That's a description of human beings!
It's like something you'd make a politician character say in a movie comedy — and I don't mean a sophisticated comedy. Just a mainstream comedy that would make a general audience laugh.
I'm reading "Jill Biden rebuked after saying Latinos as unique as ‘breakfast tacos.'"
Jill Biden was praising civil rights icon Raul Yzaguirre during the annual conference of UnidosUS....
“Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that 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 — is your strength,” Biden said.
When addressing the Bronx bodegas though, she mispronounced the convenience stores and said “bogedas.”...
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists panned the remarks, stating, “We are not tacos.”
Isn't it obvious that you don't liken an ethnic group to its conventional food? Notice that the words seem to be intended to say that the individuals within the community are different from each other. There's diversity within the set of people who are Hispanic. But then she cited a stereotypical food — breakfast tacos — and presented them as diverse. That's the level of individualism — the way a breakfast format accommodates different food items.
I can't think of any other examples of public speech comparing an ethnic or a racial group to the food people associate with them. Maybe you can suggest a comparable statement about white people — as unique as the....
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Wonder Bread, Baguettes, Pita, and Matzoh.
Jill Biden, as dull and boring as white bread.
Al Sharpton, as tasty and greasy as fried chicken.
Kamala Harris, as hot and spicy as vindaloos curry.
I could go on, but I should stop here.
"...as unique as the difference between a jar of Duke's and a jar of Hellmann's."
I know people who will fight you over what you put in your egg salad.
"I am a jelly doughnut."
Just in time for Taco Tuesday!
White deplorables = Crackers (saltines, graham, trisket, club, Ritz, animal, whole wheat .....)
There are lots of examples of the conflation of white people and white bread.
The Democrats are trying to destroy "the bodegas of the Bronx" by criminalizing self-defense in New York City. See, Jose Alba.
…..Wonder Bread used in a Skippy peanut butter and jelly sammy
- Krumhorn
I cannot wait to hear her talk about watermelons at an NAACP convention.
White people aren't usually considered unique, so some other attribute seems more appropriate.
"White people are as much a part of this country's history as blank paper, to be written on by bureaucrats."
Be extra wary of the politician who talks about how colorful people are on the inside, just like those watermelons that people cut open on a hot summer day.
mezzrow wrote: "I know people who will fight you over what you put in your egg salad."
There were strong words at my family reunion last week over whether eggs had any place in potato salad. "Abomination" was used.
Us white people are hardly as creamy and uniform as the albumen of a chicken egg!
Well, we do call you folks cheeseheads.
As French as foie gras...
Well at least she narrowed it down to breakfast tacos. Not just any taco.
If a right leaning person said this, they would be called out for culturally appropriating.
Oreos.
Oreos.
Dems got plenty more like the Bidens. Seems like all they got.
Well, it was pretty boneheaded. What she should have said is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Wokeness worse on the right. It indicates moral deafness. Let Jill say anything she wants.
"Diversity" overload! The speechwriter had too many special interest groups entered into the intersectional justice calculator. Division by zero.
Or, the left is souring on Hispanic/Latino voters and doesn't care any more. Hispanics are proving to be similar to other ethnic groups after they come to the US: Upwardly mobile, often anti-abortion, and often Christian/Catholic. It's not unlike arriving Italians in the 20th century. Per this thread, they were the "spaghetti and meatball" Americans or the "Chef Boy-ar-dee Canned Pizza Pie Sauce" Americans. I must always be alert to cultural sensitivity requirements.
Hunter Biden unique as bratwurst.
So Latino journalists put out a statement saying "we are not tacos." No journalists! Embrace this! I gaurauntee people love tacos, at least way way more than they like journalists! Embrace the taco. Become the taco.
As Swedish as lutefisk.
Who wrote these things for Jill Biden? WHO CARES!!! If she is as awesome as people think she is, she would NEVER had said them. But she's an empty meat puppet just like her husband. She only thinks and speaks what OTHERS make her think and speak.
Jobs of the 21st century: sensitivity reader (aka sensitivity editor). Dr. Jill needs to get one.
Which is the most intellectually challenged? Which demonstrates a total lack of understanding of the world they claim to lead?
The Speech writer? Or the person that reads such drek, without pause?
There is no way I would read such empty meaningless messaging.
In fairness to Jill or whoever wrote the words--"diversity" doesn't necessarily mean it's current iteration of the ethnicity of human beings. She appears to be referring to the diversity--the aesthetic or cultural differences in--the neighborhoods where the human beings reside.
Woke nitpicking.
As Danish as pastry.
One would think that a person who had earned a doctorate wouldn’t make such mistakes.
As Irish as Guinness.
At least she didn't also mention the breakfast tacas and tacxes. Well since tacos are frequently street food I suppose white people would be as unique as the jumbo soft pretzels or hotdogs you find at the ballpark or at any busy intersection.
As white as gluten.
And what the hell is a ‘breakfast taco’??
I’ve had breakfast burritos before, but tacos??
It’s obvious that the DC crowd is patronizing the flyovers… Tacos? Burritos? What’s the difference - just one of them Mexican thingies!
Pretty sure Colin Kaepernick would call that a microaggression.
I’ve started watching his Netflix documentary. I do like it. I also wonder how one can recreate, accurately, feelings and memories w/out revisionistic license of current conflicts and insights.
Here in SW PA, some of my best friends are meatballs.
Doctor Jill Biden, as inspiring as a school lunch.
“Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that 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 — is your strength,”
It’s the stupidity of the statement that is offensive. How can one laude the diversity of a an ethnically based community. The point of an ethnically based community is that it lacks diversity.
Stu: What's khao?
Fohn: Khao is soft white rice in lukewarm water. It has no taste. Befitted to small babies and very old people.
An early episode of the Sopranos. Something like: these places today that call themselves Italian restaurants. Not one fucking meatball.
Not far below the surface of Jill's remarks: I for one love human diversity, and I know I'm going to love it more with the open borders we all believe in. Hell, I've learned to like tacos. I guess this is part of the history of the immigrant experience: if you want to run a restaurant, can you modify your food to make it more or less WASP-friendly? The movie "Big Night": the Italians who try to serve authentic rissotto go out of business, the ones who serve, yes, spaghetti and meatballs flourish. Chinatowns went from dim sum to egg foo yung and such. Canned Italian food and canned Chinese food in the 50s was bland pulpy stuff.
I thought Jill was going to praise the taco bowl which may still be on offer in Trump Tower. It comes highly recommended.
What the hell is a breakfast taco anyway? Breakfast burritos are very common in SoCal. Chiliquiles are more authentic for breakfast. I was curious enough to Google it and see certain parts of Texas call breakfast burritos “breakfast tacos.” Mass produced items make for poor examples of how people are unique. I think Fake Doctor Jill might be too old to help Joe run again.
Weren't we just told that celebrating being Cracker-jack on the job or in school is itself racist?
No one would accuse a Biden of that.
She's a doctor, you know.
What kind of bubble does Dr. J live in that she does not know how to pronounce bodega?
I’m thinking about making some Hispanics for breakfast.
A simple explanation is that a large fraction of our elites --- not just Jill and Joe but also all the people that work for them --- are just not that bright or well educated.
Back in the 90's some of my managers told me about one of my predecessors calling all the male workers "Taco" because he couldn't remember their names. It did not go over well. However, it is possible that one could be called "Nacho", since it is short for Ignacio, the inventor of the food.
DOCTOR Jill Biden dammit. Get it right. ;)
As obtuse as Jimmy Carter praising ethnically pure neighborhoods.
I have to show this to my 22-year-old daughter. She got ripped off in Milwaukee buying used tires near Miller Park. The put here on the road without balancing the front tires. REALLY dangerous.
I called young Hispanic owner. He didn't care. So I told my daughter never to buy anything in Milwaukee, other than beer, especially a place called "Jose's Tires and Tacos". She said my joke was racist. I'll have to call and see if they have a breakfast tacos and tire special.
But...she understood my point and I bought her new tires in Waukesha County.
Ah, Freder: the sound of no hands clapping.
"...as distinct as the bordelgoes of the Bronx...as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and Joe tells me you people smell just as good, and as unique as those breakfast tacos I had this morning. Wow. I never had those before. I can't stop thinking about them, if you know what I mean. Well, anyway, diversity is your strength, right? So... are we good?"
This serves to reinforce my, perhaps unfair, prejudices regarding ED.D.
As white as Barack Obama’s blow (when he could afford it.)
Two peas in a pod, of course.
Kelbasa blood sausage hunter's soup potato sausage boiled turnips
All sorts of European peasant food for Jill and Democrats to riff on.
I can't think of a specific example, but I am sure that Hillary Clinton did similar things. It is who she is, and even more to the point, it is who she thinks the rest of us are. She really rang the bell with her "deplorables" line.
And Bill thinks that AOC is muy caliente without doubt. I have a friend who was gently raised in Alabama, and her verdict on Bill Clinton was, "Why, that boy is just trash." And she turned the word "trash" into three syllables.
Althouse has awakened the sleeping Meade.
Of course the criticism of Jill Biden is muted now, but how long after Biden leaves office will she be recast in her more natural and accurate role as Lady MacBeth?
How unique could breakfast tacos be anyway?
You know what's a truly unique ethnic food? The breakfast bats of Wuhan.
transcript shows bodegas : FJ[ill]B said bogedas
As white as riced cauliflower.
Mmmmmmmmm. Fish tacos.
Said "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take?"
I said "Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?"
I said "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take?"
I said "Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?"
You put de lime in de coconut, you drink 'em bot' togedder
Put de lime in de coconut, then you feel better
A breakfast taco is NOT the same as a breakfast burrito. Burritos are larger and are generally filled with more ingredients. Breakfast tacos usually only have egg, cheese, and one other thing (potato, bacon, chorizo, or brisket). The exception is the bean and cheese taco, which is literally just refried beans and cheese. They are a pretty ubiquitous breakfast food here in Texas, eaten by all ethnic groups. DOCTOR Biden is clearly only marginally more intelligent than her husband, and needs to go back to Delaware to eat whatever they have for breakfast there.
The beauty of Democrats and the left at large is that they have such normalized, ingrained racism within themselves, they don't even see it. No one on that team, nor the Genius First Lady herself looked that over and thought, well...not only does it make little sense, it's downright stereotyping and reducing a description of a specific ethnicity to the food of their culture. Nope. They looked at it as a compliment.
That's all you need to know about these people.
Imagine looking over a crowd at a local Jewish gathering and proclaiming, "Good to see all the Bagelheads in here!"
Or your speech at the Sons of Italy: "Looking over this crowd I see a people as diverse as the braciole at Ginos, or the ices at Anthony's. The crowd looks on, confused at what was said...
And on and on.
I use this quote by the old Minnesota and Arizona head football coach, Dennis Green often because it fits. And here it is again:
"They are who we thought they were."
There's my Mother's Irish Stew. It was unique all right.
As assigned by Althouse:
We have all different shades of white people here in Wisconsin. Some as unique as the...hot ham on a hard roll. Others warm like bratwurst snuggled between a toasted white bun and topped with sauerkraut handed down from our German forefathers. We have the farmers that work the soil until their hands are as raw as the beef on rye with onions and black pepper. And of course, our little fried cheese curd children, each shaped slightly different, but inside you can uncover the diversity of white and yellow cheddar. Every now and then you get one as wild as a jalapeno popper! Who knows where they come from!
Our men are as strong and erect as a buttered ear of August sweet corn, and our women wide open in the middle as a Racine Danish Kringle. Together we can blend talents and soar to new heights like a Custard Concrete Mixer at the local Culvers, and we can fill this future with any yummy toppings we choose!
Some of us are fried fish who came from the same water. Others are potato pancakes adding a bit of starch to the community. And let’s not forget all those veggie eating liberals who add a little coleslaw to plate.
I’m running or Governor because I want to be your light-yellow Pilsner beer! I’ll be the tartar sauce in which you can dip your Friday Fish Fry. I’m gonna be your side of extra Ranch! I’ll be the brandy in your Old Fashion, and you be oranges and cherries. We’ll mix this all together and hold tight to our unique blend with some simply syrup and a splash of 7-up!!!
Now, everybody raise your glass, tip back that shot of Jägermeister and yell…Hey ‘Der!!!
Sorry to pile on, but --
"When addressing the Bronx bodegas though, she mispronounced the convenience stores and said “bogedas.”"
This illustrates how progs know the Other.
"The National Association of Hispanic Journalists panned the remarks, stating, “We are not tacos.”"
But to progs you are tools. Tacos or tools, which do you prefer?
"Isn't it obvious that you don't liken an ethnic group to its conventional food?"
Yes and no. What we have here is a gaffe, a Kinsley gaffe. It illustrates prog condescension. It shows prog diversity depends on stereotypical pigeon-holing. The only surprising thing is that it was a planned, scripted gaffe--tone-deaf progs revealing their shallow contempt.
In fairness to Jill or whoever wrote the words …
I have no doubt a professional speechwriter wrote the speech. Having known some politicians back in the day, the thing that jumped out at me was that the First Lady is so lacking in political instincts that she said the words. Even a moderately savvy politician should be able to look at a speech and decide not to say something that stupid. Probably she was too lazy to read it ahead of time and redline the text.
“ When addressing the Bronx bodegas though, she mispronounced the convenience stores and said “bogedas.”... ”
The White House will be correcting the transcription of her speech. She actually did mean to say something like that but what she said was “bogadas” which translates to “oar strokes:”
“…as distinct as the [oar strokes] of the Bronx”. See how that makes perfect sense now?
Boaty McJillface
“One would think that a person who had earned a doctorate wouldn’t make such mistakes.”
EdD, which means that it is usually a participation prize for school teachers attending summer school. According to the Bell Curve, it was the only doctorate degree where the average IQ of its recipients was close to the population mean (100). The average IQ for most other doctorate degrees was about one standard deviation above the mean - and for the MDs here, that means that the average IQ of your profession is almost identical to that of those hated lawyers.
This is just another example of why the Democrats are in the process of losing the Hispanic vote. Just like calling them LatinX (which, of course, excludes Italians, who were the original speakers of Latin).
Beasts of England read my mind! Where are those delicious tacos!?!?
"Bogedas"?
I thought she was a doctor of something. Ejahkashun?
This serves to reinforce my, perhaps unfair, prejudices regarding ED.D.
Jim nails it. I’ve seen her poorly written thesis. ED.D. = even dumber than dumb
Doctor Doctor, gimme the news
I got a bad case of no taco blues
No pill's gonna cure my ills
I got a bad case of no taco blues
Well that is what you get when you INSIST your PhD in education means your a 'Dr.'.
Big headed people tend to make stupid remarks.
Field Marshall Freder Frederson: "Well, it was pretty boneheaded. What she should have said is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."'
Latino's living in border communities and across the nation know the score in just who is being trafficked and who is coming across the borders aided by the cartels.
Which is why the Latinos are fleeing the dems.
But thanks for whitesplaining to the "fleeing human tacos". I am sure they appreciate it as much as DOCTOR Jill Biden's "insightful" commentary.
You would think after her "sisi podway" she would have made an extra effort to not be silly again wrt pandering to Hispanic voters.
mezzrow wrote: "I know people who will fight you over what you put in your egg salad."
i can't for the life of me imagine WHY? After all, there's the correct thing and then there's miracle whip
It looks like Hunter's assessment of Jill Biden was spot on.
To be fair, she probably would have done the same thing if she were talking to or about Asians. Curry, kimchi, sukiyaki, pad thai, nasi goreng, and General Tso's chicken.
For the Whitey McWhitefaces, no list would be complete with lutefisk.
Meade said...
As Danish as pastry.
Ich bin ein Berliner
"The Bronx" is a river too, "the sound of oar strokes from the Bronx" is kind of poetic, although since I am not a doctor like Jill, I can't envision how they would sound distinc. from oar strokes on the Hudson, or the Charles, for that matter.
I was laughing so hard at this last night.
See the cafe thread.
I figured it was impromptu.
Somebody wrote that?
Holy shit.
Anybody can be dumb in the moment. But to be dumb 24 hours in advance? To write down the inanity? To rehearse it in your head? To say it out loud, and other people are vetting your speech?
It was intentional?!
Weren't we talking about EdD being a joke degree for idiots except the idiots have taken charge of teaching our kids and consequently our measurable academic achievement ranks 25th or lower internationally? Wasn't that just a few days back?
Yeah, you'd certainly be monumentally stupid to write unique as a breakfast taco, especially if it was intended as a compliment rather than low comedy, but wouldn't you need to be an even more pathetic idiot to address that line in public to some influential White House guests you hope to enlist as political allies and supporters? Wouldn't a person of at least average intelligence read the script just once before delivering the speech for real, just to go over it? What kind of person makes the first reading live before an audience? There's Ron Burgundy, San Diego's leading TV anchorman, who wears burgundy-colored double-knit sport suits with white patent leather loafers, but he's a made-up character. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!
On the other hand, if you're so impressed with yourself that you insist on being addressed as "Doctor (insert name here)" even though your degree is the widely scoffed at Educationis Doctor, the probability that you won't prepare for a speech out of sheer arrogance approaches 1. Stupidly arrogant or arrogantly stupid, which is worse? I think we also discussed proverbs a few days back. Am I right? If so, here's one that applies from the Book of Proverbs, 16:18, Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
......as unique as each individual slice of Wonder bread.
Lucky for her, her mispronunciation of "bodega" is getting lost in the shuffle here.......that's a shame.
Can you imagine if Melania Trump had said this? Actually, come to think of it, I can't picture that.
I use this quote by the old Minnesota and Arizona head football coach, Dennis Green often because it fits. And here it is again:
"They are who we thought they were."
a better fit for the WH is
“Can’t anybody here play this game?” – Casey Stengel,
My Cuban wife and I are still waiting for AOC’s press contact to get back to me about what an “iced cafecito” is, and the name of the NYC bodega where I can buy one.
Now do a Madlibs with Chop Suey, Sushi, Watermelon, Menthol Cigarettes, Grape Soda, Spaghetti, Garlic, and Kielbasa...
The best and fucking brightest...
The White House isn't sending their best.
Big Mike at 08:11 said: "...Having known some politicians back in the day, the thing that jumped out at me was that the First Lady is so lacking in political instincts that she said the words.."
Yes, precisely. Doctor Jill is dumber than a sack full of hammers, and tone deaf to boot. Ambition is no substitute for ability.
So why is the media providing the false reporting with false quotes to clean up the good Doctor's remarks? Even if they later explained that she actually said "bogedas," why quote her as saying "bodegas" in the first place?
The "bodega" thing isn't even newsworthy. Who gives a shit if somebody mispronounces a word. That's an innocent mistake.
Calling people a "unique breakfast taco," that's a whole different level of stupid.
She's addressing La Raza. These are people who call themselves, "the Race."
So you are a white lady, addressing a group of people who officially have a different race than you. These are racially conscious people of the left. They have fucking called themselves, the Race.
You are trying to win their votes. That's your mission.
You are trying to compliment them!
Freder, upthread, says that Donald Trump was meaner. Yes, of course Donald Trump was meaner. He was trying to insult illegal immigrants! Mission accomplished, okay? He insulted them.
Dr. Jill is trying to compliment Hispanics. And -- I didn't know this -- she apparently had speech-writers helping her out.
"You are unique breakfast tacos."
tim in vermont--
Was Hunter right when he called Jill "a vindictive moron" or when he called her "an entitled c--t"? Or both?
It's dumber than Joe Biden, that's how dumb it is.
Here is Joe Biden on Barack Obama:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
Okay, so that's racist, right? I've been trained well. I can spot the racism. But at least Joe Biden succeeded in his mission to compliment Barack Obama.
Yes, he insulted every other black person in the world. That's why it's racist. But he successfully communicated his positive impression of Barack Obama.
For Joe Biden to drop down to Jill's level, he would have to say, to Barack Obama's face, "You are unique soul food. You know, man? You are fried chicken, okra, and a big slice of watermelon."
Not to worry. They don't speak English.
Also, breakfast tacos are not a Mexican thing (as far as I know).
The breakfast taco is when you take an authentic dish from another country, Americanize it, take all the spice out of it, white that shit up, add some mayonnaise, make in blander, and serve it up in a fast food restaurant chain run by corporations.
Dave Begley said, "One would think that a person who had earned a doctorate wouldn’t make such mistakes."
For Pete's sake, she married Joe Biden.
Next, Jill says Jews are as unique as "Matzo Balls"
What would I know, I am just white bread.
Oh, well, it was worth a try.
Dr. Jill Biden is just as dumb as her husband used to be.
But I will give Dr. Jill Biden credit for this- she isn't dumber than Freder.
"Back in the 90's some of my managers told me about one of my predecessors calling all the male workers "Taco"
Back in my Spanish class in high school, because my name had no Spanish equivalent, my muy caliented teacher, Mrs. McCoy, called me Nacho.
If they weren't trying so hard to kiss ass, maybe they wouldn't fall into this stupid shit so often
WTF does "as unique" mean? "unique needs no modifier; very unique, quite unique, more unique, real unique, fairly unique, and extremely unique are wrong and they mark you as dumb, although certainly not unique" - George Carlin. Something is unique or it is not. Period. End. What I want to see discussed is whether Jill was actually the babysitter for Biden's children when she was a teenager. Is this a myth?
And what the hell is a ‘breakfast taco’??<
Well, that is precisely the point. It is something unique, so much so that many have never heard of it.
I can't stand the phony DrJillBiden, but give her a break: "You are a unique group." It was a compliment, folks; a compliment that she not unreasonably tied into their culture. It should have been taken as such (and frankly probably was by most of the Hispanics to whom she was speaking). It is the righties - of which I am one - who are giving her grief over it...acting as if they were nit-picky woke lefties who seize any comment of any sort that refers to ethnicity/culture and characterize it as "racism."
Just another example that the ruling "elite" are anything but.
Tacos...tacos...wait a minute...was this a group of Latino lesbians Jill was speaking to?
What she should have said is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
General Freder finally speaks the truth.
Blogger Ice Nine said...
And what the hell is a ‘breakfast taco’??
You get them at Taco Bell, I understand. Genuine ethnic.
Here in San Antonio, breakfast tacos are not unique, they're ubiquitous. Everyone eats them, irrespective of race, ethnicity or class.
The local TV station I watch, in it's usual liberal water carrying style, didn't mention the gaffe, in fact they didn't even mention she was in town for the speech. Everybody knew about it, however and most just seemed to understand this was another instance of dropping stupidity bombs on flyover country.
Blogger ga6 said...
Kelbasa blood sausage hunter's soup potato sausage boiled turnips
All sorts of European peasant food for Jill and Democrats to riff on.
My uncle referred to it as "horsecock sausage" and he loved it. He used to buy it at a small place on a raft in the Calumet River in South Chicago.
"Well, it was pretty boneheaded. What she should have said is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Since you didn't get the word, Orange the Clown lost the election. The "adults" are now in charge and they are giving us some of that sweet sweet "normal", good and hard.
Who wrote them for her? I'm sorry, doesn't she teach English at a Jr. College or something like that? Isn't she aware enough to pre-read and edit the speech? She gets full credit for this mess.
Probably she was too lazy to read it ahead of time and redline the text.
My guess is that she and her husband are actual ra cists and didn't understand the problem with what was written. Joe has done the same multiple times.
No need to be a sour Kraut here now. Cut "Dr." Jill some slack.
I can think of only two cases where a nation is equated with the food they eat: the English and French used to call each other "frogs" and "rosbifs" (=roast beefs). Normally even the most hateful epithets distinguish the eater from the eaten. I assume "beaners" for Mexicans is short for "bean-eaters", and "dog-eater" for Koreans, some Chinese (it's regional), and Barak Obama, is never (as far as I know) shortened to "dog". Nor does anyone call Canadians "Molsons" or "poutines" or "maple syrups", or Russians "borschts" or "vodkas". Have I missed any examples?
Ha! While I was writing that, Skeptical Voter reminded me of "Kraut" (=cabbage) for Germans. That makes three.
When he was a teenager our son once greeted us with "Bon jour, mon petit croissant". I thought it was pretty funny, especially since he wasn't taking French.
Doesn’t this connect to the post about education departments at universities?
As unique and white as Taco Bell. That’s where white people eat who don’t know any better.
Taco bender is an old racial slur.
She was speaking La Raza, an openly racist organization agitating for "the return" of Texas and Southern California to Mexico and ending consequences for entering the country illegally. They also demand special benefits to them alone, funded by taxpayers.
The screw-up was intentional. Jill honors the Mexican Klan, but she gets some words wrong.
Tacos are not uniquely Mexican. They exist in many cultures throughout history. And, there is no absolute definition of what a taco is. Time for History: https://youtu.be/Kz-VpoNEWXM
I was gonna mention Krauts. Also "Frogs" for the French, b/c they eat frogs' legs.
As for cutting "Dr." Jill some slack, I just wish that every doctorate in politics be mentioned, and as often as possible.
I wonder whether there's any documented history of Muslims referring to Christians and other kefir as "pigs." I'm inclined to think there is.
Makes a great San Antonio t-shirt: Nosotros no somos tacos.
Yancey Ward said...
my muy caliented teacher, Mrs. McCoy, called me Nacho
That is actually a common nickname in Puerto Rican and Cuban us communities. Maybe Mexican but I don't know for sure.
It is a shortening of "Narciso" in the same way a James would be called Jim or Charles chuck.
Lot's of others, Paco for Francisco, Che for Jose.
Just like English naming.
No idea how they got to Nacho in your case, though.
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Freder Frederson said...
Well, it was pretty boneheaded. What she should have said is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
You know who understood, and nodded along appreciatively when Trump said that?
Ex-Mexicans who were here legally.
Progs' biggest fear is that Hispanics aren't going to go along with the "bought and paid for pets" role that American blacks have so eagerly accepted to their huge detriment. Calling them "tacos" isn't going to help.
White people: As unique as the air bubbles in each slice of a loaf of Wonder Bread.
If I wasn't already a conservative, the insulting and non-stop pandering by arrogant leftists would turn me into one.
Yet far too many leftists just sit there and take the condescending pats on the head and ask for more.
The fact that Dr. Jill is an "educator" gives us a big clue about where these statements came from: The exam papers of a group of sixth graders who were asked to give examples of memorable metaphors.
As sweet as the punch of Hawaii
“Boaty McJillface.”
SUPERB!
I âme shocked and appalled that no one has pointed out how bad it is that "Dr. Jill's" staff didn't "position her for success" for her speech
Mmmmmmm!
Jill babysat occasionally for Joe Biden's sons after his wife was killed in an accident. She was an adult, married to someone who filed for divorce when he realized she was having an affair with Joe.
James Lileks wrote some very funny things about the significance of jello mold to Minnesota Lutheran culture.
I suspect left-wing Mexican-American politicians in Texas would have felt patronized by "diversity is our strength," even without the tacos.
So are we talking about breakfast tacos from Taco Cabana?
Now I would go for the barbacoa taco over the bacon egg and potatoes
I have to admit, my first thought on hearing this was 'what the heck is a breakfast taco??!'
Breakfast burritos are delicious. Breakfast tacos sound like the kind of food they would serve in an "authentic Mexican restaurant" in Delaware.
I CANNOT BELIEVE there are people in the US who have never heard of a breakfast taco! And another set of people who believe that a breakfast taco is either unique (!! It's about as unique as toast) or uniquely Latino (I am SO white, but I've been making and eating breakfast tacos since college in the mid-'80s)! Good Lord, people! Have you ever made a sandwich? It's a sandwich!
But all that aside - the point of the post was that it's clumsy and lame to compare a person to a food, at least in this way, and yeah.
But I disagree with - I think it was Saint Croix about the mispronunciation's not being significant. It's true that anyone can make a flub. But to flub one of the very few "ethnic" words you're trying to say, to an audience (an important audience!) who will know, indicates that you've underprepared and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for not taking this speech more seriously.
This post really pushed my buttons...
Breakfast taco refers to morning sex, if I read Dr Jill right.
She's just coo coo for taco puffs.
rhhardin,
You're confusing her with the other Dr (Dr Ruth)
From the brokerages of Wall Street, to the vacation homes of New Hampshire, as unique as a Midwestern casserole...
White people: As unique as the air bubbles in each slice of a loaf of Wonder Bread.
150 comments and not a single reference to tacogate.
I wonder if Taco Bell is going to pushing breakfast tacos in their ads now. I would.
When I was growing up in the '50's, in the early days of tv humor, we understood that the comedian could make fun of his/her own group, but you couldn't make fun of another group. Dr. Jill is only 8 years younger than I am. She should know better. Now, if she told a joke about a self-important political wife insisting on being adressed as "Dr.", she might have gotten a laugh. I might even applaud.
There is of course no way she came up with that on her own--obviously they are the words of one (probably more) 2nd tier prepubescent speech writers who honestly believed they had created "timeless", sensual imagery guaranteed to pander to the targeted voting bloc.
I.e. a cluster-fú¢k of "woke" adolescents playing in a sandbox full of liberal panderous metaphors.
Jill was stupid enough to say it out loud in front of cameras.
There is of course no way she came up with that on her own--obviously they are the words of one (probably more) 2nd tier prepubescent speech writers who honestly believed they had created "timeless", sensual imagery guaranteed to pander to the targeted voting bloc.
I.e. a cluster-fú¢k of "woke" adolescents playing in a sandbox full of liberal panderous metaphors.
Jill was stupid enough to say it out loud in front of cameras.
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