Hounding of Meghan Markel by British tabloid press is racist apparently

[life on mars]

Are you serious? Uppity has a long history of being used as in a racist way. There is a long history of this.

Wow I genuinely didn't know that .

Do you think when people use it that they know it's an old racist historic reference.

I thought it described folk who were a bit self important ,but arrogant??

I've used it many times never knowing it a well known racist term .

I used to have a posh aunt who was short in reply to folk , had very little patience, and she was referred to as a bit uppity .

Tell you what , there's somd well read folk on this board ,forget university , just subscribe to CCMB .