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Sorry Latinos, but we're DEFINITELY still racist..
Heidi Wys Toro, adviser (and Chief of Staff) to Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico's Speaker of the House felt it was A-Ok to tweet the following messages at President Barack Obama out to the entire interwebs.
Oh, and that was just the beginning, because after being called out for her less-than-subliminal racism, she quickly fell back on the age-old, "But some of my fave people/friends/family are dark-skinned," trope. The most hilarious part? She used the term "prieta"--considered by a LOT of Puerto Ricans to be a derogatory term--to describe her own beloved dark-skinned nieces.
The worst part is that her boss, Gonzalez, didn't think her tweet was offensive enough to warrant an apology even though she was clearly inferring that President Obama and First Lady Michelle are "monkeys" (note the oh-so-subtle "double banana" reference) OR the fact that Wys Toro is an INSANE birther
"The Speaker of the House must take action against her assistant," said Sonia Pacheco, a candidate for Puerto Rico's House of Representatives, according to El Nuevo Dia "This is not the first time that people linked to Jenniffer González have made racist comments on social networks."
New York Representative Melissa Mark Viverito took it one step further, releasing the following statement:
Heidi Wys' comments against the President are vile and disgusting, and represent the height of ignorance I am sickened by the continued racist attacks from prominent political figures in Puerto Rico.
http://articles.mamaslatinas.com/in_the_news/104785/sorry_l
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)JI7
(89,279 posts)Smilo
(1,944 posts)to the do-nut shop, but Mitt didn't know what she was talking about and passed.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Being bi-lingual has it's advantages. You learn that some words may be acceptable in some countries and insults in others. I don't know enough about the vernacular in Puerto Rico to know what to believe about this story.
JI7
(89,279 posts)she is a Romney supporter.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It does add to my understanding.
doohnibor
(97 posts)And by that, I mean the American use of the word "backside", not the British vulgarity.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I'm sorry but in my 64 years as an American backside means ass in the good old US of A. Please enlighten me.
JI7
(89,279 posts)while in the US it just means butt, ass etc
lunatica
(53,410 posts)rather than an asshole?
Smilo
(1,944 posts)Talking out of your arse dear - Romney is talking out of his arse/butt/derriere/ass.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)It is not the first time that Wys has sent tweets about Obama.
In response to a July 30 tweet by a Puerto Rico online newspaper, Wys urged reporters to follow an investigation to probe the authenticity of Obamas birth certificate.
Wys, who is white, also said in another tweet that she is not racist and that her favorite nieces are black,(is that like "some of my best friends are black" kind of comment?) but added that she does not support Obama.
I fight Obama with all the strength in my heart and passion as a descendant of germans!! she wrote on July 30.
On June 18, she sent another tweet to Obama in response to a general invitation to have dinner with the President.
Wah! Wah! I feel like vomiting! Dinner with a guy borned in Kenya and claims he was borned in Hawaii! she wrote, with some misspellings.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I'm definitely making up my mind about her very quickly! Just the birther thing pretty much clinches it.
LOL!
This is why I love DUers!
JI7
(89,279 posts)does she know most germans today would be disgusted by her .
HipChick
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thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)JI7
(89,279 posts)Pool Hall Ace
(5,849 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)she is like his evil twin...
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)That is RUsh Limbaugh....think so?
d_r
(6,907 posts)but I suspect this racist lady has no idea of how racists in the other 50 states would look upon her. They wouldn't call you "white," honey.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)now prieta is one of those strange terms. It can be, depending on the situation, also a term of endearment (at least in Mexico).
But racism is not dead, and in places like Mexico, yes Mexico, it is even more endemic since nobody speaks about it. I suspect Puerto Rico might have a few close issues to that.
And having this *(&^** is really bringing it out, isn't it?