August 14, 2006Virginia Senator Uses Racist Slur To Describe Dark-Skinned ManA 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. …
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http://1kai.dokkyomed.ac.jp/mammal/en/genus/macaca.html