uncle tom in English

noun
1
a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile.
Stewart says that he is being called an Uncle Tom by gay blacks.

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1. 12 To the radical blacks of the Sixties, he was an Uncle Tom.

2. Uncle Tom himself was frequently portrayed as a harmless bootlicker to be ridiculed.

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4. A Congratulatory note along with a gift card was sent on behalf of Aunt June and Uncle Tom to their niece for graduating high school with honors

5. "The Columnist's greatest triumph is its narrator's voice: a brilliantly odious blend of cliché, double talk and name-dropping."--The New York Times Book Review "[Frank] created a character that deserves to jump outside the Beltway and enter the language like 'Uncle Tom,' …