just wondering.
2006-08-17 16:13:56 · 18 answers · asked by ms_upsidedown 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaca
The epithet gained wider attention as the result of an August 14, 2006 incident in the Virginia senate campaign in which Virginia Senator George Allen, during a campaign event, specifically singled out a volunteer with the opposition campaign of James H. Webb named S.R. Sidarth, because he was videotaping[9] the event as reconnaissance for the Webb campaign at the time, and used the word twice to refer to him. Sidarth's heritage is Indian-American and so the remarks ignited a controversy. Allen has stated that he did not intend the remark as a slur, while his campaign variously insisted the word was either a play on mohawk [10] or a portmanteau word combining the words mohawk and caca to indicate shithead.[11] However, Sidarth maintains that his hairstyle was not a mohawk, but a mullet hairstyle. Moreover, by Allen's own admission, his mother is a caucasian French colonial born in Tunisia who emigrated to the United States following World War II.[12] As the controversy around the remark grows, the term is being turned back on Allen by activists using it on shirts and other merchandise.[13]
2006-08-17 16:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by downdrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my country is an insult (Venezuela) Macaca feminine of Macaco. Macaco is a monkey.
2006-08-17 23:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by carolina n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a derogatory name for slaves. It was used by European settlers when they encountered the natives in the Congo. It is essentially calling someone a primate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaca
2006-08-17 23:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by goodlittlegirl11 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey that has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food.
2006-08-17 23:21:10 · answer #4 · answered by a b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a macaca it's a spanish word. it is a toy.
2006-08-17 23:17:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a french racial slur. It basically applies to those who are of african descent who were being compared to monkeys. It is kind of like saying the n word.
2006-08-17 23:18:47 · answer #6 · answered by moma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you got the spelling wrong.It should be Mecca.
Is holy place for Muslim.In their life time at least once they have to visit this place and is in Saudi Arabia.
2006-08-17 23:19:43 · answer #7 · answered by Gamarays 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's another word for certain types of monkeys
2006-08-17 23:19:30 · answer #8 · answered by Siri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A type of monkey.
2006-08-17 23:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by Caffeinated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a foriegn word for monkey
2006-08-17 23:17:45 · answer #10 · answered by psycoholicwood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋