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Ms Rachel calls out uncle tom (lemmy.ml)

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[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

~~Are you trying to say that Uncle Tom is a racist term no matter what? Because Obama definitely sided with the oppressors and that definitely had negative consequences for black people (as well as a bunch of others). So like, he fits the base definition of the term.~~

Edit: After reading your other comments I think I get it. Obama didn’t do enough that specifically hurt black people, it was always pretty general. Thanks for explaining.