think again. It's the same old line. How many of them remember he's even got white folks in his family? (more correctly, how many of them want to forget it or deny it?)

do you live in the south? Ask any Southerner what Uppity means...it is NOT code.

I see I'm a troll for not understanding "code" words. I need to enroll in "code" class

Uppity, by dictionary definition, is acting above one's status and class.

Blacks in the south and in the north were considered of the lowest class.

Ergo, the word was oftenmost applied to them, and often in the context of violence. "she was acting uppity and needed to be slapped down".

If you've never read anything about the rural south, never seen Roots, never invested in anything about your cultural heritage other than enjoying some jazz. I SUGGEST YOU START.

You are a mite close to getting a trollrating here.

You are the reason blacks feel threatened and demeaned and frustrated on white liberal blogs. The fact that they call them white liberal blogs says somethin, don't it?

I know exactly what you're conflating, and it ain't right. I don't think any of Hillarys supporters were DUMB enough to use uppity to refer to Obama.

Oh, hell I asked teh google.

http://books.google.com/books?as_q=uppit y&num=10&client=firefox-a&bt nG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=& amp;as_eq=&as_brr=1&lr=&as_v t=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=& amp;as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=& amp;as_isbn=

Find me how many of those don't regard to a black person, why don't you?

As for me, I've never ever ever ever heard that fucking word NOT used in the context of uppity nigger. It ain't exactly highfalutin'.

I'm not even a southerner--I grew up in Ca., but even I know that "uppity" is a racialy loaded word. You remind me of the old guys who say, "I didn't know that 'nigger' was an offensive word... where I grew up it just meant a black person." <scratching their head and acting all baffled that anyones offended.>

Dictionary definition aside, "uppity" essentially means someone who doesn't know their place, but should.

Who do you think that's applied to?

I'm sorry you didn't realize that had a racial undertone before MyDD, but most of us have recognized it our whole lives.  Back-woods bigots use terms like "uppity woman" and "uppity nigger" all the time.  I should know since half my family is composed of them.

I recall there were some fine gentlemen who came to my college a few times carrying signs telling us that "uppity women" were going to hell...

Depending on the context, it's either a sexist or a racist remark, but it's definitely loaded, bigoted, and derogatory.

You're just wrong.  Uppity is universally offensive except for a few people who I guess live in a bubble.  I'm TRing you because you're being ridiculous.

The best analogy I can think of is "cunt".  If you don't know, you don't know, but then you should probably stay out of it.

what your mother said to you is not the same as if you said it to a 40+ year old black man. Be sensible.

To Kill a Mockingbird?

Can you picture those schoolyard bullies pulling down a black boy who was learning to read? Calling him uppity as they bashed his face in?

I can.

Above I quoted google-books, where most references to the word are used specifically in talking about a black person. Makes sense, lower status and class than the rest of us, at the time.

might be good for my conscience. gonna tune this diary out in another thirty minutes, so if someone needs to apologize, better hurry.