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Originally Posted by Brave Republic  Same for uppity. He prefaced it by saying the Obama's were elitist and because they were acting outside of their social set, (ie above it) they were "uppity". I don't see the racial overtones here (and I speak "southern" quite well) but rather see how Anti-McCain opportunists can take it there, and for that reason alone it was a foolish thing to say--from a strategy standpoint.
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When one is speaking on a national stage, one must be careful with their words. Given that a huge section of the US has only heard the word "uppity" used before the word "Negro", there's only one way many people will take that word. I personally can't see anything
but racial tones here.