Used in a political sense. This phrase is used towards Black Americans when other ethnic groups (usually white conservatives) feel like a black individual is perceived as a "safe negro". One whose presence doesn't "threaten" others. One that others wouldn't see as militant, conscious, or a "thug". You can find this phrase used primarily towards black conservatives, black people are often known to talk down to Black Americans, or Black Americans who simply aren't overtly stereotypical in the negative sense.
This phrase can be seen as code speak by suspected white supremacists. A racial epithet disguised as a compliment to denigrate Black Americans
You're not like the others, you're one of the good ones.
Wow Jamal, your speech was s articulate, you're one of the good ones.
You know Demarkus? Yeah, he said that he didn't approve of the protest. thank god he's one of the good ones.
an amaizing album by why don’t we (hottest and best people on the face of the earth!) self produced and written. anyway go stream it (if its out yet) and enjoy the rest of your life, thanks. 🥰
Nina: have you heard why don’t we’s new album “the good times and the bad ones”?
Danél: YES! I love Zach!
Nina: ayeeeee! I love Daniel!
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)