First lady Jill Biden is facing massive backlash after saying Latinx people are “as unique … as breakfast tacos.” Biden made her remarks Monday during an annual conference hosted by the group UnidosUS in San Antonio, Texas.
Jill Biden: “The diversity of this community, as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.”
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists, NAHJ, responded in a statement, “We are not tacos. Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by a variety of diasporas, cultures and food traditions, and should not be reduced to a stereotype.”