It's only plain as day for anyone who thinks they know practically everything about race relations not only in America, but also among the individuals themselves. Not that I'm accusing you of such a status, but you sure do fit the bill sometimes.

 

[Stolen Rutters]

I have never felt the uppity part of the phrase was racist. Uppity is used for anyone you think is trying to rise above their proper station in life.

Calling someone stupid, wacko, or lame because you think they are shouldn't automatically make people think you intend the n-word to go after any of them.

 

[jeps]

lets reclaim porchmonkey uppity

 

[Mark1031]

It is a word which historically has the taint of racism when used in reference to an adult black.. But it is simple, the man who said it is a congressman, I'm sure there are endless records of him speaking. I would only ask if he has ever used the word before and who was it in reference to? If this is the first time he has ever used it publicly or if he only uses it in reference to black men then it is obvious that it is race baiting. Words like that don’t just pop into your active vocabulary by magic. Obama ignored it as he should. There will be more of this and it is intended to get “liberals” complaining to energize the racist vote.

 

[mangxema]

Two things:

1.) I'm with MobBoss on this one.

2.) *sigh* Westmoreland just needs to shut the hell up. Every time he speaks, he makes Georgia look bad. (Remember his appearance on Colbert?)

 

[Cutlass]

What context would that be, Cutlass?

Implying that he is reaching for something that he shouldn't

 

[skadistic]

It is a word which historically has the taint of racism when used in reference to an adult black.

Is this the real world history or the one that northerners and west coasters make up about the south?

 

[Brighteye]

I think calling anyone something could have a certain context, but not all context is racial.

You know, I get real tired of this race sensitivity thing. People need to get over it already.

He said it best.

Racism exists, believe it or not.

And until racism is less than a memory, words with a history of being a derogatory word used by racists should be avoided at all costs.

What history? What if its history for me has never involved racism? It's a perfectly normal word here, and I use it frequently. Why should I avoid using it because someone else dislikes it? What if I dislike words in general? Should you all stop using them because they have negative connotations for me?

 

[lutzj]

I guess you don't know any southern bred racists,

"Breed" was a derogatory term for white-controlled reproduction among slaves, which makes you a racist according to your own double standard.

 

[JollyRoger]

Two things:

1.) I'm with MobBoss on this one.

2.) *sigh* Westmoreland just needs to shut the hell up. Every time he speaks, he makes Georgia look bad. (Remember his appearance on Colbert?)

#2 undercuts #1.

 

[Ayatollah So]

I would only ask if he has ever used the word before and who was it in reference to? If this is the first time he has ever used it publicly or if he only uses it in reference to black men then it is obvious that it is race baiting. Words like that don’t just pop into your active vocabulary by magic.

Bingo. Look at the Congressman's history. His voting record on race-related issues, too.

2.) *sigh* Westmoreland just needs to shut the hell up. Every time he speaks, he makes Georgia look bad. (Remember his appearance on Colbert?)

Hmm. No, I didn't see that. Got Link?

 

[mangxema]

Hmm. No, I didn't see that. Got Link?

Enjoy. He starts speaking around 2:00.

 

[woody60707]

Now that we are on the subject, what about saying "out of your cotton-picking mind"? I used to use that term a lot. I think i got it from an old cartoon. Is that racist? I didn't even think about it till a friend said it was.

I still haven't made up my mind.

 

[JollyRoger]

Now that we are on the subject, what about saying "out of your cotton-picking mind"? I used to use that term a lot. I think i got it from an old cartoon. Is that racist? I didn't even think about it till a friend said it was.

I still haven't made up my mind.

Depends on context, but less likely than uppity coming out of the mouth of a Confederate flag worshipping Georgia Congressman.

 

[Pannonius]

Depends on context, but less likely than uppity coming out of the mouth of a Confederate flag worshipping Georgia Congressman.

What's wrong with worshipping the Confederate flag?