The behavior of a "Black" person who is excessively deferential to white people or complicit in white oppression, often for personal gain or social acceptance.
"Attending Trumpâs second inauguration wasnât just a bad lookâit was straight-up Tom-foolery."
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"Dating preferences are personal, but when someone exclusively dates white partners while disparaging Black women, that starts to look like Tom-foolery."
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"Thereâs a difference between making a living in adult entertainment and actively feeding into racist tropes. Performing under a name like âMandingoâ or engaging in race-play content that glorifies slavery-era fantasies? Thatâs not just exploitationâthatâs Tom-foolery."