Then my quick follow-up response to that person would be, 'go [blank] yourself.'

 

Because unless you're a child, you have no business saying that to someone of Hispanic origin.

 

I have long been proud of my heritage, and I've had some nasty people call me racist names like "beaner" or "wetback." 

 

But you can expect that from racist idiots.

 

What frustrates me more than blatant racism is when an "educated" affluent person is insulting a person and doesn't realize it.

 

Jill Biden, unlike her husband, did not fumble with her speech Monday, saying the Hispanic community was "as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio."

 

She was speaking to a Hispanic group and crowd.

 

Why does the Cuban and Hispanic community of Miami get to be flowers and the Mexican-Americans in San Antonio "breakfast tacos"?

 

Why does it offend me even more that she said breakfast tacos and not regular tacos?

 

"We are not tacos," the National Association of Hispanic Journalists wrote in response to the First lady.  How absurd is that?  But I agree.

 

Normally I would ignore a person in their 70s and 80s giving me a backhanded compliment.  Half the time, they mean no harm, and it's not worth getting into it.

 

But Dr. Biden is essentially helping to run the country.  She should know better.  And whoever wrote her speech should be fired.

 

I am not a taco.  I am not a burrito.  I am not chile relleno.

 

I am a human being!

 

It is demeaning to describe Mexican-Americans as food because it proves that when you look at us, all you see is someone serving you a plate.  When you see a Puerto Rican man in Brooklyn, you see someone ringing you up at a bodega.

 

I love Mexican food.  My grandmother, who I never called Abuelita and who I miss dearly, hands down made the best dishes in the world.  I genuinely mean that.  But she was more than what she made.

 

We are more than tacos.

Victor Garcia works for BillOReilly.com.  He has written for Fox News and Fox News Latino. He served as a producer for "The O'Reilly Factor" and "The Radio Factor w/ Bill O'Reilly."