5 Feet of Fury

Ask a Mexican: What racial slurs to Mexicans use?

Gustavo Arellano writes:

And while we’re on the subject of “nigger”, raza: can we finally admit to America that the term Mexicans use to deride blacks (mayate) is far nastier than the N-word because it not only means “beetle” but also “homosexual”? The more you know about Mexicans, America…