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'''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>[[Robert A. Caro|Caro, Robert A.]] (1982). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Master_of_the_Senate/wBE-34_KfcAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=uppity The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III: Master of the Senate], p. 955. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 12, 2023.</ref>

'''Uppity''' (or '''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 [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. In addition, it was also used by establishment Democratic leader and then–U.S. senator [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] while talking to his senior colleague [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], over conspiring to hold back the progress of black Americans and keep blacks on the [[Democratic plantation]].<ref>[[Robert A. Caro|Caro, Robert A.]] (1982). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Master_of_the_Senate/wBE-34_KfcAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=uppity The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III: Master of the Senate], p. 955. ''Google Books''. Retrieved September 12, 2023.</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Political Terms]]

[[Category:Political Terms]]