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Barbour apologizes for 'Tar Babies' comment
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Overly politically correct. His usage wasn't a racial slur, it was a reference to the Brer Rabbit story. http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/brer_rabbit_meets_a_tar_baby.html
The tar baby was a doll covered with sticky tar. When you got it in your hands, it was hard to get rid of it.
The tar baby was a doll covered with sticky tar. When you got it in your hands, it was hard to get rid of it.
