Jest who does you think you bees callin' me racist?
LOL, my first dog as a child was a coal black female Cocker Spanial named Tarbaby. Ah, the fifties...
Last year in the Clayton Star (NC) there was a cartoon of Brier Hillary fighting with Tar Baby while Wise Old Brier Al Gore waiting in the bushes. I forgot to cut it out of the paper and have not seen it since.
Remember recently when a city councilor used the term "black hole" in reference to accounting? Another councilor and a JUDGE (both black) took offense to it. And when some other councilor used the word "niggardly" to discuss the tight financial reigns he was contending with? Again, he was called a racist and klansman and more.
You think in a Presidential Race any such word that even SOUNDS racial will be ignored, or properly interpreted? NO WAY.
“Tar Baby” is as racist as “black hole”
It can? How? There is nothing racist in the origin of the tar baby story. Stop making concessions to the culture of victimhood where none are warranted.
"Butters! You black a$$#01e!"
My second grade teacher read us a lot of the Uncle Remus stories in dialect. She was a very fine teacher.
When I was five I had a big Uncle Remus record album and story book that I just loved.
I now have that album on display in my back game room. Its a wonderful conversation piece.
It’s a shame how Joel Chandler Harris has been vilified by many over the years. My great, great grandfather was a quiet and kind man who possessed great insight concerning human behavior and morals.
The Harris family sold all of the electronic media rights to Disney many years ago. Public pressure forced Disney to essentially bury “Song of the South”.
For Uncle Remus fans I would recommend you visit The Wren’s Nest next time you travel to Atlanta. Here’s a link to their site: http://www.wrensnestonline.com/