tar baby

     

Tar-Baby was a oll made of tar and turpentine, used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fought the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he became. In contemporary usage, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact. The only way to solve such a situation is by separation.

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  • This sticky figure of folklore gave its name to a Toni Morrison novel
  • This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island

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  • I know my sister being lighter toned used to always have to avoid conflict because of it, I know my Mom was called "Tar Baby"
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  • @doomocrat I grew up in Mississippi, so we watched Song of the South and had the story books. I remember the Tar Baby book vividly.