The Mayor of East Haven, Connecticut Joseph A. Maturo (R) is facing a public backlash for the comments he made after four officers of the East Haven Police were charged for using excessive force against undocumented Hispanic immigrants.
When asked by a WPIX reporter "What are you going to do for the Latino community today?" Mayor Maturo responded "I might have tacos when I go home, I'm not quite sure yet". The reporter then said "You realize that isn't the comment to say right now, right?" to which the Mayor replied "When you ask me what I could do for Latinos, I may go out and have a Latino dinner in the Latino community. There's nothing wrong with that and you can twist it and turn it in whichever way the press decides to do".
Now, this is yet another example of how the press will make anything out to be racist. Hell, you can't even describe the physical appearance of an individual without someone calling it racist these days. The definition of racism is to consider a certain race or ethnic group to have a higher human value than others and this is clearly not the case with this Republican Constitution State city mayor's comments.
In what Universe does saying that one might have some tacos later on equal considering that all Hispanics have a lesser human value than other Americans? In mine, it sure doesn't. This hard-working, all-American mayor just told a reporter of his dinner plans, which actually would help the Latino community as it would bring increased revenue to a Hispanic-American restaurant owner somewhere in East Haven.
Now, the comments Mayor Maturo made were perhaps not the best but they sure weren't racist or derogatory in any way and I am sorry for Joseph Maturo - having to face these allegations of him being racist just because he talked about tacos.
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