Mexican. The good name has been vilified for so long that even in the Southwest, where Mexicans are as plentiful as Yankees in New England, the word is used cautiously. Most Mexican-Americans have ...

Dear Mexican: I used to frequent a cantina in Chicago where half of the bar was Polack, the other half beaner. The Polacks would speak in their native tongue and either start or finish all of ...

And then it hit me. People think that calling someone Mexican is almost like … a slur? A bad word? A politically incorrect name for people from Mexico?

Is "Mexican" an Offensive Word? Dear Mexican: There's something I am concerned about, or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I've been here for eight years.