an Uncle Tom

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an Uncle Tom

a black person who is too eager to please white people

Usage notes: This phrase is from the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by H.B. Stowe, in which the main person in the story is a black slave. (= someone who is legally owned by another person)

She was seen by other blacks in the neighborhood as an Uncle Tom for not complaining about police harassment.

See also: tom, uncle

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