Talk:Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas

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"Although the character he played was often the subject of controversy in later years, Thomas always defended his work in the series, pointing out the fact that Buckwheat and the rest of the black Our Gang kids were treated as being equal with the white kids in the series. The 1980s animated series addressed the problem by changing Buckwheat into a clever inventor who is always building ingenious machines for the gang."

I'm not sure just what the controversy was. This really needs to be clarified, because the article just makes a vague reference to some controversy but never tells just what it was. WoodenTaco 00:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I clarified the sentence. The controversy was that Buckwheat's character contained aspects of the "pickaninny" stereotype. --FuriousFreddy 02:17, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)



Buckwheat was one of John Crichtons nicknames for Rygel in the TV programme Farscape.

--Hellahulla 12:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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