It's totally possible to say "I don't like this candidate and I think they're a bad pick and here's why" without being a huge fuckhole about it. But some people haven't learned that or don't care.
It's understandable to miss the context if you've never been exposed to it-but basically, the term "uppity," when applied to black men and women, has very racist connotations-the whole "uppity negro trying to get above his station" thing. And anyone as advanced in politics as this guy is should absolutely not be allowed to claim ignorance.
Lemme grab a quote from a friend who said it better-
Unlike snooty, "uppity" has inherent connotations of perceived inferiority.
In the days of slavery/the antebellum period that followed, the term "uppity" specifically referred to a "nigger" who was not obedient- someone who dared to equate himself to his white superiors.
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The point is that saying "uppity" about the first (even vaguely black) presidential candidate in history, is akin to calling him "boy".
No, there's nothing wrong with the word "boy" as an appellation, but given the wrong context, it turns from a harmless word to one deliberately calculated to remind someone of their station.
Ah, it hearkens back to Regan calling the man using food stamps to buy a steak in the grocery line a young buck.
It's a less-known word, so it makes the perfect whistle word. Everybody is aware that after "uppity" you say "negro" or another word I don't see fit to type. The only people who know what buck means are, well, the sort of people who think black people getting food stamps is corrupt.
That's what I thought, too. I like how they pointed out that "elitist" is being used as a code word, though. Palin's entire speech last night was about calling Obama uppity one way or another.
Assholes. I hope that Obama continues to take the moral high ground and lets this stuff slide off. The more the Repugnicans throw insults, and the less he reacts to it, the stupider they look.
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UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO BE RACIST DOUCHENOZZLES, IN WHICH CASE YOU'RE DOING IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
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Lemme grab a quote from a friend who said it better-
Unlike snooty, "uppity" has inherent connotations of perceived inferiority.
In the days of slavery/the antebellum period that followed, the term "uppity" specifically referred to a "nigger" who was not obedient- someone who dared to equate himself to his white superiors.
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The point is that saying "uppity" about the first (even vaguely black) presidential candidate in history, is akin to calling him "boy".
No, there's nothing wrong with the word "boy" as an appellation, but given the wrong context, it turns from a harmless word to one deliberately calculated to remind someone of their station.
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This election has taken a sharp turn into the surreal. If someone tried to sell this as a movie, it would be turned down as being too unbelievable.
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OH--waaaait a second. I get it!
*headdesk, headdesk, headdesk*
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It's a less-known word, so it makes the perfect whistle word. Everybody is aware that after "uppity" you say "negro" or another word I don't see fit to type. The only people who know what buck means are, well, the sort of people who think black people getting food stamps is corrupt.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=BUCK&defid=1118999
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Seriously, this is getting de-evolutionary and primeval.
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...That's...hysterical, actually. Someone tried to help him out of that hole, and he just dug himself deeper.
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ARGH.
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I like how they pointed out that "elitist" is being used as a code word, though.
Palin's entire speech last night was about calling Obama uppity one way or another.
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http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%E2%80%9Cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%E2%80%9D/
It's a story too outrageous to make up, I think?
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