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  • I certainly do not want Rubio uncle-tomming in congress.

    'Signs' of change in Florida 2010

  • I suppose she believes that since she was able to achieve success by “tomming,” that all POC should be willing to behave in a similar manner.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Renee 2009

  • I suppose she believes that since she was able to achieve success by “tomming,” that all POC should be willing to behave in a similar manner.

    Malkin: Obama is a ‘racial opportunist’ Renee 2009

  • With his wild orange-red hair, satanic beard, and electric-blue shirt, Ginger Baker swarmed over his drums, kicking and pounding and tom-tomming at the backs of the other two like some storm-making, earth-moving denizen of the underworld ...

    Jesse Kornbluth: Clapton/Winwood: In the Presence of the Lords 2008

  • Like, you'll hear people say "Oh, he's tomming" or "He's a Tom."

    Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #139 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • Essentially, the accusation of being an Uncle Tom or tomming questions the accused person's integrity, or courage, or both.

    Charlie Winburn Is A Fool Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • However, during slavery, tomming could be a cunning subterfuge.

    Charlie Winburn Is A Fool Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • As in years past, tomming can be a means of appropriating and preserving a degree of private autonomy in the face of social prejudice and institutionalized racism, an act of subversion -- or even an over-the-top, mocking response to race prejudice.

    Charlie Winburn Is A Fool Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • Weaken Mazen by basically uncle tomming him and then expect him to buck Arafat.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2003

  • When von Schlichten turned on the outside sound-pickup, he could hear the distant tom-tomming of heavy guns, and the crash of shells and bombs.

    Uller Uprising Piper, H. Beam 1952

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