Is a black person calling another black person an Uncle Tom racist?

[Teflon Don]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...le-tom-but-he-got-the-opposite-of-an-apology/

It would seem to be racist to me. What say you?

 

[Jarod]

I think it would usually be racist, but it would depend on the circumstances. Its very rare that a absolute statement is always correct.

 

[maineman]

I think that the definition of a racist is a person who believes that one race is SUPERIOR to another. I don't see how a black person calling another black person an Uncle Tom expresses any belief as to the superiority of one race to another. It certainly is derogatory, much like calling someone a traitor or a coward is derogatory.... but not, strictly speaking, racist.... imho.

 

[Cancel 2020.1]

This is not an intelligent thread.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

This is not an intelligent thread.

Then you should feel right at home

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Then you should feel right at home

I bet that's the last time Thing lobs you an easy one! LOL

 

[Mott the Hoople]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...le-tom-but-he-got-the-opposite-of-an-apology/

It would seem to be racist to me. What say you?

Shut up niger.

 

[Teflon Don]

Shut up niger.

OK cracka

 

[Celticguy]

Using a racial slur is not information enough to know if the speaker believes some race is inferior to another.

 

[iolo]

An Uncle Tom is a grovelling quisling. How can that term be racist in the modern US?

 

[Crashk]

This is not an intelligent thread.

Race baiting is all he has. It gets old quick and so transparent.

 

[Teflon Don]

How is it race baiting? I am merely asking a question about a quote from a democrat politician

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

I bet that's the last time Thing lobs you an easy one! LOL

I ALMOST felt guilty it was so easy

 

[cancel2 2022]

The only people that call me uncle Tom are my nieces and nephews.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

I think that the definition of a racist is a person who believes that one race is SUPERIOR to another. I don't see how a black person calling another black person an Uncle Tom expresses any belief as to the superiority of one race to another. It certainly is derogatory, much like calling someone a traitor or a coward is derogatory.... but not, strictly speaking, racist.... imho.

Evidently you're unaware then of the underlying resentment between some Blacks who have darker skin and some Blacks who have lighter skin.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

An Uncle Tom is a grovelling quisling. How can that term be racist in the modern US?

It could accidently make someone believe that the person might be from Wales.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

The only people that call me uncle Tom are my nieces and nephews.

Tom...one of these days were going to hear on the news that a young man in the Boston metro areas head exploded after reading a bad joke....and everyone at JPP will know who it was!

 

[cancel2 2022]

Evidently you're unaware then of the underlying resentment between some Blacks who have darker skin and some Blacks who have lighter skin.

You will also find that there is a lot of prejudice or racism, call what you will, between Africans and West Indians. We used to have a comedy TV show here called Desmonds that highlighted that fact on a regular basis.

 

[cancel2 2022]

Tom...one of these days were going to hear on the news that a young man in the Boston metro areas head exploded after reading a bad joke....and everyone at JPP will know who it was!

Then my work will be done.

 

[Damocles]

There is a difference between something being racial and something being racist.

A black person calling another black person an Uncle Tom would be racial, not racist. The measure would be on the person because of his skin color (racial), however he is dogging the person not the race (not racist), and it isn't a sign he thinks black people are "better" than whites (also racist).

The belief that every statement about race must be racist is nonsense, and until we can speak on the topic without the constant fear all we are is a bunch of idiots ignoring the elephant in the room. If you have friends with different pigmentation then speak to them about this, ask the danged questions and stop being such an ignorant effing goob.