• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Uncle Tom is already American.

      And was actually a sweet, kind character that through sheer goodness convinced white people, including his murderers, to reject slavery and prejudice.

      That will not be Clarance Thomas’s story.

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        1 year ago

        I commented that based on the slurs of him from the black community. I do not know the full story but shared it based on what I hear from my black friends. It was explained to me that he was a bad dude that sold out other black people. Similar to Uncle Rukus in The Boondocks.

        With that context, I meant it as there is the black uncle tom that sold out other black people and now we have American uncle tom selling out America.