UPDATE: Matthews acknowledged Allen's mother's North African ties while discussing "macaca" controversy
August 17, 2006 3:05 pm ET
SUMMARY: Many media figures who have reported Sen. George Allen's claim not to know what the term "macaca" means have omitted the fact that Allen's mother grew up in North Africa. However, on the August 16 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, Chris Matthews acknowledged the role her background may have played in Allen's use of the word, which, as a racial slur, reportedly originated in North Africa.
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