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Uncle Tom

 
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–noun Disparaging and Offensive.
a black man considered by other blacks to be subservient to or to curry favor with whites.
Compare Aunt Jemima.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; so called after the leading character in Uncle Tom's Cabin

Related forms:
Uncle Tomish, adjective
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Uncle Tom 
"servile black man," 1922, somewhat inaccurately in ref. to the humble, pious, but strong-willed main character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852). As a verb, attested from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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