Jill Biden was praising civil rights icon Raul Yzaguirre during the UnidosUS annual conference when she made the odd compliment. Yzaguirre led the advocacy organization, which was known as the National Council of La Raza, for three decades. “Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community—as distinctive as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the flowers of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio—is your strength. . Biden said. However, when addressing the bodegas of the Bronx, he mispronounced convenience stores and said “bogedas.” The National Association of Hispanic Journalists compiled the remarks, declaring: “We are not tacos.” “Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,” the association wrote. Raul Yzaguirre is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony on July 7, 2022. AFP via Getty Images “NAHJ encourages Dr. Biden and her speechwriting team to spend time going forward to better understand the complexity of our people and communities. We are not tacos. “Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by a variety of diasporas, cultures and food traditions and should not be limited to one stereotype.” San Antonio has a population of about 1.5 million people who are 65 percent Hispanic or Latino, according to U.S. Census data. Conservatives also criticized Biden and wondered what liberal outrage would result if a Republican made those comments. “No wonder Hispanics are leaving the Democratic Party!” House Representative Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, tweeted. With Post cables
