uppity

[Charles Doyle]

It may be remembered that the same Congressman Westmoreland, just a few months ago, sponsored legislation that mandated the posting of the Ten Commandments on every schoolhouse wall; then, when pressed to know what exactly those commandments ARE, the honorable congressman was able to name only 2 or 3 of them. Just shows what happens when the commandments aren't posted . . . .

--Charlie
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>Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:15:03 -0700
>From: Gregory McNamee <gm at GREGORYMCNAMEE.COM>
>Subject: Re: uppity
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>Are your innocent interviewees under the age of 30? Perhaps the term has lost its sting among the young, but anyone of a certain age will immediately know "uppity" as a racist term with a very sharp edge, almost always combined with the N-word lest anyone miss the point.
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>Westmoreland is 58 years old and from rural Georgia. He claims never to have heard the derogatory term in the little mill town where he grew up. Baldly put, he's a liar--or, as the Los Angeles Times political blog puts it, "The Ticket finds it amazing that someone with such a sheltered upbringing could achieve such success in life."

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