In a message dated 5/11/2007 10:40:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
arturo.ramos2@gmail.com writes:
The other terms used such as "Chicano" are very politically laden and
therefore not equivalent.
Can you expound?
Esperanza
Chicagoland area
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Chicanoism
Bruce Novoa: "A Chicano lives in the space between the hyphen in Mexican-American"
I refer you to Wikipedia which has a decent discussion on the etymology of the term Chicano and its connotations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicano
The Spanish version of the article is interesting since it provides a very different perspective of Chicanoism... i.e. has a bit of derisive tone especially in the use of language by Chicanos...
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicano