Definition von uncle tom im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Derogatory name for a black person who is obsequiously servile to white authority
disapproval In the past, some black people used Uncle Tom to refer to a black man when they disapproved of him because he was too respectful or friendly towards white people. This use could cause offence. To the radical blacks of the Sixties, he was an Uncle Tom. A Black person who is regarded as being humiliatingly subservient or deferential to white people. a black person who is too respectful to white people - used to show disapproval (Uncle Tom black slave in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe)
character from the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe)