At one of his rallies, Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) pointed to an Indian-origin assistant of his rival and said:
"This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent. He's following us around everywhere. And it's just great"
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The Senator appears simply to have forgotten the guy's name and used a nonsense substitute but some deep delvers have discovered that "macaca" has a derogatory meaning in some European languages. Since Sen. Allen was speaking English, that would not appear relevant but the Senator had to apologize anyway.
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