Shekar Narasimhan of Beekman Advisors is fairly well-known in the multifamily business, but his son, S.R. Sidarth, is experiencing his own 15 minutes of fame. Sidarth was filming a political rally of U.S. Senator George Allen (R-Va.) for Democratic challenger James Webb when the senator called Sidarth “macaca,” which some consider an ethnic slur. Narasimhan, who has donated to the Democratic party in the past, first learned about the incident from his son an hour after it took place. “[My son] was certainly differentiated,” Narasimhan said by e-mail. “He’s tall, brown, and had a different haircut than most, but he was born and brought up in Fairfax County, Va. Being singled out like that was uncalled for. Why would you pick on a 20-year-old with a video camera?”
No Return?
Displaced NOLA public housing residents wonder whether they'll ever be back.
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A man photographs the shuttered St. Bernard low-income housing project in July 2006, almost one year after Hurricane Katrina flooded this area of the city. New Orleans public housing residents recently filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city's housing authority and HUD.