What is an "Uncle Tom?" What meaning does it have when one African American calls another African-American that name? Consult a history book, encyclopaedia, or the Internet.

An Uncle Tom is someone who accepts the way blacks have been treated and allows someone to treat then oppressively. A black who acts in a subservient, obedient manner. When an African American calls another African American an "Uncle Tom", it is meant as the greatest of insults.