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Ms Rachel calls out uncle tom (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I fixed the link

[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

...that doesn't change the point though. It's still racist as fuck to just randomly call anyone black who does something you don't like an "uncle Tom". Obama sucked for reasons unrelated to his race. Focus on those.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

"Uncle Tom," unlike most anti-black slurs, is primarily used by black people against black people. Its synonyms include "oreo," "sell-out," "uncle," "race-traitor," and "white man's negro." It is an in-group term used as a social control mechanism. source

Is it not cultural appropriation to determine what terms people in a black community can use to describe themselves?