What are Uncle Toms and Sellouts?

She’s a sellout.  He’s an Uncle Tom.  So what are Uncle Toms and Sellouts? They are basically Race Traitors of African decent who will do anything to stay in good standing with white mommy and white daddy, including betray his/her own people.  The contemporary Uncle Tom has two variations.

• A black person who is a docile, loyal, religious, contented servant who accommodates himself to a lowly status. This is usually the result of fear.
• An ambitious black person who subordinates himself in order to achieve a more favorable status within the dominant society. This is usually because of opportunism. This is more common today.
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Synonyms include “oreo,” “sell-out,” “uncle,” “race-traitor,” and “white man’s negro.”

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