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Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:00 AM

Teammates: Allen used "N-word" in college

Three members of Sen. George Allen's college football team remember a man with racist attitudes at ease using racial slurs.
By Michael Scherer

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  • Sunday, September 24, 2006 05:03 PM

    Reformed Racist...

    I am sure such people exist, but my personal experience is once a racist, always a racist. Some people compensate and others hide it better over time, but generally it seems pretty deep-seated.

    The "macaca" incident pretty much says it for me WRT Allen. Not so sure about Byrd who seems genuine in his progression - Helms, not so much.

    —Wabanatta_3 Read Wabanatta_3's other letters

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