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On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Adalys Sánchez-Mangual’s social media feeds were flooded with clips of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe performing at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump, where he referred to Puerto Rico — her home country — as “a floating island of garbage.”
As the president of Syracuse University’s Puerto Rican Student Association, Sánchez-Mangual said she and her fellow executive board members knew they had to respond. On Thursday, the e-board released a collective statement condemning Hinchcliffe’s remarks.
“We all talked about how we felt about it, and we thought that it would be best to release a statement saying that we don’t think that’s okay,” Sánchez-Mangual said. “We just want the community to know that we don’t stand with that.”
The statement, written in both English and Spanish, argued that Hinchcliffe’s comments carry real consequences for Puerto Rican people. They wrote that the comedian’s jokes were harmful to Puerto Ricans and Latine communities both at SU and across the........