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  • LA Democrat Legislator Who Called Civil Rights Activist "Buckwheat" Loses Her Job

    11/18/2007 3:38:49 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 73 replies · 1,165+ views
    WWLTV.com ^ | WWLTV.com
    State Representative District 51 40 of 40 Precincts 100% Joe Harrison 4,338 57% Carla Dartez (I) 3,276 43% (I) denotes incumbent candidate
  • La. pol's 'Buckwheat' remark sparks ire

    11/13/2007 4:45:40 AM PST · by shove_it · 16 replies · 395+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | 11/12/2007
    HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office. ADVERTISEMENT Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged that she ended a Thursday night conversation with Hazel Boykin by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat." Dartez had been thanking Boykin for driving voters to the polls. Buckwheat, a black child character in the "Little Rascals" comedies of the 1930s and '40s, is viewed as a racial stereotype.
  • Caption Cynthia McKinney (not photoshopped)

    03/31/2006 5:30:12 PM PST · by maggief · 282 replies · 12,620+ views
    Yahoo! News Photo ^ | Fri Mar 31, 2006
    Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) speaks at a news conference after an altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer earlier in the week in Washington March 31, 2006. McKinney is waiting to learn if she will be charged for apparently striking an officer after she entered a House office building earlier this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts