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In reply to the discussion: Calling folks Uncle Toms, House Negroes, Aunt Jemima's and other similar terminology is racist. [View all]Android3.14
(5,402 posts)The OP said, "Calling folks Uncle Toms, House Negroes, Aunt Jemima's and other similar terminology is racist."
By "folks", the OP is referring to black people who support racist groups and policies, such as a black person voting for David Duke, or a black person supporting stop-and-frisk or other Republican policies.
Now for Benedict Arnold. Using the OP's complaint as the pattern, "Calling someone a Benedict Arnold is treasonous." Obviously the speaker is using the term "treasonous" incorrectly. Calling someone a Benedict Arnold is calling someone a traitor. Just as calling someone an Uncle Tom is calling them a particularly despicable form of racist.
The previous is a counter example showing the OP's misuse of the term racist.
The OP is unhappy with the terms, but his or her unhappiness does not make the terms in and of themselves racist. In fact, it is the exact opposite, and is similar to the stupid argument by some Republicans that calling out racist behavior is racist behavior.
People use the terms to call out a black person who acts subservient to white people. It does not imply that black are racially inferior. It implies the exact opposite of that. It means that we should look down upon black people who behave in a subservient manner to white people because black people should be equal to white people.