Conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh has made a career of race-baiting, so his use of the word “uppity” to describe First Lady Michelle Obama (on the occasion of her booing by some NASCAR fans) was ...

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I wouldn't call the elitist charge racist. Certainly it's been used against non-black politicians, and no party has a monopoly on populism. But still: "Just from what little I've seen of her and Mr.

Justin Jones, one of the Black Tennessee state lawmakers who was expelled from his House seat Thursday, said racism played a part in his expulsion. “I basically had a member call me an uppity Negro,” ...

The New Yorker magazine struck the word “uppity” from a description of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a recent article about the presidential candidate, Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple reported ...