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Uncle : Race, Nostalgia, and the Cultural Politics of Loyalty by Cheryl Thompson; Cheryl Thompson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Uncle : Race, Nostalgia, and the Cultural Politics of Loyalty about?
From martyr to insult, how "Uncle Tom" has influenced two centuries of racial politics.Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O.J. Simpson, and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then into a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race?Uncle T
Who reads Uncle : Race, Nostalgia, and the Cultural Politics of Loyalty?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Cheryl Thompson; Cheryl Thompson
- Publisher
- Coach House Books
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781552454107
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Psychology, Science, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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