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Many carpas (tent theaters) featured pelado or peladito characters, and the agringado (anglicized) and the pocho (half Mexican) were special targets of his comic wit and satire.
The agringado figure has become a stock character in Chicano culture and is frequently encountered in folklore, literature, and popular culture.
Chicanos also often use the term, as they do agringado, to describe an overly acculturated Chicano, one who is trying to be “white.”
Rather, identifying or pointing out agringado behavior tends to be done by family or peer group members, who use teasing, joking, and narrating exemplary anecdotes characteristic of folkloric behavior.
Agringado is a particularly strong term in comparison to americanizado, because the word gringo connotes a strong negative image of a North American.