Lynn Westmoreland (Racist - GA) Claims He Is Not A Racist

[WeDidIt]

Westmoreland Statement on “Uppity” RemarkWestmoreland, who is contemplating a 2010 run for governor, released the following statement:

“I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense. It is important to note that the dictionary definition of ‘uppity’ is ‘affecting an air of inflated self-esteem —- snobbish.’ That’s what we meant by uppity when we used it in the mill village where I grew up."

http://thepage.time.com/westmoreland-statement-on-uppity-remark/

[gabeana]

1. Oh I guess then calling a black man boy is not racist

after all in the dictionary all boy means adolescent male

what a tool

[seabeyond]

2. there is a point. i know it is code in racism, but also i believe in definition of word too

and i have heard the word used in regards to snobbish white too.

we can assume intent, but it would just be assumption.

[WeDidIt]

6. Then you agree, it's okay to call Obama a "boy"

and the only problem would be Obama is not adolescent.

:eyes:

[seabeyond]

11. where did i agree to that. but then i have caught myself in that one too

i was gonna say hey boy, and then flash in brain, black dont. if it had been a white person i would have said with no thought, but since it is a code to black male it hit me and i stopped.

again it is in intent

[hobbit709]

8. True, but

when a redneck repuke from Georgia uses it, I would give it a very high probability of being used as a derogatory term.

[seabeyond]

12. and you are probably right. all i am saying, is.... there is a point. i

would probably give it to my boys just as i have laid out here. could be without being offensive, probably is meant to be offensive. and leave it there.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Yes, "uppity" gets used in reference to women also. But this guy IS a racist shit.

He gives people that say "I am NOT a racist" a bad name.

[seabeyond]

13. i hear that a lot in this area and address it exactly... racist. i am not shy calling it. have be

for two decades where i live and i certainly dont want my boys adopting any of these attitudes growing up in this area. i have to be vigilant

[nc4bo]

3. If it snorts like a pig, oinks like a pig and smells like a pig, it's a damn pig

westmoreland sounds like a racist pig to me, but i'm also EXTREMELY sensitive to it.

[hobbit709]

4. How big did his nose get after that whopper?

“I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense." And he's from GEORGIA? :wtf:
:rofl: :rofl:

[nc4bo]

14. Yea,really. Georgia, especially during his youthful days was the epitome of racial equality. nt

[Botany]

5. Lying his ass off

He grew up in a mill village in the south but he never heard the term
uppity n****r?

This is the same asshat who asked if Val Plame was a democrat?

[NashVegas]

7. According to Wiki, Westmoreland Grew Up in Metro Atlanta

Is that a mill village or is this a different Westmoreland?

[RebelOne]

10. Metro Atlanta covers a lot of ground nowadays.

I live in Woodstock, about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta and it is considered being in metro Atlanta.