Oh, come on! Eva Longoria receives YWCA racial justice award after bashing conservative minorities

Jenn Taylor | 9:53 AM on June 08, 2013

So excited to be in DC receiving the Dorothy I. Height for racial justice tonight by the YWCA USA! http://t.co/BeAPpZ0CgL

— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) June 7, 2013

Oh, that’s rich.

Reminder: During her tenure as Obama campaign co-chair in 2012, actress Eva Longoria retweeted a vulgar tweet calling conservative women and minorities “stupid.” When she was called out, she bravely deleted the retweet and claimed that bashing conservative women and minorities was an attempt to “create dialogue.” Then she blamed Twitter gremlins and faux apologized with the ol’ “sorry if people were offended” routine. If people were offended.

As one Twitter user noted, she had “binders full of excuses.”

https://twitter.com/gatmizman/statuses/258935989467246593

Fast forward to Friday night: Longoria is now the proud recipient of the Dorothy I. Height Racial Justice Award. Really.

Dorothy I. Height Racial Justice Award recipient #ywca2013 @evalongoria pic.twitter.com/POJY4faU0D

— Kaydian Comer (@KaydianComer) June 8, 2013

She received the award at the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award Gala in Washington, D.C.

And the recipient of this prestigious award, @EvaLongoria! Thanks to Eva for her important advocacy work. #ywca2013 pic.twitter.com/YWxi5gKBRS

— YWCA USA (@YWCAUSA) June 8, 2013

Eva Longoria receives the #YWCAUSA Women of Distinction Dorothy I. Height Award for Racial Justice. pic.twitter.com/ZBPC09bce8

— Paulette Senior (@PauletteSenior1) June 8, 2013

In a statement announcing the award (PDF), YWCA CEO Dara Richardson-Heron gushed over “Eva Longoria’s efforts to reach out and inspire women in diverse communities to get involved in the political process.” Because what could be more inspirational than demeaning conservative women and minorities and refusing to engage them honestly?

But hey, she totally gave a shout-out to the farm workers and servers at the gala:

.@EvaLongoria thanks the servers and farm workers who made tonight's dinner possible. #YWCA2013

— YWCA Tulsa (@YWCATulsa) June 8, 2013

And she plugged immigration reform (For the Women™, natch):

For the country, it's an economic imperative that we get #CIR. For women, it's a moral imperative. –@EvaLongoria #YWCA2013

— YWCA Tulsa (@YWCATulsa) June 8, 2013

So never mind her venom for the wrong kind of women and minorities. She’s a racial justice superstar!

Thank you for the kind and beautiful comments for the YWCA Dorothy I Height Racial Justice Award! It was an honor to… http://t.co/pQQdDbgO6U

— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) June 8, 2013