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chicano
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chicano is an ethnic, political, and cultural term used to refer to some Mexican Americans . It may also refer to: El Chicano , a 1970s and 1980s funky music group Chicano (novel) , a 1970 novel by Richard Vásquez Chicanos (comics) , a comic book by Carlos ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1947, from Mexican Spanish dialectal pronunciation of Mexicano "Mexican," with loss of initial unaccented syllable [Barnhart]. Said to have been in use among Mexican-Americans from c.1911. Probably influenced by Spanish chico "boy," also used as a nickname. ...
Usage examples of chicano.
There is a pool table in the rear, a pitcher of beer sells for a dollar, and the faded Chicano barmaid rolls dice with the patrons to keep the jukebox going.
The difference between a Mexican-American and a Chicano was the difference between a Negro and a Black.
In the hot blaze of police flares, three Chicano youths swaggered down the ruined street.
But by the time his body was carried out of the Silver Dollar, he was a stone Chicano martyr.
The official version of the Salazar killing was so crude and illogical -- even after revisions -- that not even the sheriff seemed surprised when it began to fall apart even before Chicano partisans had a chance to attack it.
For some reason the sheriff failed to mention that his deputies had already jailed one of the most prominent Chicano militants in the nation.
There is also Con Safos -- a quarterly review of Chicano Art and Literature.
The Chicano community had lost faith in the inquest about midway through the second day, and all the rest of the testimony only reinforced their anger at what most considered an evil whitewash.
Wilson, several of the more moderate Chicano spokesmen called for a federal investigation.
Lounging around a noisy Chicano bar in the middle of a communist riot?
He was a homosexual, a young Chicano, nobody political -- and the police report said he hung himself in his cell.
And Chicano activists soon learned that a two-minute news feature on KMEX was crucial to the success of a mass rally, because TV was the only way to reach a mass Chicano audience in a hurry.
Then I asked him if he could give me the names of any Chicano leaders I should talk to if I decided to write an article about the scene in East L.
But they were more than willing to talk when I asked if it was true that the bomb had been the work of the Chicano Liberation Front.
I recall being seriously worried about that when we were working on that story about the killing of Chicano journalist Ruben Salazar by an L.