But what if he was black? I think you'll see some version of this story from The Hill in tomorrow's state newspapers:
Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.
Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare her with Michelle Obama.
"Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity," Westmoreland said.
Here's hoping that the dialogue coming from having a woman running for vice president and a mixed-race man running for president will drag us closer to the day when words are just words.
When racism is dead and racist intentions are no longer assumed.
UPDATE: You know, when we live all together, in a gumdrop house on lollipop lane.*
Congressman Westmoreland, I believe the word you were looking for was "snob."
At least, it better have been. Probably.
4 comments:
No he meant uppity because he is a racist. He is the same guy after all, who stated that he was going to beat his African-American Republican opponent (Dylan Glenn) because his district wasn't ready for a black Representative.
That still doesn't make him a racist. I don't know Congressman Westmoreland, but none of this is proof he's a racist.
OH Hell, Nick.
I hope we never meet.
If we have - I'm sorry that we did.
Travis:
I certainly wasn't saying that one incident/statement makes someone a racist. But if you look closely at Mr. Westmoreland's past statements, you may just see how I came to my conclusion.
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