beaner

[Wilson Gray]

On 6/11/07, Michael H Covarrubias <mcovarru at purdue.edu> wrote:
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> Quoting Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>:
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> > Also, FWIW, Carlos Mencia, the Chicano comedian, uses "beaner" as his
> > usual term for both "Mexican-American" and "Mexican," as does the
> > legendary Cheech Marin....
> >
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> Mencia's argument for the term (if I can remember his bit correctly) is that he
> needs a word that covers Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South American (perhaps
> without regard for language too) and the rest. So he settles on "beaner" because
> I guess we all eat beans.

Well, we all do. That certainly can't be denied. Indeed, I was able to
add another variety of bean to my personal list when I discovered
that, here in the Northeast, black-eyed peas are called "black-eyed
beans." ;-)

-Wilson
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> I have heard "frijolero" too.
>
> Michael
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