What Similarity With My Abuela Is Hillary Clinton Hiding?

In an attempt to court two key voter demographics-Hispanics and millennials-Hillary Clinton’s team recently published a listicle on her website titled “7 things Hillary Clinton has in common with your abuela”.

The complaints about the post ranged from silly to serious, with some Twitter users suggesting Clinton was #NotMyAbuela because she didn’t live in poverty and wasn’t separated from her loved ones by a border.

While responding to totally different offenses, the Latino backlash here is similar to the way African Americans responded to the Rachel Dolezal fiasco earlier this year.

Jezebel posted a companion article that lists 7 things the author’s abuela actually did, contrasted to the life of comfort and ease that Hillary Clinton was born into.

As Fast Company previously noted, Clinton has the most diverse fan base, which may explain why so many of her supporters have expressed their frustration.

It wasn’t long before the Hispanic Twitterverse erupted to remind Clinton she has as much in common with Hispanic grandmothers as Donald Trump has with Bernie Sanders. Let’s just say the picture at the end of the post showing a chummy Clinton with Latin singer Marc Anthony didn’t go over so well. The hashtag #NotMyAbuela was a top-trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. on Tuesday, and it continues to trend on Facebook on Wednesday.

For instance, the campaign made a modified version of Clinton’s logo to celebrate Rosa Parks – which was all well and good until Twitter users started noticing that it looked like the civil rights icon was seated at the back of the bus.

Latinos are unimpressed with Hillary Clinton’s hispandering.