Originally posted by: sammyunltd
Uppity is in the dictionary. There is just no racist connotation. This is a pure invention from the DP and the Obama Campaign.
Sorry, no. What you mean is that there is no racist denotation because it isn't in the dictionary. There is definitely a racist connotation because I knew the word was a faux pas when it's said about black people a long time before this incident ever came up. Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean it is "pure invention".
I've lived in the South my entire life, I'm much younger than Westmoreland, and I know exactly what that connotation is. People who are claiming he had no idea are just embarrassing themselves.
Did he consciously mean to say it? Probably not. Did he subconsciously associate the word with a black person? Probably. If he were talking about a white person he probably would have called them "aloof" or "a snob".
Haven't you people ever seen Blazing Saddles? Directly from the movie: "That uppity ni**er went and hit me on the head with a shovel. I'd sure appreciate it if you'd hang him by the neck til he was dead."
Anyway, regardless of all that the guy is just one dumb Congressman out of the many that exist on both sides of the aisle. It's not really a newsworthy story that he's a dope.
