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State lawmaker makes "Buckwheat" reference (Louisiana)
houmatoday.com ^ | 11/09/07 | JOHN DESANTIS and NAOMI KING

Posted on 11/09/2007 2:49:07 PM PST by TornadoAlley3

HOUMA - State Rep. Carla Dartez, D-Morgan City, said she is mulling withdrawl from the Nov. 17 runoff race after NAACP president Jerome Boykin says she referred to his mother as "Buckwheat."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: buckwheat; carladartez; democrat; naacp; yawn
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To: 3AngelaD

Maybe Carla has Tourettes


41 posted on 11/09/2007 4:14:56 PM PST by jimboster (fROM)
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To: Lancey Howard
I remember reading years ago that Stymie's signature bowler was a gift from Stan Laurel.

Also, since we're discussing bowler hats, Louisiana politics and allegations of racism, I hear that former Orleans Parish DA Eddie Jordan's hat is for sale on eBay. :-)

42 posted on 11/09/2007 4:26:42 PM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: SevenofNine; Tamar1973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrW7OtZSRmM
43 posted on 11/09/2007 4:28:48 PM PST by monkapotamus
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To: TornadoAlley3

Dartez has a “D” after her name. She cannot commit bigotry according to the stupid democrat voters down in LA.


44 posted on 11/09/2007 4:30:56 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: monkapotamus

OMG rack ittt ROFL


45 posted on 11/09/2007 4:33:53 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: TornadoAlley3
This is grotesque stupidity and this clown should withdraw. The correct reference would be Farina.
46 posted on 11/09/2007 4:36:04 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: TornadoAlley3

In the future, everyone will be accused of being a racist for 15 minutes.


47 posted on 11/09/2007 4:41:35 PM PST by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: rockabyebaby
Murphy was priceless when he did the Buckwheat skits!

I particularly liked the "Assasination of Buckwheat". Talk about funny.

48 posted on 11/09/2007 6:05:18 PM PST by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: Crawdad

Now that’s clever!


49 posted on 11/09/2007 6:32:08 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Well, at least she didn’t refer to his mother as Farina.

Or asked if she ate artichokes.

“It may have choked Artie but it ain’t gonna choke Styme”


50 posted on 11/09/2007 7:24:28 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Allegra
I no longer say “Bet me Buckwheat”. Some people are a bit sensitive.
51 posted on 11/11/2007 6:40:45 PM PST by TheMom (Because I said so is a good reason.)
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To: TheMom

Fury after La. lawmaker calls black supporter ‘Buckwheat’

Rep51 A Democrat who serves in the Louisiana legislature called a black supporter “Buckwheat” just days before the runoff election that will determine whether or not she returns to Baton Rouge.

Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez said “Talk to you later, Buckwheat” at the end of a telephone conversation with a black woman who helped drive voters to the polls on Election Day. (Buckwheat was a character in The Little Rascals who has come to symbolize demeaning racial stereotypes.)

“I’ve never had no one talk to me that way and I considered it a racial slur,” Hazel Boykin tells the Associated Press. “I know the meaning of it, it’s just like the N-word.”

Boykin is a respected member of the community who played an active role in the civil-rights movement of the 1960s. Her son, Jerome Boykin, runs the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

He has withdrawn his endorsement of Dartez and says he wants local residents to vote against her in the Nov. 17 runoff election.

“At this point, the NAACP is not concerned about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. If a Republican is elected because of her racist remarks, that’s her responsibility,” he tells the wire service.

At one point, The Courier says Dartez threatened to resign if Jerome Boykin publicized the incident on his weekly radio program. He talked about the slur, but the paper says Dartez “backed off talk of resigning.”

“I made an insensitive comment when speaking with Hazel Boykin, and I have apologized to the Boykin family and publicly for my choice of words,” Dartez says in a statement to local media organizations. “I have a strong record of fighting for issues important to the African American community; in fact, I have a 93% voting record with the Black Caucus.”

Dartez has been in office since 1999. The local community is divided over her latest problem, according to WWL-TV. What do you think?


52 posted on 11/13/2007 6:39:28 PM PST by GRRRRR (The Libtards are spoiling for a big fight!)
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