The Anti-Tom
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This chapter explores the socio-economic context in which Black communities began to police the boundaries of racial loyalty. It was at this time that "Uncle Tom" became the label used to describe those Black men deemed to be "sellouts" to their race. The chapter also positions Muhammed Ali as a kind of anti-Tom.
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Cheryl Thompson
Cheryl Thompson is an Assistant Professor at Ryerson University in Performance at The Creative School (formerly Creative Industries). She is author of Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture . She previously held a Banting postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto. Her work has appeared in The Conversation, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Spacing, Herizons Magazine, Halifax Coast, and Rabble.ca . She was born and raised in Toronto, where she currently resides. She has also lived in the United States.
