Buckwheat returns to disrupt Louisiana politics

Never before have Louisiana politics and Eddie Murphy meshed so well.

According to The Associated Press, state Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, D-Morgan City, ended a telephone call with the mother of the NAACP's local president by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat." The mother in question is Hazel Boykin, a prominent civil rights activist who helped desegregate restaurants and Terrebonne's school system in the 1960s.

When I read this, I figured another Republican was promoting the use of ignorance and intolerance when it comes to race relations. I also predicted another arrival of the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to Southern Louisiana to call for someone to resign. Then I reread the passage more carefully and noticed her political affiliation.

Lo and behold, she's a Democrat.

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