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    Default More alleged racism about Sen. George Allen (R)

    RICHMOND, Va. (Sept. 25) - A former teammate of Sen. George Allen during his years as a University of Virginia football player said Allen frequently used a racial epithet to refer to black people. Allen vehemently denied the allegation in an Associated Press interview Monday.

    Dr. Ken Shelton, now a radiologist in Hendersonville, N.C., made the claims in an article published Sunday in the online magazine Salon.com, and in an AP interview Sunday night.

    Shelton said Allen used the N-word only around white teammates when they played for the Cavaliers in the early 1970s. Allen was a quarterback; Shelton a tight end and wide receiver.

    During a deer hunt with Allen in the early 1970s, Shelton said, Allen asked whether black families lived in the area and stuffed the severed head of a female deer into a black household's oversized mail box.

    "George insisted on taking the severed head, and I was a little shocked by that," Shelton said.

    "This was just after the movie "The Godfather" came out with the severed horse's head in the bed," Shelton told the AP.

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    Default Re: More alleged racism about Sen. George Allen (R)

    God I hope that dude is history when it comes to the senate.

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    Default Re: More alleged racism about Sen. George Allen (R)

    This is one reason why I never want to run for political office. Something you did, or in this case people allege that you did 30+ years earlier can come back to haunt you. The fact is if someone is out to get you, they're going to search long and hard for dirt.

    The fact is, I'll bet a lot of white people in early 1970's Virginia (or any Southern state) used the N-word quite frequently. While less common, many probably still use it frequently today. It just so happens that overwhelming majority of them aren't running for Senate.
    Former SCJ now in rehab.

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    Default Re: More alleged racism about Sen. George Allen (R)

    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/

    Blacks in the state of Virginia make up 1 in 5 out of the population. That's a lot more compared with only a little over 12 percent in other states. In states like Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia blackes make up 1 in 3 of the population. Misssissippi has nearly a 40% of the population as black.

    If more blacks would get out there and vote there wouldn't be any need to worry about former Klansmen like Bob Barr and Trent Lott in office. (I find Bob Barr particularly amusing because it is obvious that he is really part black and is "passing." But then again almost all white southeners are part black even though getting them to admit it is worse than pullling teeth.) There is no reason for them to be elected in states that have such a large black population.

    Voting is the single most significant act a person can do to influence the government. Sadly, only the "Christian right" are the only ones who have realized this. And because of that, they have been able to gain a lot of political leway even though they are a tiny fraction of the population.

    And this is coming from a socially liberal, fiscally conservative black girl.


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