Bred and born in a briar patch.

Sorry folks, but “tar baby” is not an ethnic slur. It’s a metaphor for something you cannot get unstuck from once you touch it. The fact that tar is black seems to me to be a coincidence. “Glue baby” doesn’t work because…are you all unfamiliar with American folk tales? I learned these when I was a child, but reading these comments makes me think you were all born in some other country.