no me digas gringo

I hate the term "gringo." It's racist, no matter how you cut it. I tell them, "no - soy estadounidense. Te puedo llamar frijolero?" Nope. I also don't like "güero" that much, but for that there at least exists a two-way street; I can call them "morenos." Also, "gringo", though slight, carries with it a negative connotation; it's derogatory. It also exhibits the same traits as other words that are incontrovertibly bigoted in nature.