You are an Uncle Tom!!!!..... Why, thank you!!!
I like this book alot. I do wish we had read this in high school (in jamaica). The whole time i was going through this book i kept thinking,"why havent i read this before." I have heard the term "uncle tom" before, and after reading the book i just dont get it. How could anyone consider this character as a negative symbol?
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I do believe that this is one of the most profound books that I've read. His faith in God, only liken to that of the biblical character Job.
For me, the most memorable part of the book was when Cassie told Uncle Tom that the "Lord [won't] lay sin to our account...when we're forced to it; he'll charge it to them (the slave masters) that drove us to it." Uncle Tom's reply was even though it is the case being forced "...won't keep us from growing wicked...it won't make much odds to how I come so; it's the being so-that ar's what I'm dreadin'."
Yes the African race has been wronged by slavery. Slavery has systemically brainwashed the race in more ways than I can list in this commentary, however, ultimately we as a race are responsible for continuing the negative & destructive actions. While we're not responsible for starting it, WE ARE responsible for perpetuating these behaviors.
I'd rather be called an Uncle Tom than being called "Quimbo or Sambo" (whom I think deserve the negative connotation that's wrongly associated with Uncle Tom)
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