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Candidate Apologizes For 'Buckwheat' Remark

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Candidate Apologizes For 'Buckwheat' Remark

POSTED: 12:48 pm CST November 12, 2007
UPDATED: 4:21 pm CST November 12, 2007


HOUMA, La. -- A state representative in a runoff election infuriated civil rights leaders after she ended a conversation with the mother of the NAACP's local president by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat."

State Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, of Morgan City, acknowledged she made the remark during a Thursday night telephone conversation with Hazel Boykin to thank her 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 demeaning to black people.

Hazel Boykin's son, Jerome, is the NAACP's president in Terrebonne Parish. She is well-known as a 1960s civil rights activist, helping to desegregate restaurants and the parish school system.

Dartez has represented parts of Terrebonne, St. Mary and Assumption parishes since 1999. She has said she does not intend to drop out of the race.

"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 said in a statement. "I have a strong record of fighting for issues important to the African American community; in fact, I have a 93 percent voting record with the Black Caucus."

But the "Buckwheat" remark is the latest bit of trouble for Dartez and her husband, Lenny, who is a member of the Democratic Party's State Central Committee.

Before qualifying in September, Carla Dartez was given a summons for improper lane usage after hitting a pedestrian with her vehicle. She failed a field sobriety test but passed a later Breathalyzer test.

Earlier this month, Lenny Dartez was indicted on charges of allegedly harboring illegal aliens through his construction business.
Copyright 2007 by WDSU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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  • allen griggs
    c and p por favor
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  • JamesRK
    Some folks have no sense of humor. [:D]
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  • reloader44mag
    and your point is?
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  • JamesRK
    I thought it was funny. [:D]
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  • kimi
    God forbid anyone call a white fellow SPANKY! [:D][:D][:D]

    Do they still have the TV shows about these kids for other kids and adults to watch, or have the speech police began to run them on PBS along with other holocaust material, like the Jena 6 Hate Crimes are sure to be.
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  • JamesRK
    If anyone wants to go through life being that sensitive, Lord knows they have the right but it seems like a lot of unnecessary misery to me. If the liberals want to start burying each other over such nonsense and foolishness, more power to them.
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  • reloader44mag
    I agree Alfalfa
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  • kimi
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    I agree Alfalfa


    Hey reloader, how you doin' tonight? [8D]
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  • reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by kimi
    God forbid anyone call a white fellow SPANKY! [:D][:D][:D]

    Do they still have the TV shows about these kids for other kids and adults to watch, or have the speech police began to run them on PBS along with other holocaust material, like the Jena 6 Hate Crimes are sure to be.
    Actually the Little Rascals was one of my favorite TV shows growing up, always made them white folk look foolish.
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  • kimi
    [:D][:D][:D] oh man were they ever hilarious! I would not mind seeing them all again myself.
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  • reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by kimi
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    I agree Alfalfa


    Hey reloader, how you doin' tonight? [8D]
    I'm OK, just don't call my Buckwheat, ok Alfalfa...Get it Buckwheat(Black)...Alfalfa (white) those Hollywood writers really had it goin on back then. never could figure Stimey though
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  • kimi
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    I thought it was funny. [:D]


    I did too James, and you are right about overly sensitive people too.
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  • kimi
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by kimi
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    I agree Alfalfa


    Hey reloader, how you doin' tonight? [8D]
    I'm OK, just don't call my Buckwheat, ok Alfalfa...Get it Buckwheat(Black)...Alfalfa (white) those Hollywood writers really had it goin on back then. never could figure Stimey though


    Hollywood has always been the villian, huh? Maybe someday they will make white only films, black only films, or asian only films. Until then no one will likely be happy, it seems. Too bad people can't laugh about themselves along with people of other color without taking offense.
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  • reloader44mag
    Agreed[;)]
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  • mango tango
    People always bring up this racial thing, it only bothers people that are racist! I'm not a racist, and this crap doesn't bother me one bit!
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  • JamesRK
    quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
    Actually the Little Rascals was one of my favorite TV shows growing up, always made them white folk look foolish.

    The show that I don't understand being exiled to the garbage heap of history was Amos and Andy.

    I've heard it was because it's "politically incorrect" and because of the racial stereotypes, but if you watch the shows the characters could be any race and the "stereotypes" if anything were positive. Amos was an intelligent businessman and family man who was always ready to straighten out any kind of mess and the Kingfish was anything but stupid. On the rare occasions when white people were in the show they were crooks and got their butts handed to them.

    All that aside, the shows were hilarious.
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  • Sav99
    "Talk to you later, Buckwheat."
    You got to be kidding. [:D][:D]
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  • p3skyking
    How can we celebrate diversity if we don't acknowledge it?
    We all eat, sleep, and screw the same. We all want a roof and a full belly for our families, and we all want to be left in peace.
    Chances are we have more in common with each other than not.

    Now where did I leave my Moonpie and Big Orange?[:o)]
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  • Wolf.
    --
    -Carla later made this comment to friends:
    Yowza! Ize gwine t'be good frum now on, massah!

    No! No! I'm just joking. But seriously, this is typical of the kind of people who run for office and are elected. A couple cards short of a full deck.
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  • ripley16
    You kin call me Hazel

    an you kin call me Boykin

    you kin even call me mama

    but ya doesn't has ta call me Buckwheat!
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  • bigtire
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    Buckwheat-Poster-Card-C10230417.jpeg
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Amos and andy were "White" folks doing a "Black" show..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_'n'_Andy
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  • JamesRK
    quote:Originally posted by Classic095
    Amos and andy were "White" folks doing a "Black" show..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_'n'_Andy

    I was talking about the television Amos and Andy. The radio program was good too.
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  • kimi
    quote:Originally posted by bigtire
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    Buckwheat is i'ight!
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  • kimi
    Where's Al and Jesse?
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  • yoshmyster
    Almost makes me want to dig out the Eddie Murphy's SNL VHS where Buckwheat gets shot.
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