DCentric » George Allen http://dcentric.wamu.org Race, Class, The District. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:20:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright © WAMU Tweet of Two Days Ago http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/04/tweet-of-two-days-ago/ http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/04/tweet-of-two-days-ago/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:58:12 +0000 Elahe Izadi http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=5487 Continue reading →]]>
For the 2nd time in 5 months, fmr. gov. and sen candidate George Allen asks me,"what position did you play?" I did not a play a sport.
April 5, 2011 10:10 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@craigmelvin
Craig Melvin

Craig Melvin is a tall, black man. Oh, and he happens to be an NBC4 reporter.

Former governor George Allen later tweeted an explanation:

.@craigmelvin sorry if I offended, ask people a lot if they played sports Grew up in football family found sports banter good way to connect
April 6, 2011 9:12 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@georgeallenva
George Allen

Perhaps Allen reminding Melvin of his football roots isn’t the best tactic, though.

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