Hillary Clinton, leave our grandmothers out of it
Raul A. Reyes was not happy with Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s latest appeal to Latino voters and expressed his displeasure on CNN.com:
“On Tuesday morning, Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a post on her campaign site with the headline “Seven ways Hillary Clinton is just like your abuela.” “Abuela” is the Spanish word for “grandmother,” so presumably this list was designed to appeal to potential Latino voters.
On the list were items such as, “She reads to you before bedtime” and “she had one word for Donald Trump … ‘Basta!’ Enough!”
With all respect, Clinton’s latest effort to connect with Latinos is beyond lame. Her campaign’s list is an example of “Hispandering” at its worst. It is condescending to Latinos and has generated deserved pushback on social media. Clinton is an intelligent, accomplished woman and certainly presidential material. But let’s be clear: She is not “just like” my abuela or those of most Latino voters. My grandmother did not go to Wellesley College and Yale Law SchoolGoldman SachsEl Paso, Texas, yet did not live long enough to know most of her grandchildren.”
KJ