Current Events > Who started the whole "Uncle Tom" thing?

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WaterLink
08/06/17 8:30:05 PM
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Like, the derogatory term, not the book.

Because in the book he accepts beatings and his death to refuse to whip another slave or tell his master where some runaways went.
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Burgess
08/06/17 8:30:52 PM
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The book.
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NYmasajista
08/06/17 8:31:00 PM
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Somebody a few generations before we were born.
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PoopMcgee420
08/06/17 8:31:19 PM
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Uncle Tom's brother Tim.
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WaterLink
08/06/17 8:32:10 PM
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Burgess posted...
The book.

The character in the book doesn't really match what the derogatory term describes.
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Butterfiles
08/06/17 8:32:21 PM
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supposedly it's from minstrel shows and other works who portrayed him differently
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PoopMcgee420
08/06/17 8:36:41 PM
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How clueless are people....

Instead of typing the question into GOOGLE like anyone with common sense he askes gamefaqs.

And this your folks is why there are instructions on shampoo bottles.
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PoopMcgee420
08/06/17 8:37:45 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
supposedly it's from minstrel shows and other works who portrayed him differently


Its from all the literature that was inspired by the original. In almost every other medium the term "Uncle Tom" was a bad thing
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Blue_Inigo
08/08/17 6:01:32 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Burgess posted...
The book.

The character in the book doesn't really match what the derogatory term describes.

Read the book again
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darkjedilink
08/08/17 6:09:55 PM
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Democrats and the KKK.
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PoopMcgee420
08/08/17 6:38:07 PM
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Blue_Inigo posted...
WaterLink posted...
Burgess posted...
The book.

The character in the book doesn't really match what the derogatory term describes.

Read the book again

It doesnt
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