Does it really matter if hispanics think it is racist or not? I don't like being called it and I think it is racist. Isn't that a good enough reason for people to stop using it?
2007-02-06 08:56:16 · 15 answers · asked by Matt 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Hey gringo! Boy I love using that term(and yes I know that it is racist)! I think they know it is a racist term but don't really give a rat's behind. It's obvious that you don't care when you all use the term ******* knowing that it is racist and when you all call Hispanics by whatever racist name you all came up with. You all don't care so why should we?! Don't expect anyone to take pity on you because being called a gringo is the least of white people's problems.
2007-02-06 09:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
I gage an insult by intent. As a kid everyone had a term for blacks that can't be used today. Sometimes it was used with malice, but other times not. I watched the change in the late 60's and saw the beginning of the beast called political correctness today. Garbage men became sanitation engineers, and cops became Law Enforcement Specialists.
The correctness continued until today midgets are called Vertically Challenged people or small people. Fatties are horizontally challenged people. The male gays may become vaginally challenged people. Lesbians may become penisophobes. People with IQs below 80 may become cerebrely challenged. White people may become melanonially challenged. Jews could become Jesus-deficient. Muslims could become Sus scrofa domesticaphobic. Catholics could be alcoholic overachievers. Baptists would be alcoholic deficients. Jehovah Witnesses would be Doorbell Junkies. Mormons would be called Osmondites. It would just keep going on until people couldn't understand each other any more and all previous written books would become gibberish. Steven King may be able to go somewhere with this!
2007-02-06 09:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gringo is an exceedingly common term used by latinamericans. that's stated again from the conflicts between human beings and Mexicans, the place American's uniforms have been all eco-friendly, and that they could get yelled at "flow, eco-friendly, flow!" it rather is the main i've got heard of it. nevertheless those days it has considered one of those "you-white-american" connotation, consistent with probability a sprint offensive to a pair. desire it facilitates.
2016-09-28 12:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about all hispanics but,
a hispanic using it in a DEROGATORY way might perhaps think that only "gringos" can be racist,...
I have been called a gringa before and sometimes it is said nicely and sometimes not so nicely
2007-02-06 08:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by C 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I take Spanish. My spanish teacher is white. She has called herself a gringo to her Hispanic student all the time. They always have a laugh about it. You are being too sensitive
2007-02-06 10:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Raynebow above is correct. The Mexicans got tired of hearing the song being sang so often that they began calling them gringros, which eventually deviated into gringo.
2007-02-06 09:47:23 · answer #6 · answered by antonio bigfish baccala 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, in espanol gringo means American, someone who is white with no Hispanic background.Hispanics do not think of it as raciest simply because it's not meant to be raciest. Its not a bad thing at all. Hispanics are very friendly with these terms and if you feel offended, simply try explaining these emotions to them. I'm sure they will understand.
2007-02-06 09:06:01 · answer #7 · answered by wonderwomen582000 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gringo does not mean american, yankee means american. It is said to people who are foreign even latin american countries use this within (from an argentinean to a peruvian). Gee people were do you get this! Why is it that non spanish-speaking people always answer as if they know for a fact?
2007-02-06 16:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by bizzy_d06 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you even know the history behind the word?
The word originated because the Americans wer often heard singing the song "Green grows the Laurel"
2007-02-06 09:02:51 · answer #9 · answered by raynebow_dlva 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The world has become too sensative. If its ment to be offensive be offended, but if not then don't be because I'm sure you've said something that could be seen as offensive so don't take it personal
2007-02-06 09:01:42 · answer #10 · answered by b_mb3100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋