It is a racially-based term of disrespect, yet supporters of illegal immigration can apparently use this term repeatedly as an insult without fear of censure or penalty on this site. Why?
2007-02-27 05:12:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Hey, Mr. "Antis Suck"- if you dare to call me a "foreigner" in my OWN COUNTRY, you're DAMNED right I'm going to be offended. Keep it up. One day you'll realize that people with attitudes like yours are hurting the cause of immigration, not helping it.
2007-02-27 06:36:34 · update #1
Yahoo is very biased. I am tracking this type of thing and sending the information to corporate.
2007-02-27 05:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 4⤋
I am not offended by anything any one calls me. They are simply words not bullets. Words cant hurt me unless I enable them to hurt me. I don't use any race related words in my questions or my answers. I simply post facts and verifiable truth. Backed up by links from credible sources. The rhetoric and propaganda that is used on here does nothing to add credence to ether's argument. I can get my point across clearly without resorting to name calling. I am anti illegal alien ,I am not anti any race,color or country of origin of the illegal aliens. So being called gringo/gringa is the very least of my worries.
2007-02-27 07:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably because while it's not meant as a compliment, it actually means "foreigner." So it wouldn't really be recognized as a racial slur, even though it is used that way. Much like "cracker," which can either be a derogatory term for Caucasians, or a tasty snack.
2007-02-27 05:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by CrysV 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't consider gringo a term of disrespect here in Baja Mexico, we are divided in connotation between Mexicans and gringos. A local term of identification. "Put that plywood in the truck of the old gringa", for example. I'm also known as Dona, Abuela, Viuda... Chill out, people.
2007-02-28 03:10:00 · answer #4 · answered by lpaganus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's NOT a racial slur!!! why would you think that?? gringo is just a silly word, on the same level as "whitey" or...i don't know. it's just stupid! it's not meant to be some huge offense like the "n word" or something. mexicans don't say this word with hate or anything, it's just like "oh that dude is white, he's a gringo." and when they see a fat guy, they say "oh hey gordo"...it's just NOT a big deal.
2007-02-27 16:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This questions sums up racial bias against anglos being ignored by the modern world. I take exceptiuon to being called "Gringo"; it matters not what origin the word comes from, nor does it matter what the author meant to say, simply put, it is offensive and that is enough.
A U.S. senator recently used the word "********" in a speech and caught hell from black organizations; the word is in the dictionary and is a valid English word. The Senator was forced to be "politically correct" and offer an apology.
To your question, why does Yahoo not recognize "Gringo" as a racial slur. My answer is ; I don't think anyone has turned the heat on anyone yet regarding How Anglo's expect to be treated.
Anglos are "white" while most other races are refered to as "hispanic"; "African American" ect. They are given entitlement based on political gain; they have organizations like LULAC and the NAACP that represent their views; simply put, they have a small focused political voice while anglos rely and trust the current system and remain silent while casting all the votes that run the system, we appear, content at that.
If Anglos were to be afforded the same equal racial treatment as other Americans of non-Anglo Ancestry, we would be "German Americans"; Celtic or Irish Americans. I prefer this as it brings Anglos to eye level with other Americans and puts it right into perspective that we are All equal, as Americans; to often non-Anglo races use the "race card" to gain something they feel may elude them if they did not mention...they were Black....Asian, Johnny Cochran did just that in the OJ. trial as he had little else to appeal to the jury with as O.J. was as guilty as guilty gets.
If Anglos were to have a political representation, like an Anglo NAACP...."AAACP" I can see those non-Anglo Americans already calling the organization "Racist". As far as I know, Any Anglo organization that rears it's head is called racist right away.
This is where we as an Anglo Race are at this time.
Unfortunately, this stuff, like a pendulum, swings back and forth, it may swing back soon and, unfortunately, Anglos are silently angry about many things and this is one of them. As a race I think Anglos are slow to anger; however, once they do the gloves come off...
For whatever reasons, any "white organization" can easily be deem as a racist organization, unfair as Anglos need a voice today to politically make it right for them, or, maybe we should drop all the NAACP AND LULAC organizations and start acting as ONE NATION AND HAVE CURRENT LAWS EMNFORCED CORRECTLY, ABSENT POLITICS.
Complain to Yahoo, tell them how you feel as all Anglos should. Viva LA-Raza counts for all races, Anglos included.
2007-02-27 06:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Adonai 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
I don't care what it means, it is not English and is yet another example of their failure to assimilate.
They can't even cuss you in English. Now that is sad.
http://www.whitecivilrights.com/what-is-racism_119.html
The link above features an essay I read posted on this forum. It speaks to the reverse racism thriving in America today.
2007-02-27 07:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because it refers to a white person. People who have skin that isn't pasty fish-belly white also have words that refer to their race or (apparent) home country. Due to the politically-correct crowd, those words for non-white people are all listed as offensive and therefore they are hate-speech. White people are ignored when they cry about racial discrimination.
I'm not playing down the problems with gender-based discrimination, but the massive majority refers to males discriminating against females. Females discriminating against males does happen, it just doesn't make the news. It's not CNN-quality news. No one really cares. Same thing with discriminating against whites. No one cares, so it doesn't make the news.
2007-02-27 05:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
The Spanish etymologist Joan Corominas states that gringo is derived from griego (Spanish for "Greek"), the proverbial name for an unintelligible language (a usage found also in the Shakespearean "it was Greek to me" and its derivative "It's all Greek to me"). From referring simply to language, it was extended to people speaking foreign tongues and to their physical features - similar to the development of the ancient Greek word βάρβαρος (bárbaros) - "Barbarian".
2007-02-27 05:18:16 · answer #9 · answered by vibrance0404 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
My understanding that the word "gringo" is a word for a non Hispanic person.
2007-02-27 10:21:53 · answer #10 · answered by already_enuff_spice_in_this 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
gringo is by no means a racial slur. It denotes a person of caucasian descend. Well, in my country "gringo" is not a word use to offend anybody.
2007-02-27 05:41:00 · answer #11 · answered by rocio 5 · 3⤊ 5⤋