# Dukes of Hazard meet their match

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazard-meet-their-match/950017
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted
**Created:** [September 2, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazard-meet-their-match/950017 "2021-09-02T22:12:37Z")
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### Author: ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dukes-of-hazard-meet-their-match/950017/24 "2021-09-03T18:03:39Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> > [@Asuka](#):
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> > It’s not like the car was driving around on its own free will running minorities over.
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> Well, yeah, because there weren’t any on the show. Hazzard was a sundown community.

There were plenty of black actors on the show:  
Black actors on _The Dukes of Hazzard_ , seasons 3-7:

Ji-Tu Cumbuka, “Opening Night at the Boar’s Nest”  
Kevin Peter Hall, “Opening Night at the Boar’s Nest”  
Al White (one of the “jive dudes” in _Airplane!_ ),  
“Cale Yarborough Comes to Hazzard”  
Hal Williams, “Cooter’s Confession”  
Herb Jefferson Jr., “Undercover Dukes”  
Steven Williams, “High Flyin’ Dukes”  
Wally Taylor, “A Boy’s Best Friend”  
John Dewey Carter, “Brotherly Love”  
Ella Mae Brown, “Vance’s Lady”  
Ernie Hudson, “Dear Diary”  
James Reynolds, “Good Neighbors, Duke”  
Woody Strode, “The Great Santa Claus Chase”

Stolen from this thread where apparently some Dopers who are black enjoyed the show:

> [@Black kids of the 80's; Did you watch "The Dukes of Hazzard"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-kids-of-the-80s-did-you-watch-the-dukes-of-hazzard/187172):
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> (white male here) I remember as a kid this used to be one of my favorite shows. However at the same time I was too young to understand what that rebel flag painted on top of their car was all about. So I was just wondering if black children watched this show and if they did; did you understand what that flag ment to alot of black people? From what I remember about the show I don’t recall them ever saying or doing anything deragatory towards black folks. (I could be wrong though)

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