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| {{Dablink|For the coffee franchise, formerly known as Beaner's, see ]}} | |||
| '''Beaner''' is a ] term, widely regarded as inappropriate, that refers to people of ] descent or, more broadly, ]s.<ref name="mouth">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701875.html |title=The Mouth of Mencia |work=] |date=September 28, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=San Diego's top Latino cop retires |work=] |date=September 1, 2005}}</ref><ref name="pedro">{{cite news |title=Pedro deflects the barbs; Racist comments don't faze Sox ace |work=] |date=September 14, 2000}}</ref> The term originates from the prevalence of ] and other beans in ].<ref name="pedro"/><ref>{{cite news |title=You are what you eat... arguably: John Sutherland on national nicknames |work=] |date=July 31, 2000}}</ref> | |||
| According to ''The Historical Dictionary of American Slang'', the word was first seen in print in 1965, although the term has reportedly been in use at least since the 1940s (perhaps having evolved from previous slurs such as "bean-eater" and "bean-bandit" that were in use since as far back as the 1910s.) <ref name="mouth"/> | |||
| Although the word is generally considered pejorative, its usage is not always overtly offensive and can be fairly benign depending on the context (similar to the term "]" for a French person.) Though perhaps once considered strictly offensive, it appears that the term may be going through a phase of ], where the negative connotation of an ethnic slur is "reclaimed" by those it is directed against and used in a neutral or even positive manner.<ref name="mouth"/> | |||
| Other ] based on food include "]" (East Indians) and "Frog" (French). | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ] | |||
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