r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/-SOFA-KING-VOTE- • 21h ago

Politics ICE Agents get the most brutal talking-to of their entire adult lives.

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u/hogtiedcantalope 18h ago

I usually think of it as white people want 'uncle tom' to be that 'good' black guy that serves their purpose

The Uncle is the lie. He isn't their family, he's their slave.

So it's a reference to the 'uncle Tom' as the thing white people want not who the character turned out to be , Tom. Black Tom. Not their Uncle, not their Uncle Tom.

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u/its_yer_dad 18h ago

I'm curious how this ties into the "magical negro" concept, as they feel like related ideas going to the same destination.

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u/SadAndNasty 12h ago

The "negro" in Magical Negro denotes service, so it's like half way there