Uncle Tom Was NOT A Bad Man (Dude Was Really A Brave Hero)

[SirReginald]

somebody is trying to get an early headstart for that woat 2017 title

Who? Don't you mean POTY?

 

[lotteryplaya]

Yeah, I remember learning about the book in elementary school.

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

Yeah I discovered this when I was like 7 from watching that movie Uncle Tom's Cabin but a figure of speech is a figure of speech.

 

[SirReginald]

Yeah I discovered this when I was like 7 from watching that movie Uncle Tom's Cabin but a figure of speech is a figure of speech.

I think we should use more correct figure of speech

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Yep alot of people dont know

 

[flo]

This happens a lot. The phrase "blood is thicker than water" original full meaning was the exact opposite of what we now use it for.

 

[SirReginald]

This happens a lot. The phrase "blood is thicker than water" original full meaning was the exact opposite of what we now use it for.

Really

 

[flo]

Really

Yup

Blood is thicker than water - Wikipedia

The 5 Most Frequently Misused Proverbs

 

[SeveroDrgnfli]

The word picnic has an interesting history. The meaning of words change over time. People use words incorrectly all day everyday. Life goes on.

 

[SirReginald]

The word picnic has an interesting history. The meaning of words change over time. People use words incorrectly all day everyday. Life goes on.

It means, Pick A N-----

 

[Black Panther]

It means, Pick A N-----

False.

FALSE: The word 'picnic' originated with crowds gathering to witness lynchings.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Tom would rather be a slave than commit the sin of lying.

This. Tom embodied that "we's sick boss" faux-loyalty to the slave owners.

And Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that character to garner sympathy from northern whites about the fugitive slave law. He was meant to be childlike in his faith and loyalty (drawing on Christian tropes).

If you want a book written by a black man during this time of slavery, check out Blake by Martin Delany or Iola Leroy by Frances EW Harper

 

[George's Dilemma]

Not only did they kill him but tarnished his name so that it's used as an insult by his own people. Cacs are renowned for changing history to suit their narrative.

And we play along flattering ourselves about slurs being used as terms of endearment when used among ourselves. Or supporting musicians who perpetuate stereotypes and provide a soundtrack that glorifies self genocide. Those same artists are pushed by white owned media.

Uncle Tom went from hero to traitorous
N!gger went from slur to n!gga and is used freely
Music went from Self Destruction and Night of the Living Bassheads to insert #9,999 crack metaphor here

It just goes on and on and on with a ton of other variables.