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Macacawitz was a pejorative term used for incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen during the campaign for the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006. It was a portmanteau of "Macaca," a slur used by Allen on August 11, 2006, and "-witz," a common ending of Ashkenazi Jewish surnames.
On September 19, John Podhoretz used the name "Felix Macacawitz", referring to Allen's middle name (after his maternal grandfather Felix Lumbroso), as a headline for a post in the National Review blog "The Corner." According to Podhoretz the term "Macacawitz" caught on in political circles almost immediately. On October 4, Meryl Ibis, a field organizer for Democratic congressional candidate Al Weed, resigned after she used the slur in an email to supporters of Weed.
It had been revealed on August 25 that Allen's mother was probably Jewish–she would have been a Tunisian Jew, a Sephardic North African community in which Ashkenazi Jewish surnames are actually virtually non-existent.
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References
- "Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- The Trouble with 'Macacawitz', Julia Gorin, Jewish World Review
- Podhoretz, John (2006-09-19). "Felix Macacawitz". The Corner. National Review. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Podhoretz, John (2006-10-05). "Podhoretz gets results!". The Corner. National Review. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Craig, Tim (2006-10-05). "Democratic Organizer Quits After Calling Allen 'Macacawitz'". The Washington Post. p. B02. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- Shear, Michael D. (2006-09-21). "Allen's Mother Revealed Jewish Heritage to Him Last Month". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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