OT: There is something seriously wrong with G. Felix Allen

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Monday, August 14, 2006

Macaque

I was thinking that the assumption that George Felix Allen had been invoking a species of monkey was a bit of a stretch and that he was probably just speaking gibberish for "furrin name." But it is actually an established racial/slur, specifically directed at North Africans. If you search the nastier corners of the internet you'll find it's in surprisingly common usage.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_08_13_atrios_archive.html#115559029299377045

Mohawk

Oy:

Wadhams said Allen campaign staffers had begun calling Sidarth "mohawk" because of a haircut Wadhams said the Webb staffer has. "Macaca was just a variation of that," Wadhams said.


Mohawk.



http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_08_13_atrios_archive.html#115558801832716030