Sunday, September 03, 2006
SENATOR DECLINES AWARD
By Stockton
On Friday, Virginia Senator and Presidential hopeful George Allen declined a Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Community Leadership Award when donors threatened to withhold funding.
Allen's decision came almost three weeks after he singled out a Virginia-born college student of Indian descent in a mostly white crowd at a campaign rally and twice applied the name"Macaca" to him. Macaca is a genus of monkeys that includes macaques, and is also considered a racial slur in some parts of the world.
Senator Allen (right) with a non-Macaca
"It is with great sadness that I decline this award," said Allen. "I realize that my remarks may have hurt some and I apologize. I would like to thank all the darkies and 'Halfricans' who know me and stand by me at this black hour."
On Friday, Virginia Senator and Presidential hopeful George Allen declined a Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Community Leadership Award when donors threatened to withhold funding.
Allen's decision came almost three weeks after he singled out a Virginia-born college student of Indian descent in a mostly white crowd at a campaign rally and twice applied the name"Macaca" to him. Macaca is a genus of monkeys that includes macaques, and is also considered a racial slur in some parts of the world.
"It is with great sadness that I decline this award," said Allen. "I realize that my remarks may have hurt some and I apologize. I would like to thank all the darkies and 'Halfricans' who know me and stand by me at this black hour."
