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Originally Posted by fresnelly
One of my favourite stories as a kid was Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby. It's a charming Trickster fable, but given the shameful origins of the term "Tar Baby", it's no longer in favour.
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Dude, you are one of the only people I know who KNOWS that story... most people give me a blank stare when I mention it. It came out of one of my favorite book of fables and folk tales, as a kid.
I guess I don't know enough about the shameful origins part, though.
/Googles...