Samboism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A servile attitude adopted by black people toward white authority. uncountable

    "Botsford wrote Sambo and Toney, which was designed to teach Christian lessons to the slaves, or, as a Negro today would say, it taught the essence of Samboism."

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uncle tommeryuncle tommism

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"Botsford wrote Sambo and Toney, which was designed to teach Christian lessons to the slaves, or, as a Negro today would say, it taught the essence of Samboism."

Etymology

From Sambo + -ism.

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