Monday, September 22, 2008

"Gringo" is usually a pejorative term, but in Brazil "Gringo" is used to refer to most foreigners, Mexicans and Argentines included, and has no negative connotation in and of itself.

"Smoked Irish" was a term used against the new Irish in America in the 19th century, and was meant to disparage both blacks and Irish.

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