[goldstategop]

Tsk, tsk, tsk. "Tar baby" is a slang expression meaning to get stuck in a pit you can't get out of. It has nothing to do with blacks. As a metaphor, it refers to animals that drowned in tar pits thousands of years ago. The idiots of PC should learn a little histoire. As usage goes, its about as offensive a term as niggardly, which of course gets confused with that other word. I don't see where Mitt Romney managed to offend the delicate sensibilities of black Americans. PC politics is all by itself a tar baby to avoid.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[LexBaird]

As a metaphor, it refers to animals that drowned in tar pits thousands of years ago.

No, actually it refers to the Joel Chandler "B'rer Rabbit" story, which was adapted by Disney in "Song of the South".

[MARTIAL MONK]

Uh uh. Best do some sheckin'.

[EEDUDE]

Several months ago I went to the library with my daughter to get some books so I could read stories to her at night.

I picked up a copy of Uncle Remus's Tales. It was a book my Mom read to me when I was a child.

When I was checking out, the black librarian gave me the nastiest look. I didn't understand why she did this until later.

I guess that this is still offensive to some blacks, although I don't really know why.

Anyone who has read the book knows that the "Tar Baby" is literally a baby made of tar, and has nothing to do with race.