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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:39 PM Original message |
Relax Gringo |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. excellent! I'd buy one |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wouldn't "gringo" be considered an ethnic slur? Why would |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm a gringo...btw |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm a gringo also,but don't want anyone calling me that,anymore |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You're a gringa |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thanks for the gender correction-----and I still don't like it. I also |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Actually, being called a "thick mick" has everything to do with suppression. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Of course they were considered white,just dumb,Catholic whites that |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nope. The racist in this country were hellbent in proving that the Irish were Iberina Negroes |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They were the nutcases.---to most we were just dirty,uncouth whites. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. No, they were white but not considered white. Neither were Italians. |
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Dramarama (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Especially in New Orleans |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Gringa and gringo are not slurs in and of themselves. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. What about "anglo". I've heard that used by Hispanics,yet I don't |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So, you don't mind being referred to as "English" |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Anglo is a term I've heard local Hispanics use,and it covers any non-Hispanic. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The origin is actually funny |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed. It's offensive. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I don't know where you live but gringo is used to distiguish... |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I don't think it is an ethnic slur |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why is gringo OK and other ethnic slurs not? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. thankyou... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Because it is not an ethnic slur. |
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Dramarama (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Well, redskin is okay |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I agree |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. i too am offended by your use of the word gringo.. |
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