beaner

[Michael H Covarrubias]

Quoting Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>:
>
> 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....
>

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.

I have heard "frijolero" too.

Michael

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