spook by the door
n.— «He claims Benjamin and Williams label white people who speak out against them as racists and any other black person who opposes them as a “spook by the door,” a pejorative term referring to a black person who spies on the black community for white people.» —“A Tangled Web” by Nathan Stubbs Independent (Lafayette, La.) Jan. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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