4 | 02/02/2021 – 21:17 (GMT-4)
An excerpt from one of the episodes of the popular program case Closed, Led by the Cuban lawyer and presenter Ana María Polo, Has gone viral in the last few hours after she got angry with a young Colombian woman who refused to speak Spanish.
The young woman appeared on the set of the program, one of the largest audiences on American Hispanic television, and greeted in English, which provoked the anger of Dr. Polo.
“No, no late ni cap Hello“Spanish is spoken here,” the judge replied.
However, the young woman continued to speak in English and at the insistence of Polo, said (in English) that she did not feel comfortable speaking in Spanish.
The participant’s attitude took the Cuban by the thumb, who stood up and threatened to expel her from the program if she continued to speak English.
“You’re Colombian and this is a program in Spanish. If you don’t speak Spanish, you’re leaving. I don’t care about your challenges pigs, stupid and idiots,” she said visibly upset.
The young woman continued to challenge her and speak in English, until Pol exploded and gave her an ultimatum: “If you don’t say the next word in Spanish, you go away!”, To which the Colombian replied with a “yes, madam”. , in perfect Spanish.
The video was shared by a Twitter user and now totals nearly two million views, more than 10,000 I like and 3000 retweets.
The controversial moment has generated divided comments, as while some applaud Dr. Polo’s behavior, others consider it disproportionate or unjustified, as in other cases English has been spoken with participants who do not speak Spanish. There were also people who criticized the Cuban attitude and noted that it was no different from intolerant people who reacted aggressively when Latinos spoke Spanish in the United States.
However, many people who watched the broadcast of the show came out in defense of Dr. Polo, alleging that it was necessary to watch the full show to understand why he reacted this way with the young woman, who was allegedly ashamed of be Latin and refused to speak Spanish even with family.
“They have to see the whole case, that spoiled girl really deserved this shock,” “I can’t find the show but they have to see it, it’s about feeling ashamed of your origins and your roots, feeling ashamed to see you talking about native language “,” the girl deserved it because she knows how to speak perfect Spanish, she just makes the mess to touch noses “,” she is not one of those cases who are commenting here that her parents do not teach them Spanish, she goes born in Colombia and came to the United States at the age of 16 “,” the problem here is the lack of education. if you speak the language in which they address you the correct and educated is to answer in that language, and more even if you go to an event where everyone speaks that language, ”were some of the comments.
While popular, case Closed it is also a controversial program and the veracity has been quite questioned. Both the show’s credits and Ana María Pol herself have pointed out that many of the cases are dramatized but based on real events, in which the protagonists do not want to appear in front of the cameras.
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