Well it certainly only works out anywhere they speak english. If you try to go to China and call someone that, they won't understand what you're saying. So that rules out non-english speaking countries.
Since the term came from the American book uncle tom's cabin, and the epithet came from later works inspired by it, all being american novels, it is most likely a strictly american thing. It probably has made it's way over seas, and there are people who know of and understand it, but it certainly isn't anywhere as widely used, if even used at all, which i doubt.
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It's explained in the second part of the paragraph.
It becomes a broadened general statement from one black person, to all black people, because if black and white people did not possess those characteristics to begin with, then no one could act in a manner that made one race superior or inferior to another.
If a race doesn't possess unique characteristics that make it inferior/superior to another race in some way, then you can you act on characteristics to make one race inferior to another?
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If he was saying exactly the opposite, that would be black people are superior to white people, which would be racist. But i don't think that is what you meant.
He says he is a black man who acts in favor of white people, and at the expense of black people. This implies that white people and black people have distinct characteristics and abilities that can distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. It becomes a broadened general statement from one black person, to all black people, because if black and white people did not possess those characteristics to begin with, then no one could act in a manner that made one race superior or inferior to another.
To think in such a way is the definition of racism, so even if that was his intention, he still implies that there are unique characteristics between black and white people that can be acted upon to make one race superior/inferior. (For one race, at the expense of another.)
Racism.
And regardless of all that, it is the connotation of the word. He didn't have to say it in such a way that is known to be racially charged. If you use a racially charged epithet, you can't expect people not to take it as a racially charged statement. When you make a racially charged statement that is judgmental, people are going to take it as racism, because that is what it is.
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Using the term to refer to a black man being subservient to whites is racist, as it implies whites are superior to blacks.
Wait, so when you insinuate that a single man of some ethnicity is subservient, you insinuate that all men of that ethnicity is subservient?
No, when you imply a man of one race is subservient to a man of another race, because of his race, then you imply that all men of that race are inferior to men of the other race, because the only reason the first man was inferior to the second man was based on the color of his skin.
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No offense, but I couldn't care less what another thread dictates racist as meaning. The definition of racist is-
"having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another."
"The term "Uncle Tom" is used as a derogatory epithet for an excessively subservient black man, particularly when that person perceives their own lower-class status based on race. It is similarly used to negatively describe a person who betrays their own group by participating in its oppression, whether or not they do so willingly.
Using the term to refer to a black man being subservient to whites is racist, as it implies whites are superior to blacks.
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"a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile."
So, yeah, i would say even back then, it would be pretty racist. And it is now. It's also confirmed as "noun-derogatory."
Now, the phrase Uncle Tom came from the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. That book came out in 1851. Slavery was all but abolished in 1865. Mississippi didn't actually ratify the amendment until 2013, but that is a different argument. So there was only 14 years between the book coming out, and slavery officially being outlawed.
Seeing as most slaves weren't too well versed in literature, it probably wasn't very common for one slave to refer to another slave in this manner, and it is a phrase that actually came about some time after slavery was outlawed.
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Uncle Tom is defined by the dictionary as a derogatory noun, the definition being "a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile."
Is it racist to call someone a derogatory term based on their race? Yes.
Since the term came from the American book uncle tom's cabin, and the epithet came from later works inspired by it, all being american novels, it is most likely a strictly american thing. It probably has made it's way over seas, and there are people who know of and understand it, but it certainly isn't anywhere as widely used, if even used at all, which i doubt.
If a race doesn't possess unique characteristics that make it inferior/superior to another race in some way, then you can you act on characteristics to make one race inferior to another?
He says he is a black man who acts in favor of white people, and at the expense of black people. This implies that white people and black people have distinct characteristics and abilities that can distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. It becomes a broadened general statement from one black person, to all black people, because if black and white people did not possess those characteristics to begin with, then no one could act in a manner that made one race superior or inferior to another.
To think in such a way is the definition of racism, so even if that was his intention, he still implies that there are unique characteristics between black and white people that can be acted upon to make one race superior/inferior. (For one race, at the expense of another.)
Racism.
And regardless of all that, it is the connotation of the word. He didn't have to say it in such a way that is known to be racially charged. If you use a racially charged epithet, you can't expect people not to take it as a racially charged statement. When you make a racially charged statement that is judgmental, people are going to take it as racism, because that is what it is.
No, when you imply a man of one race is subservient to a man of another race, because of his race, then you imply that all men of that race are inferior to men of the other race, because the only reason the first man was inferior to the second man was based on the color of his skin.
"having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another."
"The term "Uncle Tom" is used as a derogatory epithet for an excessively subservient black man, particularly when that person perceives their own lower-class status based on race. It is similarly used to negatively describe a person who betrays their own group by participating in its oppression, whether or not they do so willingly.
Using the term to refer to a black man being subservient to whites is racist, as it implies whites are superior to blacks.
"a black man considered to be excessively obedient or servile."
So, yeah, i would say even back then, it would be pretty racist. And it is now. It's also confirmed as "noun-derogatory."
Now, the phrase Uncle Tom came from the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. That book came out in 1851. Slavery was all but abolished in 1865. Mississippi didn't actually ratify the amendment until 2013, but that is a different argument. So there was only 14 years between the book coming out, and slavery officially being outlawed.
Seeing as most slaves weren't too well versed in literature, it probably wasn't very common for one slave to refer to another slave in this manner, and it is a phrase that actually came about some time after slavery was outlawed.