Chicano Edit Meaning

1.

A person with the desendence of mexican but not born in mexico but in the U.S.A chicano is not people from latin america but only people with mexican desendence in born in the USA.

That vato over there says he is chicano but his parents were born in El Salvador. That means he is not chicano because his parents must be form Mexico and he must have been born in the United States to be a chicano.

See raza

2.

Mexican american person. One whose parents were born in Mexico but he/she was born in the United States. Not any hispanic, just Mexicans born in the US territory.

That vato over there is a CHicano, he was born here, but is parents were born in Mexico.

3.

chicano/a is a mexican american but you are still mexican so don't discriminate against your own people by calling them a wet back or a mojado.

mexican american is someone who is mexican but wasborn and raised in america,in the barrio they would be called a chicano

See mexican, mexicano, chicana, cerda

4.

Born American of Mexican Descent. Not accepted by Anglo-Americans as true Americans and not accepted by Mexcians as true Mexicans.

This chicano could care less about those from either culture who don't accept me for who I am!

See chicana, cholo, chola, pocho, mexican

5.

When one parent or both parents are born in Mexico and they have a son born in the United States of America.Also refered to Mexican-American

My mom was born in Mexico and so was my dad. So what Im I? A Mexican or American? Your a Mexican American Also refered to as a Chicano Because you have decendeds of a mexican but you were born in the USA.

6.

as explained as my chicano history teacher: chicano is a mexican american that was born here, with mexican parents born in mexico. but a chicano is a well educated, well informed, part of the chicano community that strugles for equality. Chicanos feel that they could transform society by organizing around what many call Chicanismo.

Chicanos had to unite around their culture and change society by working to resolve Chicano-specific problems.

See chicano, chicanismo, mexicans, beaner, wetback

7.

A person who is born and raised in the US but whos ancestors(parents,grandparents or great-grand parents)were born in Mexico.He/she may speak spanish and english though most Chicanos speak english only.Many first-generation(people born and raised in the US during the 40's & 50's) Chicanos as well their children speak a dialect of spanish called Calo rather than traditional Spanish.Chicanos during the 1940's created a culture based on their parents Mexican culture and their own American culture. Many Chicanos have been instrumental in changing Mainstream american culture in terms of Art,Music and language.

Freddie Prinze was the first mainstream Latino Star ..yeah too bad he wasn't Chicano.

See chicano, chicana, mexican-american, hispanic, calo