Obama is a "Tar Baby"

Wow. Seriously some of these politicians have taken us all back to a time when the divide between people because of your skin color was thought as normal and unchangeable. Either that or it proves not much has changed.

Rep. Doug Lamborn likened Obama to a "tar baby" on a KKZN-AM760 radio show last Friday. For some of you that don't know the meaning or significance of this word, let me break it down:

The term "tar baby" actually comes from the tale of Be'er Rabbit, in which he makes a doll out of tar to to trap Be'er Fox. However, according to TIME magazine, the term seemed to develop it's racist meaning in John Updike's Coup (even though I believe it was used earlier than that), where he wrote about a white woman who vies for the company of black men. If you don't get it now, it is pretty much is associating a black person to tar. Oh, that's cute.

Now, I can excuse John McCain and Mitt Romney for their use of the term, since in context it referred to a sticky situation, but Lamborn crossed the line. He seriously stepped over to the side that I call the contemporary white person's taboo - being labelled a racist. Oh, well. He should have thought before he spoke. Now he needs to come up with an apology. It's been a few days already. America's waiting.