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"quit playing in the trees like monkeys" nets criminal charges?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 150936" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Arrgh. How stupid.</p><p>I have learned more racial slurs from the media and legislators in the past 5 yrs than in my entire life.</p><p>One, fairly recently, was former VA Gov. George Allen, who used the term "macaca" to describe one of his constituents. Supposedly they knew one another and it was done in jest, but it didn't play out that way. When my husband and I read about it in the paper, we just looked across the kitchen table at one another and said, "What's that?"</p><p>I discovered it is related to macaque monkeys. (See below, which I found online. The editing is mine so the note would not get kicked off the bb.) </p><p>1. Macaca A racial slur used by Senator George Allen, which literally means "monkey." Recently used by the Senator while campaigning in <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Virginia" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Virginia</span></u></a>. </p><p>While campaigning, Senator George Allen made the following remark about one of his constituents -- an Indian American <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=UVA" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">UVA</span></u></a> student who was born and raised in Virginia, who was filming the event: "This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent... Lets give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=America" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">America</span></u></a> and the real world of Virginia."</p><p>2. macaca Common French racist slur. Meaning and use is similar to English 'n*gger,' and is used to described non-European (Arab and Black) North Africans. It was in particularly prevelant use during French occupation of Northern Africa. The term has been showing up with increasing frequency as a racial slur on racist websites and chatrooms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 150936, member: 3419"] Arrgh. How stupid. I have learned more racial slurs from the media and legislators in the past 5 yrs than in my entire life. One, fairly recently, was former VA Gov. George Allen, who used the term "macaca" to describe one of his constituents. Supposedly they knew one another and it was done in jest, but it didn't play out that way. When my husband and I read about it in the paper, we just looked across the kitchen table at one another and said, "What's that?" I discovered it is related to macaque monkeys. (See below, which I found online. The editing is mine so the note would not get kicked off the bb.) 1. Macaca A racial slur used by Senator George Allen, which literally means "monkey." Recently used by the Senator while campaigning in [URL="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Virginia"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Virginia[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. While campaigning, Senator George Allen made the following remark about one of his constituents -- an Indian American [URL="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=UVA"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]UVA[/COLOR][/U][/URL] student who was born and raised in Virginia, who was filming the event: "This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent... Lets give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to [URL="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=America"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]America[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and the real world of Virginia." 2. macaca Common French racist slur. Meaning and use is similar to English 'n*gger,' and is used to described non-European (Arab and Black) North Africans. It was in particularly prevelant use during French occupation of Northern Africa. The term has been showing up with increasing frequency as a racial slur on racist websites and chatrooms. [/QUOTE]
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