Uncle Tom vs. Businessman
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Jeffersons
snorlax3111984 — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 07:12 PM)
Louise's Uncle Ward asks why he's supposedly an Uncle Tom for serving a rich Caucasian family for 20 years when George ISN'T an Uncle Time for sucking up to rich Caucasian Businessmen.
A stumped George doesn't answer and just ridicules Uncle Ward for not knowing the difference.
My guess is that if George had time to think of an answer he would explain that as the head of his own business, George works WITH rich Caucasian businessmen. Being a butler, Uncle Ward worked FOR rich Caucasians and is thus an Uncle Tom. -
McGannahanSkjellyfetti — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 09:40 PM)
Great episode and great response. I still like what Uncle Ward said to Lionel and George for making fun and talking down to him:
"If it hadn't been for us 'Old Uncle Toms', you 'Youngbloods' wouldn't be around here today!" -
stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 11:50 PM)
There was also the part where Ward asked George if he knew who Uncle Tom was and he gave an answer that has been accepted as truth, when in reality he was a slave named Josiah Henson, who escaped to Canada and helped 100 other slaves escape up north even before the underground railroad existed. The point was that Uncle Tom was really a hero and a great man, not some dumb black who used to thank Simon Legree for whipping his ass.