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Taco Belle: First Lady Butchers ‘Bodega’, Stereotypes Latinos, Outsources Apology to Underling

This from the party that really, really, authentically cares about Latinos.

Taco Belle: First Lady Butchers 'Bodega', Stereotypes Latinos, Outsources Apology to Underling

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, in an effort to ingratiate herself before a gathering of so-called “LatinX” listeners, butchers the word ‘bodega’, stereotypes her audience as a ‘breakfast tacos’, then outsources the apology to an anonymous underling. This from the party that really, really, authentically cares.

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49 replies on “Taco Belle: First Lady Butchers ‘Bodega’, Stereotypes Latinos, Outsources Apology to Underling”

Scott about has it right. Saint Augustine of Hippo is often thought of as the last ‘Latin’, and his priceless piece of history, The City of God, acts as a witness to the last dying breath of the Latin powers of Romes emperors before the Greek Byzantium kings began their reign in Constantinople, the city that superseded Rome for hundreds of years until the powers of Islam overcame it with super cannons that were first offered to Rome but rejected as to be an unnecessary weapons at that time. This person found full support from Mehmed II.

Though Latin is still in use even today in Rome, and, considering that English translations of this work run at TWICE the word count than the original Latin, prove that Latin is far from a dead language, though no longer dominant as it once was under Imperial Rome, though it resurfaced strongly under the Scholastic universities instituted by Charlemagne. After the fall of Rome feudalism reigned, and history repeated itself again after Constantinople fell. The Church always carried the torch to bring the world back to civilization, despite repeated Muslim and Mongol invasions that put plague death rates to task. And plagues always hit after a major shipping disruption to a cultural center like this.

After the Muslims were defeated at Lepanto, they simply took ship to the new world and Spanish took on a mix of the local Mexico, Spanish and Arab languages. Hispanic probably is the most accurate identity, but not even Portuguese would say they are ‘Spanish’. Long history there.

I mean …. I kind of love it when they eat their own. No pun intended.

Nobody who isn’t perpetually looking to be offended would … well, be offended by what Jill said.

On the other hand, their strength is in … well … in their humanity. They’re human. Their strength is in being human.

Let’s stop pretending diversity makes us great. Diversity is not the cause of our greatness, it is a symptom. A very positive symptom. But it’s a symptom.

Great ideas attract people from all ethnic groups.

Even more offensive to some of my neighbors was that she was standing in a venue tied to Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and attempted to use their signature motto ‘Sí, Se Puede’ or “Yes, we can”. And because she has no regard or respect for them except as tools, she didn’t even practice the pronunciation so that it came out as “‘Sí,se POWD-way” or something similar. The same pandering in her butchering of “bodegas”.

To be fair, I think the whole issue is stupid. Was her statement awkward and embarrassing to her? Yes – in the same way a dad embarrasses himself by trying to use the kids’ slang.

Was it offensive? Not to any thinking person. The fact that people were outraged by it is as insane as Doritos Loco. But, in the end, this is the standard people like her have set. Live by the mob, die (FIGURATIVELY) by the mob.

If: my father’s dad came over on the boat to America from Italy in 1904,
And: the ancient peoples of the land mass now known as Italy spoke Latin,
Then: should I be checking that latinx box on the “california-form-for- anything”?

Listening to Steve read the whole quote, I had this thought. Does DOCTOR Jill, or the idiot intern who’s never been west of the Hudson who wrote the speech… Does she think that breakfast tacos are unique to San Antonio? That one can’t get breakfast tacos outside S. Central Texas?

Honestly, I am no fan of any living person named Biden, but this is a tempest in a teapot. She didn’t call anyone “Tacos”. She spoke in metaphors. However, the propensity for taking offense seems to have infected those who she was attempting to compliment. Imagine that…

Good episode Gents
I will also note that I have never heard of a “Breakfast Taco” before now, but I have long enjoyed breakfast burritos, whether they are authentic Mexican cuisine or not, matters not to me. Bill pretty well nailed this one in that the reason the Left is so clearly tone deaf in instances like this, is because they are coming from a long and indisputable history of true racism and are nowhere near leaving that legacy behind! Once again, I find myself recommending to anyone interested in the Lefts true history, to simply view Bill’s rather old, but still perfectly relevant Afterburner episode entitled “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” as seen here:
https://youtu.be/5wz_0utCrm0

We moved to Texas 3 years ago and were told by a local that in Texas you can tell whether a person is a native or not if they ask for a breakfast burrito instead of a breakfast taco in TX. Tacos have their honored place here, alongside brisket.

I grew up in Houston. Moved back to TX from Los Angeles 7yrs ago. I’d never heard of breakfast tacos till I moved back.

From what I’ve been able to figure out it originated in Austin and caught on. Now, we can always debate whether anything from Austin is actually authentically Texan…
I suspect it caught on with the college kids, who live on tacos and pizza.

Thanks Janet! Having visited Texas only a few times, and that was back in the mid 1980’s, I had never heard of breakfast tacos. Sounds waaay more yummy than the california breakfast burrito’s we get here. Even more yummy when DOCTOR Jill says it.

Per my comment to Fluffy Goat, it seems Breakfast Tacos started in Austin and caught on in the rest of Texas from there. Being a recent transplant for CA, I have to take their word for it! I’ve never been a fan of breakfast burritos, the thought of eating eggs in my burrito doesn’t appeal to me. 🙂

“They are not tacos…”
But Soylent Green is still people.
“The reason they keep making those mistakes…”
…is because when you divide people into groups so you can play identity politics, you think of that group as monolithic. They become “those people.”
“First Doctor Lady Dr. Jill Biden has no discernible animosity, hatred or ill-will towards Latinos…”
Exactly. She is inconsiderate and condescending toward absolutely everyone. Let’s hear it for equality, folks!

It’s nice to know that our Leftist Elite Overlords have a place for us too. Even if that place is a pigeonhole at the bottom of a cabinet in a dark room behind bars. Huh?

In a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying, “Beware of the Leopard.”

I’ve lived in So. Cal. forever, it seems. I have never run into a breakfast taco. Breakfast burritos are everywhere…fast food, breakfast joints, most available all day. But a breakfast taco? Anyone from California had one here? Or is it a San Antonio thing?

I lived out there years ago and never heard of such a thing. They had just started making breakfast burritos when I left.

I suspect that both breakfast tacos and breakfast burritos are things invented by white Americans and I’m fairly certain they’re not things which are traditional Mexican foods. Which I love, btw. I think the best thing that ever came out of Mexico is the food.

A friend of mine whose girlfriend is a Latina made burritos for him one evening. When he raved about how good they were she said, “Meh… they’re okay. They’re white people burritos.”
Personally I decide decades ago that if you want really excellent ethnic food, no matter what ethnicity you’re talking about… get it at a place where there is only one person working there who speaks English, and that’s the person working the front door and the register.
I also found out that the best tamales to be had in Albuquerque NM are sold on the street by people who do it as a side hustle.

Hi guys. Why do you keep assuming that the November elections will be
free and fair? Doesn’t recent experience seem to be to the contrary?
nelson

You have to give them credit for one thing though. They’re amazingly adept at finding new ways to be racists.

What makes me cringe is that they would consider such “given credit” to be a badge of honor, when, in fact, it is the opposite.

Nevertheless, they should be so “honored” at every opportunity. They might not get it, but a lot of people will and that can only help our side.

Change a couple of words around, alter the focus to how we’ve all come to appreciate the richness of the Latin-American contribution to the fabric of our lives in the USA, and this speech could have been saved. I take that back. Bodegas mispronunciation would have sunk it.

Bill, when you spoke in Canada I hope you didn’t pander to them by punctuating your sentences with “Eh?” and calling Justin Castreau a hoser.
OK, I take that last part back – it is never wrong to call Vladimir Poutene a hoser.

That thundering drumroll you’re all hearing is the the collective forehead slapping of millions who can’t believe we didn’t come up with “Taco Belle” first. Well done, guys

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