As a unit committed to social justice and deeply invested in a rich tradition of social critique, the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois condemns the offensive comments about Latinos, Black Americans, and Jewish Americans, as well as the misogyny, exhibited at a recent campaign event for Donald Trump. From reproducing tropes of Latina hyper-sexuality rife with anti-immigrant subtext, to maligning Puerto Rico, despite the archipelago's and diaspora's rich history of resistance to its colonial relation with the United States, such flagrant displays of racism and sexism are dangerous, particularly given a looming genocide.

This statement may not represent the official position of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as a whole.