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I haven't heard "beaner" her (yes a ton in Cali), but they usually just call all Hispanics "Mexicans". At least rural.
My wife just says "gringo/gringa", "negritos"- for ANY dark skin, & "chinitos"- for ANY Asians.
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I grew up in Michigan, not knowing that "beaner" was an ethnic specific slang for person.
Then a Starbucks like chain started up there, called Beaner's, which was an obvious reference to coffee beans.
When the chain started expanding, a marketing genius said they had to change the name if they opened any stores in Illinois.
I always believed that no Mexican would care if somebody appropriated the name beaner and put it on a storefront. If I were Mexican, I'd rather have you call a store that instead of calling me that.