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HomeGlossary ItemOreo

Oreo

December 14, 2015February 29, 2016 rkanigel 3126 views

Disparaging term for someone deemed to have shunned his or her black culture and who acts white. Referring to the cookie, means being black on the outside, but white on the inside; latter-day version of pejorative Uncle Tom. Do not use. See Uncle Tom.

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