Is "Gringo" an offensive or derogatory word?
My Mexican non-English speaking cousin-in-law asked me if I thought that "Gringo" was an offensive term. My response was "no". My reasoning is that "Gringo" is a slang term for non-Mexican North A...
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I grew up in Mexico as that "gringo" and it was never said as a derogatory word, but as a term of my heritage. IMO, it runs with the word Tejano, which is how I identify myself.
