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July 12, 2022

Jill Biden Faces Backlash from Latinx Groups over "Breakfast Tacos" Remark
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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 Unidos US 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."


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