Lost me there. Was thinking that there are still comics pushing the envelope like Chappelle and so on that could make a movie like it.
[ Lots of variables in every case, impossible to judge as a group. How many times are things skewed by media/perps? I know many very sharp Police, Sheriffs/deputies/ State patrol officers.
It is true that language evolves. However, I'm not so sure I would equate my father calling me uppity, which is shorthand for impertinent given the context, with one adult calling another adult uppity.
You failed to read his text. From what I read about the incident, both Gates and Crowley failed to back down and were at basically at fault.
I had professors call me uppity when I raised questions regarding their qualifications. I was, in fact, uppity. Can it have racial connotations? Sure. There are some that feel describing someone as lazy is now racist. I have a problem with people looking for way to be offended and to pigeonhole people based on non-universal criteria. They essentially say "we don't care what your intent was, we don't care how you have been using this word, phrase, sign for the last 75 years. We have unilaterally determined that it is now racist and we will define you as such if you don't alter your behavior." Seems uppity to me.
Uppity bitch... is usually the way I have heard it and typically directed at uninterested females. I can imagine it paired with other nouns or used in other contexts, but just haven't heard it.
It is not surprising that you were called uppity, by your father, by your professors, you are an inquisitive person, and learning does not move in a linear fashion, plenty of discomfort to be had all around. But both those examples were in a context of learning. The context in which the term uppity was first used here is decidedly different.
I actually agree with your use there. Living 98% of my life in the north east, I KNOW how I've used it and/or heard it and it was usually in a ball busting fashion as you just did with Rick. I've also heard it to describe not the friendliest of women or men, typically interchangeable with a snob. Now, because frankly, I'm sick of seeing the silly word still being discussed, I googled it and now see that THAT word was negatively used in the south by white men disparaging black folk. I'm truly sorry to all people of color who were likely wronged by those evil racist southern white men [who were, incidentally, most likely Democrats BTW but we'll keep IGNORING that reality] but just because those people dirtied up a f'cking spoken word in the English language does NOT mean everyone else who uses it is racist, get a f'ing clue already. CNN would be very proud of some of you tho. LOL! uppity adjective up·pi·ty | \ ˈə-pə-tē \ Definition of uppity : putting on or marked by airs of superiority : ARROGANT, PRESUMPTUOUS BTW- Both Gates AND Obama fit the definition above, as does the Cuomo's including Fredo, DiBlasio POS, and countless others. I'd even say Dick Cheney had an air of arrogance, back in the day.
