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| − | '''Uppity''' sometimes '''uppidy''' is defined as taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's place in a social | + | '''Uppity''' sometimes '''uppidy''' is defined as taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's place in a social hierarchy. Assuming equality with someone higher up the social ladder. The term was coined by [[Democrat]]s and [[Ku Klux Klan]]smen to describe [[African American]]s taking advantage of [[Republican]] [[civil rights]] efforts to promote Black equality after the [[Civil War]]. In addition, it was also used by the racist Democrat [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] while talking to his colleague [[Richard Russell Jr.]] over conspiring to hold back the progress of black Americans and keep blacks on the [[Democrat plantation]].<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7107768-these-negroes-they-re-getting-pretty-uppity-these-days-and-that-s Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson]</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:53, August 4, 2021
Uppity sometimes uppidy is defined as taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's place in a social hierarchy. Assuming equality with someone higher up the social ladder. The term was coined by Democrats and Ku Klux Klansmen to describe African Americans taking advantage of Republican civil rights efforts to promote Black equality after the Civil War. In addition, it was also used by the racist Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson while talking to his colleague Richard Russell Jr. over conspiring to hold back the progress of black Americans and keep blacks on the Democrat plantation.[1]