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A friend of mine used the word "uppity" to describe his perception of a photo of a black woman who had recently been promoted to a high position in our organization. I was shocked, and since he really is a friend, I asked him to explain, and then I explained the racist connotation of the word. He genuinely didn't know, and said he never would have used the word if he had.
I once spent two months reading every news report and court document that I could track down on lynchings in Texas between 1900 and 1950. No question at all in my mind about what the word means.
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