VA-Sen: Allen “Macaca” Comment Draws Ire

by Joe on August 14, 2006

What did Virginia Senator George Allen mean when he called a person of Indian descent a “macaca” during a recent rally? (View the video.) That’s what his opponent Jim Webb wants to know.

The individual, S. R. Sidarth, was videotaping the rally for the Webb campaign. Allen, who must have gotten annoyed with Sidarth’s presence, pointed out that “macaca over here”, and later “welcome[d him] to America and the real world of Virginia,” said “real world” consisting of an all-white Republican crowd except for Sidarth.

“Macaca” is the genus of macaque monkeys. Did George Allen really intend to call the only person of color at a rally a monkey?

FacebookTwitterDeliciousStumbleUponDiggShare

No related posts.

{ 2 trackbacks }

VA-Sen: Allen steps on a big pile of “macaca” at centerblue.org
August 15, 2006 at 10:46 am
VA-Sen: poll shows Allen, Webb running neck-to-neck at centerblue.org
September 12, 2006 at 12:49 pm

{ 1 comment }

ashneil jain October 31, 2006 at 1:48 pm

You racist fool! You should be thrown out of this country and not those illegal immigrants that you want to send back over the border.

Comments on this entry are closed.

Previous post:

Next post: