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Aug. 16th, 2006 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheGeorge Allen is a senator from Virginia. He is hoping to launch a presidential campaign in 2008. He is up for reelection to the Senate this year.
This weekend Mr. Allen called a staffer for his opponent a racial slur.
Mr. Allen, in his "apology," is implying that he didn't know that it was a slur. But his mother is of French descent and lived in North Africa, where the term is used as a slur. It's hard to believe he didn't know what he was saying. He is quite rightly on damage control right now. (This includes the suggestion that "macaca" was a reference to the staffer's haircut, which Mr. Allen says looked like a mohawk but in reality is a mullet. In what reality does a mullet look like a mohawk?)
This DailyKos diary has more to say on the story.
Washington Post's editorial on the subject.
This weekend Mr. Allen called a staffer for his opponent a racial slur.
Mr. Allen, in his "apology," is implying that he didn't know that it was a slur. But his mother is of French descent and lived in North Africa, where the term is used as a slur. It's hard to believe he didn't know what he was saying. He is quite rightly on damage control right now. (This includes the suggestion that "macaca" was a reference to the staffer's haircut, which Mr. Allen says looked like a mohawk but in reality is a mullet. In what reality does a mullet look like a mohawk?)
This DailyKos diary has more to say on the story.
Washington Post's editorial on the subject.