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To: aknahow who wrote (222512)1/26/2002 4:45:12 PM
From: DavesM  Respond to of 769670
 
Everyone,

Can we move away from the debating whether or not "Uncle Tom" is a racist term?

Clearly people in a group (no matter how arbitrary) can call other members rather hurtful words, that is unacceptable for anyone else to use.

Race is really more of a social and political way of defining and dividing people anyway - and not scientific.



To: aknahow who wrote (222512)1/26/2002 8:10:41 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 769670
 
"Uncle Tom",
I don't hear that phrase much around these parts, except in the specific instance of "Uncle Clarence Thomas". The equivalent phrase I have heard denotes a cookie, which is black on the outside and white on the inside and goes well with milk. The actual cookie is not named so much anymore, instead a black person is mentioned with the question "Got Milk?".
TP


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