I turned the computer and got lost in cyberspace.
I strayed.
Somehow I ended up reading about the Democratic presidential candidates. The noticias all about how Senator Clinton went to Arizona to try to appeal to Latino voters…and right under the news article there was the link with the description.
*”see Hillary’s Spanish ad.”
With great curiosity and an ominous feeling I clicked. Would she dare to speak Espanol? (Lord no!) Would Cristina (the Latina Oprah) be the voice over on the ad? (no wait I think she is republican)…Maybe Ricky Martin would make an appearance (since shaking his bom boms could bring more young Latino votes--that man gets me hot!). What icons would Hillary use?
The download was taking for-(wait…buffering...................................) forever. And then it started.
American flag (check), brown man (check), brown looking woman with REALLY good looking hair (check), the white house (damn! Check), mature Latino male voice using the word “Latino” (bonus point check!)…and so far its been 10 seconds.
Then the man is very articulate Espanish, tells me to support (apoyar) my amiga Hillary. And this is when I became encabronado. (horns grew out of my head like a very angry goat...ok so I botched this translation-screw you-I'm writing this!)
To have mature Latino male voice tell me that Hillary is my friend is to talk down to me and every Latino voter there is. Why is she my friend? Did she go to any quinceañeras in our family?
*”see Hillary’s Spanish ad.”
With great curiosity and an ominous feeling I clicked. Would she dare to speak Espanol? (Lord no!) Would Cristina (the Latina Oprah) be the voice over on the ad? (no wait I think she is republican)…Maybe Ricky Martin would make an appearance (since shaking his bom boms could bring more young Latino votes--that man gets me hot!). What icons would Hillary use?
The download was taking for-(wait…buffering...................................) forever. And then it started.
American flag (check), brown man (check), brown looking woman with REALLY good looking hair (check), the white house (damn! Check), mature Latino male voice using the word “Latino” (bonus point check!)…and so far its been 10 seconds.
Then the man is very articulate Espanish, tells me to support (apoyar) my amiga Hillary. And this is when I became encabronado. (horns grew out of my head like a very angry goat...ok so I botched this translation-screw you-I'm writing this!)
To have mature Latino male voice tell me that Hillary is my friend is to talk down to me and every Latino voter there is. Why is she my friend? Did she go to any quinceañeras in our family?
No.
If Hillary were to be my friend she would be coming over to our home at 4 am to start cooking lechon aka puerquito (pork) to make pasteles or tamales. Now that is a true friend. Envisioned this: Hillary with masa all over her fingers and sharing the chismes about her marido (husdand). She would tell us how Bill has been “portandose bien” after the “revolu” with la “gordita” Lewinsky.
But the ad gets better…the voice of the Latino man says that Hillary will provide health care (after eating pasteles and tamales we need that), create jobs and has said “ya basta” a la demagogia anti inmigrante….and that is when I said: “damn!”
Demagogia is a huge word. Inmediatamente I thought of this scary anti inmigrant demagogers (imagine the wizard Saruman from the Lord of the Rings) who are running around the US using their powers. Hillary would be like Gandalf, standing up against the forces of ignorance and racism. On the ad she is not holding a staff, but a microphone and then transitions to some brown person with a cowboy hat holding a sign that reads “United We Stand, too!” (check). The Latino voice continues saying how she will stand up to those that don’t have a voice: image of woman with a young child (single mothers-check) and two poor looking brown kids (check).
Hillary with American flag behind her and the date and time for when to vote appears.
January 19th at 11 am. (which for Latinos means 1 or 2 pm).
…and Hillary approved the message...in English.
But the ad gets better…the voice of the Latino man says that Hillary will provide health care (after eating pasteles and tamales we need that), create jobs and has said “ya basta” a la demagogia anti inmigrante….and that is when I said: “damn!”
Demagogia is a huge word. Inmediatamente I thought of this scary anti inmigrant demagogers (imagine the wizard Saruman from the Lord of the Rings) who are running around the US using their powers. Hillary would be like Gandalf, standing up against the forces of ignorance and racism. On the ad she is not holding a staff, but a microphone and then transitions to some brown person with a cowboy hat holding a sign that reads “United We Stand, too!” (check). The Latino voice continues saying how she will stand up to those that don’t have a voice: image of woman with a young child (single mothers-check) and two poor looking brown kids (check).
Hillary with American flag behind her and the date and time for when to vote appears.
January 19th at 11 am. (which for Latinos means 1 or 2 pm).
…and Hillary approved the message...in English.
1 comment:
I'm astonished that you didn't like the ad...Really Fernando, you should have been moved by it :P
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