Wednesday, August 3, 2011

"Tar Baby"? "Boy"?

This Christian Science Monitor article discusses two Republicans who used racially inappropriate language while discussing President Obama and his policies.  One referred to a "tar baby," which no doubt he intended to mean something that draws you in and traps you.  However, this is also a nasty racial epithet.

The other politician referred to Obama as being Al Sharpton's "boy."  I cannot fathom what led this man to use that word to describe our President.  Like tar baby, "boy" has deeply offensive racial overtones when applied to an African American.

As the CSM asks, "what were they thinking?"

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