The sentiments are clearly incorrect and xenophobic. The ambiguity, not clarified by TB’s cryptic multi-post tweet on the backlash to his MTP comments, is whether he was simply trying to report what he heard from the MAGA crowd, or If was giving his own conclusions and recommendations (“they should try harder to assimilate “ sounded more like the latter).
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 5:06 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > NEW YORK (AP) - NBC's Tom Brokaw says he feels terrible that he offended > some Hispanics with his comments on "Meet the Press" Sunday that Hispanics > should work harder at assimilation. > The former "NBC Nightly News" anchor tweeted in response to a social media > backlash to the comments earlier in the day. > Brokaw said during a discussion about the proposed border wall that a lot > of Republicans fear that Hispanics will all be Democrats. He also said that > he hears people say, when he pushes them harder, that "I don't know whether > I want brown grandbabies." > Journalist Julio Ricardo Varela, founder of the Latino Rebels web site, > said on Twitter that Brokaw's comments were factually incorrect and > xenophobic. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
