Why Americans call Puerto Ricans " spicks", Cubans " Gu's'anos, and Mexicans " beaners" ?

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I have never heard those terms before in my life, so I don't think most Americans in general use those terms.

cireengineering

Only the stupid ones do that.

U.S.Veteran

These are terms used by Republi"cons" who live like they think Archie Bunker is a real person.

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We just dont like each other, lets face the hard truth.

Dee Why!

to be mean.

roy_glen2003

Just a bad nickname, We are all americans at heart and proud of our nationallities.

Adelaide

My husbands co-workers call him gringo all the time and he is white while they are Mexican.And because he's white he cannot say anything about it being a racial slur against him because the laws against racism do not apply to whites and he would only "rock the boat" and create even more problems.He might even be perceived as racist himself for accusing a non-white of discriminating aginst him and lose his job because of it.They also say to him that being a Christian is stupid and then use the Lords name in vain to get a rise out of him.Most of these people are not even American,they weren't born here and even if they have become legal they don't concider themselves Americans.These people get together in front of him at lunch time at work and bad mouth America and it's people saying Americans are stupid and lazy and then they go back to speaking spanish after my husband has gotten the message.They don't associate themselves with America because they still devote their loyalty to Mexico eventhough Mexico has nothing to do with them and never will.So I'm under the impression that the Americans who are saying these racial slurs are the ignorant American hating migrants and illegals who only want to show their contempt and bitterness they harbor towards a country and it's people who is providing them with opportunities for a much better life than they could ever have had anywhere else in the world.Personally I have never refered to anybody by anything but their name and I am an American.It's just sad that they can't do the same.

rickv8356

I don't know about the whole world, some guy keeps posting the same answer in Arabic to all questions, guess he thinks we can 't read it, or maybe Al'Qaida has infiltrated Yahoo Answers and they are attempting to spread propaganda against the Americans. Really you should read it.

Vegas Baby

gusano means worm in english, beaners because it is believed that mexicans consume a lot of beans and gringos is a spanish term for a white person, its our version of beaner. Spicks... i dont know!

Jennifer M

Apparently you use these words and are more familiar of the group for which they are intended to insult, than I am, the American that you claim uses such slurs.

You have way too much time on your hands!

darkone665

Well i don't judge like most people and in not saying all people do i mean we where all born to this earth one way or another so.... someone might look Puerto Ricans but they are really blk white mix..................Look i don't have a lot more time on the pc but do u get my drift????????

jon

well most of the time they are trying to get a laugh out of other people or they are just trying to make a person feel bad. I believe that race needs to be a thing of the past though it never will be there will always be racist i thinkg you should look at it like u are a person no matter where your from you still deserve to be treated right

paladinamok

Yank is a derivative of a Dutch derogatory term for New England "sailing entrepreneurs" (sorta merchant/ pirates) during the colonial period. It is not considered an insult anymore.

The rest is just ways for sad people to make themselves feel superior.

Abby

because people call them like that but mexicans arent called beaners im a mexican nobody calls me beaner ive never heard anyboby call a mexican beaner

thewilds01

sp*c comes from the miami police, it stands for
S panish P erson I n C ustody = SP*C
the rest i have never heared

I don't personally know any Americans that use perjoratives to describe the people you reference. You must live in a very strange and ignorant world......?????

Lori K

Which are you? Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans are respected LEGAL members of American society. I think most Americans hold them in high regard. I know I do.

cubanichi5

Well, I am a Cuban who came to the states at 13. I will try to answer the term "gusano"

gusano- historically, since Castro's regime this term has been given to Cubans that defect, because in Castro's own words and according to him defectors are "worms" who crawl out of the country.

beaners is a term used to refer to Mexicans because in their cuisine beans are a staple food.

spicks (I have heard this for all Hispanics, not just Puerto Ricans) I guess because phonetically it can be difficult for Hispanics to pronounce the word "speak" so this is just a variation on the pronunciation.

I hope this helps

patriot07

you misspelled "spicks".

Cutie

'cause they think that they're superior than others,

The Joker

we know you're jealous.

Mexicanisch

Spics is a label for all those who speak spanglish in New York.

Gusanos are the Cubans in exile.

Beaners are the Mexican farm workers

Gringos are the Anglo-Monolingual estadounidenses.

DAR

I don't know any Americans who use those terms.

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BECAUSE!!!!
well because people are rasist!
Some one calls me a beaner and pshhhh!!
ill go crazy and fight them in seconds!!

BROWN PRiDE!!!!lol

Monteaco(MOn-uh-koh)

Because Americans are generally stupid..I would say 90% of them are...no class

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