Actually, I agree with you on this- he didn’t say the Obamas were uppity, he said “they think they’re uppity”. So he’s a moron, not a bigot.
Shouldn’t that be Rafican-Ramericans, or is that too Scooby-Doo?
There was a parody of a Joan Baez song on an old National Lampoon album about shooting cops, entitled “Pull the Tregroes, Negroes”. It took me a while to figure it out.
Regards,
Shodan
There were folks at the Republican convention wearing hats that cleverly represented Obama being eaten by an alligator. It didn’t make sense to me until I realized that alligator bait has a long and racist history.
Ben Stein called Obama an angry black man on Fox, another phrase with a long and racist history.
To me this is blatant racism of the kind I naively thought this continent had outgrown. The failure of the Republicans to publicly deplore this sort of thing gives lie to their alleged dismay at all the sexism being directed towards the Palins. They are quite publicly getting their panties in a wad because of a little misogyny (which, at its worst, does not come anywhere close to what was directed at Hillary) while totally ignoring this shit.
It wasn’t racially motivated unless your race is “dumb” - altho friend Ensign was mistaken in that it was the OP who felt that it wasn’t necessarily a racist act.
I learned about the ‘coon’ as racist term right here on the Dope. There’s always something new to learn.
It’s code! You know what they say about black men’s members!
Speaking as someone who’s born and bred in the south. I have never, ever heard the term “uppity” without the word “nigger” right behind it. “Uppity” isn’t code. It’s shorthand.
“Boy”, on the other hand, has some wiggle room… as long as you’re addressing a child.
This is what happens when I try to search:
So I can’t link. But I’m sure others remember the thread, since it was a massive Pitwreck. The story was about a customer in a grocery store angry that the guy bagging his groceries did it wrong, so he picked up a can of toxic bug spray, sprayed at at the guy, and called him a “nigger”. The argument went on and on about how this was not necessarily a racist act or the act of a racist.
I just read it, and it’s the stupidest OP I’ve ever seen that wasn’t one of 2.5".
Or the S****Front guys who were around a few years back.
So Michelle Obama thinks Barack’s member is uppity? And that this makes him superior to white folks?
Well, I guess she would know better than I do. And I would hope better than Lynne Westmoreland.
Now, if it were Larry Craig…
Regards,
Shodan
Isn’t assuming that the reaction by that black man would be criminal violence racist in of itself?
There’s not code implied or meant when you call a black man uppity in the western world as far as I’m concerned. It’s a racist statement through and through. The guy was even asked if he meant uppity and he replied that he did.
You can dance around this all you want but in context the guy’s statement is pretty fucking clear.
It’s called hyperbole, maybe you’ve heard of it. Besides it would not be criminal violence, it would be justifiable asskicking in the fight against ignorance. Thanks for playing though…
Token?! That’s racist!
Who cares about “justifiable”, what we’re talking about is your racist assumption that a black man would respond by violence.
“Georgia Congressman”
Keep yapping Fido, again look up “hyperbole” while you’re at it look up “moron”.
Speaking of misspeaking and code words, apparently the republicans nominated Sara Pawlenty as VP Candidate.
It ain’t hyperbole if that’s really the way your mind words. So, prove that you’re not a racist. After all, you made a stereotypical racist statement.
After all, if saying the word “uppity” makes one a racist, saying that all black men can only respond by violence must be racist, right?
(Of course, I don’t thinkaskeptic is really a racist. He just mispoke in a way that could be easily construed as being racist. Thus, perhaps the source of the Op’s ire might have also just mispoke?)
Bored now…