Would a willing slave still technically be a slave?

Would a willing slave still technically be a slave?

Django Unchained had a character like this and it's really makes me think.

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Technically yes. He stuck around and enjoyed being a house nigga because he knew that was preferable to toiling outside or being a mandingo fighter.

Fixating on the 'technical' boundaries of words is retarded. Things are what they are and people apply imperfect generalizations to them.

look up Uncle Tom you Gen Z dumbass.

African slavery is fairly unique in history as it was an effective way for African tribes to rid themselves of the most criminal, corrupt, and idiotic members of their societies. These are the slaves that were always doing the menial shit like "field hand" work, while the brighter Africans were allowed to learn and work in trades, like blacksmithing or animal husbandry.

house niggers are still slaves

yeah of course. the mental constructs that were necessary for him to accept his life as a slave were the direct result of slavery. also it's not like he would be free to change his mind. what said.

>stay in fancy ass house and all you gotta do is retrieve shit

or

>go outside and work anyway, with added risk of getting lynched

hmm

Of course. Just because he enjoyed his position didn't make him free, it just made him a willing captive.

Anyone who uses the term Uncle Tom as a perjorative have obviously never read the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin and are unironically retarded nigger faggots

Yes, he would justify it by asking that same question OP, and he'd answer himself "no"

I don't think he was actually a slave. The two scenes where his true self manifested (the reading room and the finale) heavily imply that his status may have been secretly as high as that of Candy himself, or maybe even higher. In Europe, for instance, it was uncommon but not impossible for a pleb to get rich through commerce and natural smarts, and Jackson's character was clearly in charge of everything down to all finances. When he's alone with Candy, we can see that he's the boss, so for all we know, he may have somehow gained full legal control over the estate and kept Candy as a white face because nobody wants to deal with niggers, while the whiteoid probably doesn't even realize what's going on because he's a sperg and frankly doesn't seem to care about much other than watching niggers fight

>When he's alone with Candy, we can see that he's the boss, so for all we know, he may have somehow gained full legal control over the estate
what a load of shit, there is nothing in the film to suggest this is the case. He has clout at Candyland because he's been in service for so long and has that typical "uncle Tom" wisdom about him, he's more like an advisor to a tyrant.

this the dumbest thing I read all day

Blame the people who fucked it up decades ago.

kek, autistic headcanon

Yes, it doesn't have anything to do with consent

BIG BLACK DINGUS

no, he was a slave and had zero power
however he did have an enormous amount of authority
that said his status within the household gave him a better life than most whites and he was just as terrible, perhaps even moreso, towards the other slaves as any white master

I didn't even read it all. Holy shit you're stupid

I blame you

A Stephen origin movie would be kino.

I wouldn't say he was a willing slave exactly. More of an evil pragmatist.

He understood the situation and decided to make the best of it. In the end while he may not have been free exactly he wielded more power than most free white men.

No one but Calvin Candy was allowed to tell him what to do and Candy was more likely to listen to him than order him around.

This character actually lived a life of luxury as a slave more so than most people. Freedom is much a matter of perspective. Is a poor guy toiling in the hot sun to make enough a day to feed himself and live in a crap house more free than Stephen was? Technically yes. He could go choose to try to be poor and miserable somewhere else.

Stephen on the other hand while he may not be free to leave probably didn't have any intention to? Why give up such a comfortable position where he just manages other slaves, doesn't have to lift a finger and gets the finer things in life on demand without anyone allowed to give him shit accept for his 'master' who seems him as a bit of a father figure?

Uncle Tom goes beyond the original story and has now evolved into a term that denotes a white worshipping nigger. You should know this, zoomer.

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A person who is forced into working to stay alive is still "technically" a slave.

Samuel L's character took the same path as someone who weasles into middle management and gain power over other wage slaves to pretend that they themselves aren't wageslaves anymore.