Negrito

“Changuito,” “su negrito,” and “F— that guy ... he’s with the Blacks” garnered the most attention because we’ve been taught in this country and culture to primarily recognize racism in the form of vitriolic language.

He described Martinez — who called the Black son of Councilmember Mike Bonin a “negrito” and compared the boy to a “monkey,” derided L.A.

Within families and friend groups, the lightest-colored person is often nicknamed guerito, or “little white one,” and the darkest negrito, or “little Black one.”

“When you’re born and raised in Mexico, you are raised listening to things like ‘el negrito,’ ‘la chinita.’

Martinez, De León, Cedillo and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera were recorded in a mid-October 2021 conversation about city redistricting in which Martinez called the young Black son of Councilman Mike Bonin “Su negrito, like on the side,” using a Spanish diminutive term for a Black person that can be considered demeaning.