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I was Googling "uppity" to educate myself. Guess what? New York Times is guilty of racism: Here are a few headlines I culled from their search.
New York Times Headlines
(1993) COLLEGE FOOTBALL; An Uppity B.C. Takes Starch Out of Syracuse
(2000) MUSIC REVIEW; A Graceful Surrender for Gilbert and Sullivan's Uppity Feminist
(1949) WICKER FURNITURE NOW GETS UPPITY; Rattan, Too, No Longer Just for Porch -- New Designs Can Go Indoors
(1981) DIVORCE REFORM'S WARNING TO 'UPPITY' WOMEN
(1983) MAJOR NEWS IN SUMMARY; Economy Gets Very Uppity
I suspect you're right, Hunt, in that the GA politician should have known better. I don't know the politician, so I can't speak for him. There are plenty of Good ol' boys here (I suppose that's racist to say, too), where their ignorance may be genuine, but not excusable.
But every once in awhile, I wish folks would consider that something that is well-known to one person, or a group of people, is not automatically universally known.
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