Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at uncle tomism.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Uncle Tomism.

Examples

  • All those accusations of racism and Uncle Tomism thrown against the HRC campaign actually only served to remind everyone that Bill and Hillary have been long standing supporters of and collaborators with Black leadership.

    Obama: Hillary's Martin Luther King Remark Not "Racial" Comment 2009

  • But to many boxing fans, especially black ones, it had seemed like a moment of Uncle Tomism, and when Foreman went professional some started referring to him as the Great White Hope, especially when he faced the beloved Muhammad Ali, who beat him in an upset in Zaire, where all of black Africa and much of the world cheered Ali's victory.

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004

  • In fact these profiles of the saints of gospel do challenge the stigma of ignorance, naïveté, and Uncle Tomism attached to gospel music.

    Short Reviews Editors, The 1971

  • You are tar-brushed with the stain of Uncle Tomism, and it sticks to you forever.

    The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

  • You are tar-brushed with the stain of Uncle Tomism, and it sticks to you forever.

    East Valley Tribune - Today's Top Stories 2009

  • He hired a Jewish left-wing screenwriter, Maurice Rapf, to do a draft of the script because, as he told Rapf, "You're against Uncle Tomism and you're a radical."

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • The result of the assaults on his reputation during the 1960s, a prominent American historian observed in 2003, was that "the tar brush of Uncle Tomism has stuck to Washington."

    Harvard University Press Publicity Blog 2008

  • The result of the assaults on his reputation during the 1960s, a prominent American historian observed in 2003, was that "the tar brush of Uncle Tomism has stuck to Washington."

    Harvard University Press Publicity Blog 2008

  • The result of the assaults on his reputation during the 1960s, a prominent American historian observed in 2003, was that "the tar brush of Uncle Tomism has stuck to Washington."

    Harvard University Press Publicity Blog 2008

  • You, sir, are guilty of the worst form of Uncle Tomism, and belong to a small, infuriating sect of gay men who make life exponentially harder for the rest of us.

    North Dallas Thirty 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.