Compare Latin to "breakfast corn cakes" to attract controversy, the first lady of the United States apologized

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

The first lady of the United States, Gil Biden, apologized. According to the Associated Press on the 13th, Gill said that Latin was as unique as "breakfast corn cake", and the criticisms of all parties came to her like a tide. In response, the first lady's spokesman Michael Larosa issued an apology statement on the social platform on the 12th, saying that he just wanted to express "pure praise and love" for Latin people.

Screenshots of related tweets (Source: Twitter)

On July 11, local time, Gil went to San Antonio, the second largest city in Texas to participate in the annual meeting of Unidosus, the largest Latin -American civil rights organization in the United States, and delivered a speech.

At the meeting, Gil tried to praise the Latin ethnic group in the United States. She said: "This ethnic group is as different as the convenience stores in Brenz (one of the five urban areas in New York City), as beautiful as the flowers in Miami, and as unique as San Antonio's breakfast corn cake. This is your Advantage."

Gil Biden Data Map (Source: Associated Press)

Reuters pointed out in the report that Miami has been the destination of the Latin American immigration to the United States for a long time. The US population census data shows that San Antonio is also one of the largest Latin cities in the United States, with 65%of the nearly 1.5 million population is Spain or Latin.

But the Latin -speaking "praise" of Gil did not buy it. The National Spanish Journalists Association in the United States directly posted on social platforms and responded: "We are not fried corn cakes. As Latin people, our tradition is shaped by various diaspora, culture and food traditions. Do not simplify us into stereotypes. "

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The association believes that Gil uses "breakfast corn cake" to try to show the uniqueness of San Antonio's Latin in Latin is "lack of cultural knowledge and not sensitive to the diversity of Latin in the region", and The writer shouted, so that he "spent some time in the future better understand the complexity of our people and the community."

"Poor compliments." BBC commented on Gill's metaphor relentlessly in the report.

The Associated Press pointed out in the report that according to the report of the Pedou Research Center, Spanish voters generally support the Democratic Party, but the relevant data in 2020 show that the Latin American support rate has weakened signs of support.

"No wonder the Spanish descent is escaping the Democratic Party!" Republican Republican Republican Andy Biggs wrote on the social platform on the 12th.

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In addition, Reuters also pointed out in a report that Gill also read a word wrong when he spoke, and she read "Bodegas" as "Bogedas". It is understood that in New York City, people like to call convenience stores as "Bodegas", which are generally operated by Dominica or Puerto Rican merchants.

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