Virginia GOP Senator Uses Racist Slur To Describe Dark-Skinned Man

[w4rma]

August 14, 2006
Virginia Senator Uses Racist Slur To Describe Dark-Skinned Man

A video is online of Senator George Allen of Virginia insulting a dark-skinned man, and saying "welcome to America," at an otherwise all-white Republican gathering. He calls the man "Macaca" and then says, "Well friends, we're in a war on terror." See for yourself.

Jeffrey Feldman of Frameshop did some research and found that the term is used on far-right racist sites, and provides examples. Frameshop: 'Macaca' or 'Macaque'. Go read it, but I warn you, it's pretty sick stuff.

So seeing how it is used on the right-wing, racist websites Feldman found, there is no question what Sen. Allen was saying. Also, it seems that Senator Allen has had a problem with this in his background. From GEORGE ALLEN'S RACE PROBLEM,

Campaigning for governor in 1993, he admitted to prominently displaying a Confederate flag in his living room. He said it was part of a flag collection--and had been removed at the start of his gubernatorial bid. When it was learned that he kept a noose hanging on a ficus tree in his law office, he said it was part of a Western memorabilia collection. …

http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2006/08/virginia_senato.htm
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1913192

BREAKING NEWS: Hakuna Macaca, Or, George Allen Puts Foot In Mouth And Sucks, Hard
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/george-allen/breaking-news-hakuna-macaca-or-george-allen-puts-foot-in-mouth-and-sucks-hard-194138.php

Sen. Allen's Remarks Spark Ire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081400589_pf.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2456366

George Allen's America
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081401114.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2780360

More on George Allen the racist/ At least Mr. Sidharth was born in VA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2780247

Spelled "Macaca".
http://1kai.dokkyomed.ac.jp/mammal/en/genus/macaca.html

[demnan]

1. I recommended your page

I think it's important that people know what the Republican Party really stands for. I'm glad this ASS of an Senator briefly took his mask off, and I hope this gets as much exposure as possible.

[pepperbear]

2. YAY!!!! A WHOLE NEWS CYCLE DEDICATED TO HOW MUCH OF A DOOFUS

HE IS!

[w4rma]

3. I just found out that Macaque is proper spelling for the racial slur.

Macaque
(Belgium & France) a Negro (originally) or a person of North-African origin (more recently); derived from macaque monkeys.

Not only is macaque apparently a French slur used to describe North Africans, Allen would have good reason to know it is. His mother is French Tunisian (yeah, that's in North Africa), and Allen speaks French.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=31575
http://jabbs.blogspot.com/2006/08/following-questionable-macaque-comment.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1920299

The macaques (genus Macaca) are Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan. Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised …
http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/index.php/Macaque

The slur may even be worse than that:

No, it's actually a slur for a maroccan the similarity in sound between the two is probably the origin. Most moroccans are not of arab decent but berber, actually berber is a arab slur for the original amazigh population with a similar sound and meaning to the greek barbar.

The prononciation is also different between makaak the monkey and the slur version ma-kak which sounds like ma=mother kak=shit.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1920299&mesg_id=1920353