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Revision as of 00:40, 7 February 2008 by Xyz7890 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Macacawitz was a pejorative term used by Meryl Ibis, an field organizer for Democratic congressional candidate Al Weed as a reference for incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen. The self-coined slur, which resulted in Ibis's resignation, was a portmanteau of "Macaca," a slur used by Allen on August 11, 2006, and "-witz," a common ending of Jewish surnames. It was revealed on August 25 that Allen's mother was probably Jewish, and therefore, he was too, according to traditional Jewish hereditary law.
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- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401762_pf.html
- http://www.californiarepublic.org/archives/Columns/Gorin/20061023GorinTrouble.html
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001965.html
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