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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (722759)6/25/2013 6:58:46 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1579725
 
Racist BS from the other side. If he didn't understand that Uncle Tom was a racist term why did he use it with it in referencing clarence Thomas?

Lawmaker apologizes for calling Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Thomas’ on Twitter


The tweet was subsequently deleted, and Winkler issued several apologies on Twitter, claiming he wasn't aware he had used a racial epithet.

"I did not understand 'Uncle Tom' as a racist term, and there seems to be some debate about it," Winkler wrote in response to a tweet linking to a blog post about his offensive message.

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