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Uncle Tom
noun
a black person who curries favour from whites through obsequious, fawning behaviour US, 1922
In recent US history, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has attracted the “Uncle Tom” label more than any other black American, in part due to the irresistible Tom-Thomas pun.- He was just a simple-minded, Uncle Tom-ish nigger, I told myself[.] — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 23, 1945
- Historically, the hipster’s lingo reverses the whole Uncle Tom atttitude of the beaten-down Southern Negro. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 225, 1946
- And I’ve got to find out–whether we’ve been friends all these years, or whether I’ve just been your favorite Uncle Tom. — James Baldwin, Blues for Mister Charlie, p. 62, 1964
- He fired us and got another band but every night we picketed in front of the joint and kept all but a few “Uncle Toms” out. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 14, 1967
- The bootlickers, Uncle Toms, lackeys, and stooges of the white power structure have done their best to denigrate Malcolm[.] — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 60, 1968
- White sentiment was for Frazier. He’s an Uncle Tom. — Susan Hall, Gentleman of Leisure, p. 49, 1972
- I’m getting sick and tired of hearing about my brother Earl–as far as I’m concerned he’s a fuckin’ Uncle Tom. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 82, 1975
- “I’ve been called everything from anti-civil rights to Uncle Tom for having taken a different stand,” Thomas added. — Washington Post, p. A1, 11 February 1986
- The ultimate tragedy for the “Uncle Tom,” as Clarence Thomas found out, is that a racist system can dig up “dirt” on him in order to embarrass and humiliate him, just as it can to any other black. — Theology Today, April 1993
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