Uncle Tom

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Uncle Tom

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Referring to the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

noun Uncle Toms

derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor. ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old
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@misc{uncle_tom_2026,
  title = {Uncle Tom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uncle%20tom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}