NPR's Daisy Hernandez glad Az shooter was a "Gringo" not Latino (work, race)

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by Motion

Daisy should have used the term illegal-immigrant instead of talking about people being anti-immigrant. No one is against legal-immigrants.

the pro-illegal crowd conflates one with the other at every conceivable opportunity, they're not about to stop now..

[KoobleKar]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

I have no doubts that everybody on this forum was hoping that whoever the shooter was, it was somebody not like them.

I never gave that a thought because I know I'm not the type of person that goes around shooting innocent people and anyone who does is crazy.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by 1751texan

When did gringo become a slur...folk in Texas use gringo all the time; White folk included. Is White folk a slur? just checking

About the same time ni**er, sp*c and wet back did...

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by Jill61

Although many definitions of Gringo state that it is a derogatory term, as a Gringa who used to live in Mexico, I can provide anecdotal evidence that I never heard it used derogatorily.

This isn't Mexico...

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by bulldogdad

NPR's true colors shining through again.

Originally Posted by stayinformed40

Typical NPR. What a joke they are. I can't wait to see them get de-funded!!

Hold your fire. It wasn't NPR who said that word, it was a woman named Daisy Hernandez. I hope you're not advocating censorship by a news organization.

[chattypatty]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Hold your fire. It wasn't NPR who said that word, it was a woman named Daisy Hernandez. I hope you're not advocating censorship by a news organization.

NPR had no problem censuring Juan Williams.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by chattypatty

NPR had no problem censuring Juan Williams.

No, but he was seen as a conservative, so the same rules don't apply...didn't you get the memo?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

About the same time ni**er, sp*c and wet back did...

Since those all became racial slurs at different times, that comment is pretty silly.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by chattypatty

NPR had no problem censuring Juan Williams.

Apparently they did. The woman who "censured" him got fired for it.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

Since those all became racial slurs at different times, that comment is pretty silly.

Nice try at deflection...but FAIL.