Racism

By Eric on June 6, 2008

Via Atrios, MSNBC “reporter” Courtney Hazlett called Spike Lee “uppity” while discussing the feud between Lee and Clint Eastwood regarding the lack of African Americans in Eastwood’s World War II movies. HuffPo’s Danny Shea reminds us:

While the literal definition of “uppity” is “taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one’s station,” it is largely seen to have a racist connotation when applied to African Americans (witness the 2007 outcry after Salon labeled Obama “uppity” and then quickly swapped the word out for “smug”).

Video below, and may I add how totally awesome it is that racism is not “a big deal” in America anymore.

Update: Barack Obama can and will break all kinds of barriers, but there will always be racist assholes. Oh, and if the video embed doesn’t work, you can see it at Gawker.

Tags: Courtney Hazlett, MSNBC, racism, Spike Lee

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