In defense of Uncle Tom : why blacks must police racial loyalty / Brando Simeo Starkey.

'Uncle Tom' is the most piercing epithet blacks can hurl at one another. It marks targets as race traitors, and that painful stain is often permanent. Much more than a slur, Uncle Tom is a vital component of a system of social norms in the black community that deters treachery. In this boo...

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