Eva Longoria apologizes for comment that seemingly erased Black women in Biden victory

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Actress Eva Longoria has apologized for and clarified controversial remarks she made during an MSNBC interview after many accused her of downplaying the pivotal role of Black women in President-elect Joe Biden’s election win.

U.S. Latinas are the “real heroines” of the 2020 election victory of Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, Democratic activist Longoria said on cable television late Sunday, in a fragment of a sentence that seemed to play into the hot-button notion that Black women were being erased for their contributions to the Biden victory.

“Watching this back I can see that this sounds like I’m comparing Latinas to Black women, which I would never do,” Longoria wrote Sunday on Instagram. “I was comparing Latinas to their male counterparts, but my wording was not clear and I deeply regret that.

“Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party, something we have seen played out in this election as well as previous ones. Black women deserve a standing ovation for the work they have done year after year!! ... Again, so sorry for the confusion and lack of context on my part.”

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-09/eva-longoria-apology-comment-erasure-black-women-latinas-biden

[Cha]

1. Oh Good.. I saw that & we were hoping

someone would point that out to her.

TY Bains!

[BootinUp]

2. seems sincere to me. nt

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3. I watched her on Joy Reid

She did sound sincere..took the blame for her words n made atonement by reaching out n working in Georgia for the run off.