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  • September 2008

    • Georgia Rep Calls Obamas 'Uppity' Elitists

      CQPolitics  |  Sep 5, 08 11:10 AM CDT

      Georgia Rep Calls Obamas 'Uppity' Elitists

      (Newser) - An Atlanta-area Congressman described Barack and Michelle Obama as belonging to "an elitist class ... that thinks that they’re uppity,” CQPolitics reports. Lynn Westmoreland's comments, inspired by questions about recent speeches by Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama, touched off a linguistic battle over the word's racial implications. "I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense," Westmoreland, who is white, said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Michelle Obama  • congressman  • elitism  • racial slurs

  • July 2008

    • Whoopi Reduces Hasselbeck to Tears Over N-Word

      Huffington Post  |  Jul 18, 08 5:09 AM CDT

      Whoopi Reduces Hasselbeck to Tears Over N-Word

      (Newser) - A heated discussion of the N-word between View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ended in tears yesterday. Goldberg argued that black people should use the term to rob it of its power—and kept TV censors busy with her repeated use of the word. Hasselbeck fretted over how to teach her children not to say it when it was used by media figures, referring to Jesse Jackson's off-air slur during a Fox TV interview. More »

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      The View  • talk show  • Whoopi Goldberg  • racial slurs  • Elizabeth Hasselbeck

    • Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      ABC News  |  Jul 17, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Obama Comments

      (Newser) - Red-faced civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has again had to apologize to the nation's first black presidential candidate, this time over his use of a racial slur in off-air comments during the taping of a FOX show, reports AP. Fox News confirmed that Jackson said Obama is "talking down to black people, telling n—s how to behave" after a transcript was leaked to TVNewser. Jackson had earlier apologized for his "hurtful words," but his use of a racial slur hadn't been reported. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Jesse Jackson  • Al Sharpton  • gaffe  • racial slurs

    • McLaughlin Draws Ire for Calling Obama 'Oreo'

      CNN  |  Jul 14, 08 2:15 PM CDT

      McLaughlin Draws Ire for Calling Obama 'Oreo'

      (Newser) - John McLaughlin is drawing heat for calling Barack Obama an “Oreo” on his show yesterday. The longtime TV host defined the derogatory term as “a black on the outside, a white on the inside,” and wondered aloud if Jesse Jackson was miffed because “an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle.” Guests Michelle Bernard and Peter Beinart objected strongly, CNN reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • racial slurs

  • January 2008

    • A New Racial Slur: 'Canadians'

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 30, 08 12:13 PM CST

      A New Racial Slur: 'Canadians'

      (Newser) - An otherwise insignificant manslaughter trial in Texas has bloggers and citizens of the US' northern neighbor flabbergasted after a prosecutor seemed to refer to blacks on the jury by the euphemism "Canadians." It's apparently not an isolated usage, the Guardian reports: Internet users have dug up many examples of American racists using "Canadians" to make hateful remarks sound anodyne. More »

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      Texas  • Canada  • racism  • racial slurs

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