Posted on 05/01/2006 9:40:30 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
MEXICO CITY Hundreds of Mexican union members took to Mexico City's streets today to back Mexican migrants living and working in the United States.
They're also showing support to boycotts U-S goods in Mexico in what's called a "A Day Without Gringos."
At least a half-dozen state governors in Mexico endorsed the boycott of McDonald's, Wal-Mart and other U-S firms here. But measuring the impact of the actions was likely to prove difficult. Mexico celebrates May First as the International Workers Day holiday, when business is usually cut to a fraction of normal levels.
Federal officials have tried to distance themselves from both the U-S and Mexican protests. Mexican President Vicente Fox yesterday urged Mexicans who plan to participate in the protests to be prudent.
My local hardware store is having an informal day without illegals sale.
The fact that they are calling it a "A Day Without Gringos" shows that racism, rather than immigration policy, is the motivation here. As such, Catholic prelates in Mexico and Los Angeles should be ashamed of themselves for supporting such blatant racism and hate-mongering.
Today I had a Commute Without Illgeal Aliens. I wish they'd punish us with some more rallies, maybe 2 or 3 times a week would be nice.
"A Day Without Gringos"
Let's make it a year. See how Fox and his ilk like that.
Catholic prelates in Mexico and Los Angeles need attendace and the tithe and influence that comes with it.
Leo Garza's 'Nacho Guarache' for 04/23/2006
Heh, I could live with that. I'm quite happy not going to Mexico at any point.
Today was actually pretty good so far! I'm here at school, and all the illegals didn't show up today.. In fact, I haven't seen a Mexican flag all day. And here, that is pretty rare. Haven't heard any spanish, or any complaints about not getting special treatment from those 'racist gringo etc, etc's"..
What Catholic Prelates are supporting this? I don't think any. Also, its time to take a deep breath on this and start looking at the details of these articles. I know its early in the day but the article mentioned just hundreds marched. Hundreds not tens of thousands or even thousands. A very small number.
"A Day Without Gringos" shows that racism
I'm not sure why. "Gringo" isn't perjoritive, and, outside of parts of Chile has no connotations with "race" (in Southern Chile, it means "Brazilian", generally of "mixed race"). There is a slightly impolite Spanish reflexive verb, agringarse, meaning to "act like a U.S.A.-nian" but it's extemely rare: such people are usually called "malanchistas" (from La Malanche, Cortes' Aztec mistress).
There are folk tales about the origin of "gringo", but it goes back to mideval Spanish -- a corruption of "grego" (Greek) as in "it's all Greek to me" or, historically, Orthodox Christians, as opposed to Latin Rite Christians -- allies of the Castillians in the struggle against the Moors, but a bit odd by their reckoning.
"Gringo" is no more a race than "Mexican" or that bureaucratic invention "Hispanic".
Maybe you meant it was anti-USAnian (a neat invention of a Colombian friend who objects to calling us "Americans" and him something else).
Congrats on your enlistment. You're going to be part of the proudest fighting machine ever, the US military. Seems like the other day for me but, unfortunately, it was almost 40 years ago.
Good luck to you.
I doubt Vicente Fox looks down on a day off from work without pay in the U.S. - it means his little army of workers will be missing his share of their paycheck.
He bases his economy on the money paid in cash to the protesters.
"Gringo isn't perjorative (sic)" rpgdfmx
"Just cause you say it's so, don't make it so." Bob Barr to `Patches' Kennedy, `99 Clinton Impeachement
`Gold Dust and Gunsmoke: Tales of the Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawment, and Vigilantes', by John Boessenecker, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Contents, Chapter 4 (Page 44): "Gringos and Greasers"
So, I'm concluding that your opinion is that it's not a slur
for "gringos" to again call illegal Mexicans "greasers"?
When the Catholic church sheltered pedophiles, faithful became upset. Now that it shelters illegal aliens AND pedophiles, a lot of people are going to begin equating Catholic politics with sin.
From online dictionary
grin·go P Pronunciation Key (grngg)
n. Offensive Slang pl. grin·gos
Used as a disparaging term for a foreigner in Latin America, especially an American or English person.
Here's how bad it is, folks. Got my Official Voter Information Guide for the California Primary Election today. Here's what it says on the cover to order voter information and ballots in verious languages:
English: 800-345-VOTE (8683)
Espanol/Spanish: 800-232-VOTA (8682)
Japanese: 800-339-2865
Viet ngu/Vietnamese: 800-339-8163
Tagalog/Tagalog: 800-339-2957
Chinese: 800-339-2857
Korean: 866-575-1558
TDD: 800-833-8683
And:
pe·jor·a·tive P Pronunciation Key (p-jôr-tv, -jr-, pj-rtv, pj-)
adj.
Tending to make or become worse.
Disparaging; belittling.
n.
A disparaging or belittling word or expression.
Combining the illegal alien amnesty with the drug posession amnesty
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