Gringomask.com Apologizes to Whites Everywhere.

Caucasians everywhere were outraged at Gringomask.com's use of these insulting and defamatory images of innocent white people who were subjugated and derided when their faces were used on these cardboard cutouts. The masks were intended to be used by Arizona residents wishing not to be racially profiled.

It's bad enough that they hold the better jobs, receive better pay, live in better homes, have higher IQs, have lower incidents of incarceration, and suffer significantly reduced acts of domestic violence to name a few of the injustices. As a result of their protesting the offensive use of the word "gringo", Gringomask.com issued a lengthy apology on their website and removed any indication of the offensive content. Clearly, white people have suffered enough discrimination and oppression at the hands of non-whites the world over and implored Gringomask.com to remove the offensive content. Gringomask.com is only the latest offender in what can only be described as a plague of unfair treatment that has gone on since the dawn of time.

Their apology is all that remains on their site. I am personally relieved that they did this. I don't think my sensitive racial identity could have handled much more of this abuse.

Thanks to your involvement, the GringoMask has achieved its primary objective to raise awareness of the potential for racial profiling by enforcement of Arizona SB 1070. GringoMask was not a commercial product or intended to be a long term project, but a piece of satire to promote discussion and thought.

In addition to raising awareness, the mask was used to promote dialogue between people of different opinions in the hopes of arriving at better solutions than SB 1070, and to show solidarity with Americans of every race and color across the country that found this law unfair in its targeting of a specific ethnic group even if only implicitly. We chose this mask because of its light-hearted nature and tongue-in-cheek approach much in the same vein as Jeff Foxworthy's shtick "You Might be a Redneck" or Carlos Mencia's "beaner" jokes. However, we in no way meant to offend anyone.

We understand from your responses that some people might equate the word "Gringo" with an ethnic slur. We do not. It is simply a slang term used to describe Caucasians, and we don't assign any negative connotations to it. In fact, the mask communicates that looking this way will keep you above suspicion of being an illegal immigrant in Arizona, a positive thing not a derogatory one. We hope everyone will view the mask the way we do...a comical tool to convey a message and raise awareness about an issue that is important to all Americans. If the campaign has been taken in a different light by some, we sincerely regret the misunderstanding.

Thanks for voicing your opinions and helping to get the dialogue going.
We look forward to a better solution to the illegal immigration problem.

Damn RIGHT you apologize. NOBODY oppresses whitey and gets away with it!