Sunday, April 15, 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen, former Virginia Senator George Allen

This is a one minute clip in which then Senator George Allen was at a stop during his re-election campaign in August 2006. He proceeded to introduce a man who was following the campaign from opponent Jim Webb's team, and who happened to be filming Allen's appearance. Twice Allen addressed the tracker as "macaca."
The slur means "monkey" in francophone nations, and S.R. Sidarth is a man of Indian decent. The word "macaca" gained national interest and Allen's numbers in the polls declined after his derogatory remarks.

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