Up From Chicago

Found this article earlier tonight, and decided that A: I needed to preserve a link to it before I shut my computer down for the night, and B: Those of y'all who follow matters political and/or racial might find it worth a look:

Up From Chicago
By Terry M. Neal | TheRoot.com
http://www.theroot.com/id/47536/page/1

Aug. 5, 2008--"Uppity" used to be the preferred term for Negroes who didn't know their place. There was a time when it was regularly applied to any number of black men and women who strived to be more than day laborers, nannies or sharecroppers.

The GOP, ever aware of the connotative power of words, has steered clear of the direct usage of that loaded term. When they speak of Barack Obama—a man in pursuit of the most lofty of prizes—they simply use the words that define the term. Snobbish. Arrogant. Presumptuous.

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