naco
adj.— «Esto es muy triste, pues revela un complejo de inferioridad social. La mayoria de los latinoamericanos somos mestizos, pero preferimos a la gente con apariencia sajona. Acaso el desagradable termino peyorativo “naco” no se referia en su acepcion original a la gente de bajos recursos y de piel morena? He escuchado a varias personas hacer comentarios tales como “es bonita, nada mas que es prieta”, refiriendose a alguna muchacha, como si ser morena fuera un defecto.» —“Re: Racismo” by Ivan Ordonez-Reinoso Usenet: soc.culture.mexican May 10, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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