pocho
n.— «Pocho is a derogatory term that Mexicans use to denigrate Mexican-Americans who put on gringo airs, and the article described the cultural trauma that Lopez faced as a young man when he tried to return to Mexico after attending Harvard Law School.» —“Two Men Who Were More Than Hyphens in a Hyphenated Melting Pot” by Frank del Olmo Newsweek Nov. 7, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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