Chicano
Activist Mexican-American identity
Chicano refers to a Mexican American, particularly one with a strong sense of ethnic identity and cultural pride.
The term emerged prominently during the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 70s, when Mexican Americans reclaimed it as a badge of political consciousness and resistance.
Chicano studies, Chicano art.
Some Mexican Americans embrace the label; others prefer Latino, Hispanic, or Mexican American.
The feminine form is Chicana.
Biracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- cultural prideAffection for one's heritage
- representationDepiction or likeness
bilingual · bicultural · Spanglish · code-switching · Aztlán · Nahuatl · heritage · ancestry
- La RazaHispanic people collectively
- activismDirect effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- boycottOrganized economic protest
civil disobedience · desegregation · Zoot Suit Riots · voting rights · affirmative action · empowerment · self-determination · resistance
Residential area nearby
- familiaHousehold, in Spanish
- plazaPublic open square
- mercadoSpanish trading venue
- casitasSmall detached dwellings
homeboys · street culture · taquería · botanica · parish · quinceañera · carne asada
Large public wall painting
- lowriderVehicle with dropped chassis
- corridosMexican narrative folk songs
- conjuntoRegional Mexican music group
- poetryMetrical literary composition
Cheech Marin · Sandra Cisneros · graffiti · Carlos Santana · Los Lobos
Outer edge or limit
- migrationMovement to new territory
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- DACAYouth immigration protection program
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
citizenship · naturalization · bracero · border crossing · family separation · asylum · detention · sanctuary
mestizo
Biracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- cultural prideAffection for one's heritage
representation · bilingual · bicultural · Spanglish · code-switching · Aztlán · Nahuatl · heritage · ancestry · roots
Cesar Chavez
- La RazaHispanic people collectively
- activismDirect effort for reform
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
boycott · civil disobedience · desegregation · Zoot Suit Riots · voting rights · affirmative action · empowerment · self-determination · resistance · solidarity
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
casitas · homeboys · street culture · taquería · botanica · parish · quinceañera · carne asada
muralism
Large public wall painting
- lowriderVehicle with dropped chassis
- corridosMexican narrative folk songs
- conjuntoRegional Mexican music group
Cheech Marin · poetry · Sandra Cisneros · graffiti · Carlos Santana · Los Lobos
border
Outer edge or limit
- migrationMovement to new territory
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- DACAYouth immigration protection program
deportation · citizenship · naturalization · bracero · border crossing · family separation · asylum · detention · sanctuary · remittances
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile
- American EthnicityIrish American, Italian American, German American, Polish American, Chinese American
- LatinoCuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican, Peruvian
- Latino identitiesLatino, Latinx, Hispanic, Latin American, Cuban
- Hyphenated IdentitiesAfrican-American, Irish-American, Italian-American, Chinese-American, Japanese-American
- Indigenous MexicoAztec, Maya, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec
ChicanoAnglo
English-origin prefix
gringo · WASP · European American · African American · Native American
Chicanoassimilationist
Advocate for cultural absorption
coconut · sellout · whitewashed · Hispanic · Spanish-American
- Chicano muralsMexican-American public wall paintings
- Chicano cultureMexican-American ethnic identity
- Chicano MovementMexican American civil rights campaign