LTS Spanish Language 1: Identity - Being Chicana

Elvira Vivanco explains how Chicano or Chicana, once a derog­atory term used for Mexican-Americans, has been embraced by Latinos as a way to capture her cultural and political identity.

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[1980vince]

a chicano is mexican american that it.

[TruthandJustice101]

Chicano comes from Mechicano which is the Hispanicized way of saying "Mexica" which was the proper name of the Aztecs.

A Chicano is a Mexican who is born in the United States (or raised most of their life in the US).

Most Chicanos speak English. many are monolingual English speakers.

[chicoling1]

tiene un acento chevere, aunque no creo k tenga razon en todo lo que dice

y otra cosa, hay muchos videos asi donde hablan espanol y todo l mundo deja comentarios en ingles, pk sera?

[filez2012]

Chicano is in the dictionary, it means; Mexican American..That's it! Say what it means to you to be Chicano, but don't confuse yourselves it simply means Mexican American.

[freshbeast23]

nt al chicanos talk like dat ja ja....thiz hyna cant speak right...

[20peru]

mmmmmmmmm

[MullenThomas1507]

A chicana is a woman from mexican descent who has lived most or all her life in the U.S.

A latina is a women born in a latin country, a latin country is one influenced by the roman culture and language, i.e. Italy, Spain, Mexico and Brazil. However, the american media has related the term "latin" and "Latino" to people from latinamerican countries exclusively, resulting in an incorrect use of the word. Greets.

[FATIGUEDOUT]

what is the difference between a chicana and a latina?

[raulgomez777]

jaja I've been here since i was 10 and I in no way consider my self chicano.

Dont mind chicanos but I dont like their culture