Do you consider "gringo" to be a racial epithet?

[Tooting Carmen]

Could it not even be said to be the obverse of "spic"? Let us discuss.

[Black Panther]

It's as much an insult as "cracker". It is a meaningless insult.

[LawrenceMartinez]

No
In portuguese ''gringo'' has nothing to do with race, any foreigner is a gringo

[Morena]

no. it depends on the context. it just means white american. my father once referred to himself as a gringo while relating a tale in which he was in a foreign country. my mother calls my daughter her little gringa.

my parents never cuss or call anyone names. if it were an insult, they wouldn’t use it


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[Black Panther]

No
In portuguese ''gringo'' has nothing to do with race, any foreigner is a gringo

Some people casually called me a gringo when they discovered I was from Sweden.

[Damião de Góis]

No
In portuguese ''gringo'' has nothing to do with race, any foreigner is a gringo

No one uses the word "gringo" here.

[Thorns]

no. it depends on the context. it just means white american. my father once referred to himself as a gringo while relating a tale in which he was in a foreign country. my mother calls my daughter her little gringa.

my parents never cuss or call anyone names. if it were an insult, they wouldn’t use it


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This is my view also. It depends on the context. It can be used as an insult if that is the intention, but for me it carries no weight. A person would have a hard time offending me with that word, it would possibly annoy me is if they were trying to offend me with it, though (it is the intent to offend, not the word itself). Nobody has ever used that word against me in anger, might actually be funny if they did, now that I think about it more.

[Tooting Carmen]

No
In portuguese ''gringo'' has nothing to do with race, any foreigner is a gringo

So even Koreans, Pakistanis and Nigerians are called gringos in Brazil then?

[StonyArabia]

Yes it can be especially when used against Whites

[Tooting Carmen]

Yes it can be especially when used against Whites

Precisely, and likewise with 'gori' in South Asia.