Senator racially insults Indian

One day we have an Indian among the most powerful positions in America and the next day we have an insensitive and misinformed racial slur against an Indian. Senator George Allen (Republican from Virginia) repeatedly used the term 'macaca' - a racial slur used by White supremacists against people of color - on an Indian American student filming him on his election campaign.

One thing that is very clear in this remark is that the majority of Americans have no clue where India is and consider everyone between Europe and China as the same. 'Macaca' is a racial slur used by French Whites against North Africans who immigrate in large numbers to France. By using that term to refer to an Indian, the Senator representing the best of Americans displayed how much knowledge of the world he has.

Among one of the Senator's defense points is that he didn't know what the term meant. It doesn't matter! He meant to use a racial slur, it doesn't matter if he got the wrong one. That only shows he is stupid and not a closet racist.

So, my non-White friends, welcome to America, you will be racially profiled and treated differently in many places, be it police intolerance or general public ignorance. This is particularly important in the wake of 9/11, the London bombings and the recent foiled plot in England. You will always feel different no matter how long you stay here. While they will go to great lengths to show that they do not discriminate against race, you will definitely find out soon enough that some do!