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My mother used the word uppity about people when iIwas a boy in a time when racist in my area was virtually unheard of, mainly perhaps because there were no immigrants or persons of a different colour and therefore no perceived threat.
It's difficult to understand why you're being dense. The meaning of a word and the connotation of a word are two different things - it's basic English. Like I pointed out, the word monkey means the same on both side of the pond (like uppity does) - but does the word have other connotations when it's in reference to a black person? The answer is yes and it's the same for 'uppity'. I've tried to explain it as best as I can.
If there are British people that have never heard the word uppity as referring to a black person (as TOBW said, it was often followed by the word n***er or negro') and think that because of that it can't possibly be racist to call a black person 'uppity' then they're just being ignorant. Before you point out that it's the other part of that sentence that's the racist bit, not uppity... the term was in widespread use so just the word 'uppity' was commonplace as a racist epithet.
Let's not forget where Meghan Markle is from if you want to play the 'it doesn't mean the same thing here as it does there' game, shall we? If a few tw*ts on a CCMB messageboard know what the connotations of the word are... don't you think trained media-types, editors and producers would have a better grasp of the situation than us?
We're never going to agree on this so it's up to you if want to argue with yourself.
Best article I've read Trevor Phillip's is spot on .
https://mol.im/a/7900563
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/th...f-lauryn-hill/
If you're both referring to this, it's not true.
It's interesting that words can gain negative connotations but rarely lose negative connotations.
For the record, I was uninformed about the connotations before this thread. Nothing wrong with learning and being able to show more respect to different cultures/communities.
The Queen is not racist but she guessed what was coming
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No, it's not that. She's made several statements over the years. And I know someone who worked with her. She's wrong, but I can see where she's coming from. For white people to hate races that they've colonized, used, and subjugated is hypocritical at best. At least African-Americans have a legitimate gripe.
This post makes me smile so pretentious.
When we getting back to evil Boris /Trump axis and the persecution of the Labour party .
Her behaviour is toxic. Throwing other PoCs under the bus to appease the right wing and further her own career.
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-powe...K68zwat_2J0tgs