La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Draws Ire
By Associated Press
8:32 PM EST, November 12, 2007
HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office.
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.
Boykin, 75, helped desegregate restaurants and the parish school system in the 1960s. Her son, Jerome, is president of the Terrebonne Parish chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
"I've never had no one talk to me that way, and I considered it a racial slur," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it; it's just like the N-word."
Originally posted by Red NightO-Tay! 😲
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Draws Ire
By Associated Press
8:32 PM EST, November 12, 2007
HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office.
Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged tha ...[text shortened]... ," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it; it's just like the N-word."[/b]
Originally posted by Red NightYep, that's a racial slur.
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Draws Ire
By Associated Press
8:32 PM EST, November 12, 2007
HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office.
Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged tha ," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it; it's just like the N-word."[/b]
Though I think we already knew what constitutes one of those, Red.
Sadly, I think we have a couple more generations to go before we reach a stage whereby "Ignorant Dipsticks" don't have skin colour as a primary criteria for pigeon-holing.
(By all means replace "Ignorant Dipsticks" with a one of your own choosing, perhaps reflecting an appropriate level of vehement disgust)
Originally posted by Red NightShe must have been reading your posts:
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Draws Ire
By Associated Press
8:32 PM EST, November 12, 2007
HOUMA, La. - A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," angering the NAACP, which urged voters to kick her out of office.
Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat, acknowledged tha ...[text shortened]... ," Hazel Boykin said. "I know the meaning of it; it's just like the N-word."[/b]
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=80529&page=1#post_1532648
Originally posted by rbmorrisNice try RB, but you and I both know what was going on in that thread.
She must have been reading your posts:
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=80529&page=1#post_1532648
It might have bee racist if the person I addressed the comment to was black, instead of a middle-aged white guy pretending to be black for the purpose of perpetuating negative racial stereotypes.
Originally posted by LovebugWhat did you mean by "alteria"?
(Post 1)I doubt anyone on this public forum really gives a toss. Why would they unless alteria motives are the key which would mean you are finding justifcation to fight this evil through a different situation which probably holds little relavence.
(Post 2) What do you mean by "black people"?