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→Controversy: ok, let's get specific then; you info was factually wrong. Allen spoke of his hair, not the person. Please desist from carrying forward anymore slander of this sort.
==Controversy==
==Controversy==
On August 11, 2006, during his Senate reelection campaign, Allen used the word "macaca" to refer to S.R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a "tracker" for the opposing Webb campaign. Sidarth is of [[Indian]] ancestry, but was born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia. Macaca means "monkey" in some [[African]] nations. Allen apologized and said that he did not know the meaning of the word. Nevertheless, the incident proved to be extremely detrimental to his campaign.
On August 11, 2006, during his Senate reelection campaign, Allen used the word "macaca" to refer to the haircut of S.R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a "tracker" for the opposing Webb campaign. Sidarth is of [[Indian]] ancestry, but was born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia. Macaca means "monkey" in some [[African]] nations. Allen apologized and said that he did not know the meaning of the word. Nevertheless, the incident proved to be extremely detrimental to his campaign.
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