The image of a hard-shell taco wielding maracas was posted Tuesday morning on a Florida county government Facebook page to commemorate the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Instead, it prompted a wave of outrage on social media, with users decrying the depiction of the traditional Mexican food used to celebrate the richness and diversity of Latino cultures as a culturally insensitive stereotype. To others, it was the latest iteration of pervasive racism that has long targeted Latino communities.
