Vanessa Ruiz is a boss. The newly hired Latina news anchor for Phoenix, Arizona’s 12 News, handled criticism and straight up racism in a classy and thoughtful way after viewers flooded Ruiz’s social media accounts with complaints about her pronunciation of certain words with a Spanish accent. One person even insulted Ruiz, calling her an “outsider.”
Ruiz addressed the (non)controversy during a newscast Monday night where she stuck to her guns and merely explained her pronunciation of things without apologizing. She said,
She then further elaborated on the topic via a post on the news station’s website. Ruiz wrote:
Since then she’s received an outpouring of support from inside and outside of the Latino community from viewers and non-viewers alike:
Ruiz kept it genuine and informative, exactly what a news anchor should be.
[via Elite Daily]
