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Uncle Tom

it's difficult to imagine being knowledgeable enough of another person's behavior and motives to use this term. As well as being sexist (there is no equivalent for a woman), it can be highly racist. Possible alternatives include: collaborator, traitor to one's race, toady, sycophant, stooge, backscratcher, bootlicker, puppet, rubber stamp, dupe, doormat, flunky, subservient/obsequious person. Today we might speak of someone who has been co-opted.


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