"Macaca": The video that helped end a political career
This obscure racial slur made by incumbent Senator George Allen (R-VA) -- and its posting on You Tube -- may well have decided that extremely close 2006 Senate race, and which party held the majority in the U.S. Senate.
Jeff Cohen works at Ithaca College as founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media and associate professor of journalism. Fuller bio is at www.jeffcohen.org
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