"WHere the heck does macaca come from anyway?"
LOL....apparently, it is a slur that was used by European settlers (AKA pieds-noirs, as the French called them) in the former French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria.
That one word set off a storm that has only been encouraged by WaPo and the liberal press. Allen didn't handle it well either.
Instead of dissembling for alomost 2 weeks (and provoking a steady stream of "Allen not apologizing for slur" headlines), Allen's team should have provided a quick apology in order to get the candidate back on track.
>>apparently, it is a slur that was used by European settlers (AKA pieds-noirs, as the French called them) in the former French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria.
I had only heard pied-noir in reference to the Piegan, Kainai, and Siksika tribes of the northern Great Plains and the eastern foothills of the Rockies who were collectively known as the Blackfeet. The ones who caused so much grief for the American fur trappers in the early 1800s.
I checked it out and sure enough you're right.
LOL....apparently, it is a slur that was used by European settlers (AKA pieds-noirs, as the French called them) in the former French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria.
Actually, pied-noir is a slur itself, like "trailer trash" or "white trash".