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I dont understand your post...my question is when did gringo become a slur.
Im not debating the "N" word or its use.
If you are an anglo-american[PC] person and you are offended by the term "gringo", then I want to know why. The term was never used in as derogotory identifier.
I am sorry to jump in late, so forgive me if this has already been addressed:
I am an Hispanic-American and feel that the term which Americans have heard in Western movies and such for decades has never been properly defined to the public. Ms. Hernandez is intelligent enough to know that.
Gringo | Define Gringo at Dictionary.com
There are 4 definitions and each includes at least one of the following
Disparaging, pejorative, derogatory, contemptuous, term of contempt.
Is it any better than calling someone a beaner?
Derogatory names are just that -- and it doesn't matter what one's race is.
Wasn't 'hate talk' in the media partially to blame for the shooter snapping? Was Ms. Hernandez trying to bait some other loon?
From NPR Letters:
Quote:
I'm Robert Siegel.
And it's time now for your letters. And first, we received many critical notes about a commentary on Wednesday's program. Writer Daisy Hernandez described her thinking when she heard about the shootings in Tucson.
Ms. DAISY HERNANDEZ (Writer): What I wanted to know was the killer's surname. My eyes scanned the mobile papers. I held my breath. Finally I saw it: Jared Loughner. Not a Ramirez, Gonzalez, or Garcia. It's safe to say there was a collective sigh of brown relief when the Tucson killer turned out to be a gringo.
NORRIS: Hernandez claimed that if the shooter had been Latino it would have fueled aggressive anti-immigrant talk and policies.
SIEGEL: Well Doug Robalin(ph) of Glenn Allen, Virginia, wrote this: While I can understand commentator Daisy Hernandez's relief that the Tucson shooter was not Hispanic, any sympathy I might have for her position evaporated when she referred to Jared Loughner as a gringo.
NORRIS: That word, gringo, led dozens of you to write to us. Jennifer Dahl(ph) of Sister Bay, Wisconsin, sent this: I can't believe you let her run with calling someone a gringo multiple times. It's a slur, bottom line, and don't we get enough of that elsewhere in the media?
Interesting how the discussion seems to be revolving around the word she used instead of the content of her opinion.
1) Most people are sticking to the OP, which dealt with the use of a racially pergerotive word.
2) Her actual statements were more offensive. What would have been the reaction if, after the arrest of the DC snipers, a white commentator had made the statement "It's safe to say there was a collective sigh of white relief when the DC killer turned out to be a ni**er". Do you think such a racist statement would have gotten a "free pass"? I don't, nor should she. This was an incredibly offensive comment, not just due to the racial aspect.
Did I say it was? What point were you trying to make in pointing that out to me, particularly given the content of the remainder of my post? Given that we seem to agree on her use of this word being in poor taste, were you just looking to pick apart a tiny piece of my post that you could be disagreeable about? How does that further the conversation?
1) most people are sticking to the op, which dealt with the use of a racially pergerotive word.
2) her actual statements were more offensive. What would have been the reaction if, after the arrest of the dc snipers, a white commentator had made the statement "it's safe to say there was a collective sigh of white relief when the dc killer turned out to be a ni**er". do you think such a racist statement would have gotten a "free pass"? I don't, nor should she. This was an incredibly offensive comment, not just due to the racial aspect.
I dont understand your post...my question is when did gringo become a slur.
Im not debating the "N" word or its use.
If you are an anglo-american[PC] person and you are offended by the term "gringo", then I want to know why. The term was never used in as derogotory identifier.
You don't think a Mexican has ever used the term as a derogatory reference toward Northerners? Really?
Gringo is a slang Spanish and Portuguese word used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, principally in Latin America, to denote foreigners, often from the United States, the United Kingdom, or Westerners in general (but not in Brazil where the term applies to any foreigner, including other Latin Americans). The term can be applied to someone who is actually a foreigner, or it can denote a strong association or assimilation into foreign (particularly US) society and culture. The American Heritage Dictionary classifies gringo as "offensive slang," "usually disparaging," and "often disparaging. However, the term can also be used to simply identify a foreigner and does not carry a negative connotation according to the definition in the dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy which defines the Spanish language. Gringo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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