Opinion | The more problematic part of Jill Biden’s ‘taco’ comment isn’t what she said

Susanne Ramírez de Arellano: Jill Biden's 'taco' faux pas couldn't have come at a worse time for Democrats. - NBCNewsTHINK

, Michael LaRosa, the first lady’s spokesman, said Biden apologized for her words and stressed she was trying to convey her “pure admiration and love for the Latino community.”It’s not the worst we’ve been called. Donald Trump called us “bad hombres” at a 2016 presidential debate. So to be called breakfast tacos is an improvement — of sorts.

Yet, the message implies the problematic part: that someone like Jill Biden, an educated and seemingly liberal person, can convey Hispanic diversity only by mentioning bodegas, breakfast tacos and, for reasons I fail to understand, flowers.

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