Peruvians Upset At Being Called Goat-Tripping Murderers By Modern Family

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by Ray Rahman | 5:13 pm, October 29th, 2010

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Most episodes of the very, very funny ABC sitcom Modern Family tend to weave in themes of tolerance and acceptance. But for the good people of Peru, that all went out the window last week when the feisty Colombian mother played by Sofia Vergara characterized Peruvians as a goat-tripping, human-killing people. Critics like Milagros Lizarraga of Peru USA and Beatriz Merino of Peru’s People’s Defender’s Office have taken umbrage at the comedic slight and are demanding an explanation. “No country should have to be offended,” said Merino, who wants to take the issue as far as Peru’s U.S. ambassador.

The offending line from the show came when the character Gloria preemptively defended her heritage to her husband, saying:

Ah, here we go. Because, in Colombia, we trip over goats and we kill people in the street. Do you know how offensive that is? Like we’re Peruvians!

This sparked an uproar on Twitter, which Vergara tried to combat by tweeting, “Get a life!!!!!!.” (If Vergara is anything like the character she plays, that response is too modestly punctuated.) As The Daily Caller notes, her tweet did little to help things.

Said Peru USA’s Lizarraga:

It’s incredible that in a country where everything is politically correct, ABC would have a line of this sort. Many Peruvians think this is no coincidence, that she knew what she was saying, because an actress has the power to say, ‘No, I can’t say this because it would hurt my image,’ Unless she agrees with what she said.

Neither ABC nor Modern Family has officially responded to the controversy, which, in the end, is an indication that they didn’t mean what they said; if they really thought Peruvians were a murderous people, there’d surely be apologies all over the place.

Watch the offending clip below:

abc, Colombia, Modern Family, Peru, Sofia Vergara

http://www.facebook.com/people/Kam-Fet/572005492 Kam Fet

Scum! found the boogeyman in Peruvian. They probably thought they are in the amazon and wouldn’t be offended because they wouldn’t know about it.
sean_m

Oh, whatever. Everyone’s got a group now (Peru’s People’s Defender’s Office). Really? It’s a called a joke for a reason. You don’t see people getting up in arms when someone white is being mocked. Of course, if you did you’d be a racist and be made to apologize. Get over it. People get made fun of. P.C. is getting out of control. It’s like people are made of paper. “You hurt our feelings.” Whatever. Grow a freaking backbone and like Ms. Vargara said, “Get a life!!!!!”
Harry Flashman

You mean – they’re not? I have been misinformed. Boy, is my face red.
http://Race4Congress.com Magister

Ha! Ha! Ha1 I read the post, then recounted it to my wife, who guessed the punchline.
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@sean_m: Everybody has a group and their job is to issue statements like the above and to express muted outrage.They help protect the group or region’s image; It’s a way to funnel money; It increases employment and when something “real” takes place, it insures there’s an infrastructure in place to handle it.

As for your attempt to take something national and try to flip it into something racial…
Ignoring the fact that it doesn’t apply, I don’t see how that’d be the business of the Peruvians.
Some_Dude

Jesus lord that woman is hot.
sarainitaly

Kind of like Obama with the race card, liberals threw around the PC card so much that now anyone and everyone gets riled up over anything and everything.

It was funny.
karburg

Is Sofia stupid? I mean do you guys remember Pablo Escabar and his cartel?? Hello he is Columbian, they use to kill alot of innocent people, until the U.S. killed the MF……I use to like her until now. My thing is if you are going to joke, get your facts together first.
Vizna

It is offensive and the fact that Sofia read the script and did not find anything wrong bothers me as well as saying to get a life does not say that it’s not a big deal, but rather that she does not care what it made people feel like. We have a backbone to speak and say something rather than to roll over and forget about it.