Comments on: Uppity:Obama Uppity,Uppity Definition

By: josh

josh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:12:37 +0000

people have to be ignorant not to understand the racial connotation of “uppity”

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:42:01 +0000

As a white man who grew up in the South (Texas and Arkansas) and has traveled world-wide, I have never heard the word “uppity” used as a derogatory term towards African-Americans. I think that people are reading too much into this. It’s just as sad that the media reports crap like this as it does when they talk about pigs and lipstick. Seriously, get over it. BTW, Prisez, there’s a difference between the N-word and not the word “uppity.” Funny how when you used “uppity,” you had to use the end word after it… Calling someone “uppity” can be offensive to anyone (especially if the person is or is sensitive), but there are no racial connotations to that word and I refuse to add them over someone’s ignorant opinion.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:07:05 +0000

I looked it up in the dictionary and online… no reference to racial connotations. Could it be that some are too niggling about this?

By: Prinsez

Prinsez — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:53:59 +0000

Bill, I’m not sure how old you are, but uppity has always been a term to describe someone who doesn’t stay in their prescribed roll. It was used by whites in a derogatory and racist way towards blacks who did not behave submissive or who were educated, uppity nigg**s is what they called blacks, many still do. Now, when will the white community stop trying to twist everything that a racist person has to say to fit their own needs? Lynn Westmoreland grew up in the 1950′s in GEORGIA, now are telling me that you don’t think that this white man from the DEEP SOUTH knew what “uppity” meant in the way that he used it? I think a more logical explanation is that he knew very well what it meant but he did not hesitate to say it because it is in his daily vocabulary and thought pattern. To him educated and black=uppity.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:57:55 +0000

You have got to be kidding?? When will the black community stop trying to twist everything a white person has to say to fit their own needs.. Until this was plastered all over the news, i never heard of the meaning in this way. I drive by a “Cracker” Barrel everyday, but you don’t hear me whining about the use of the term “cracker”… Get over it already..Can’t wait to hear from Sharpton on this one. What a joke!