What does "Chicano" mean?

Question

Does it mean, Half Mexican and Half American. Because that's what I am. Thanks

Answer 1

Chicano is a cultural identity for persons who live in the United States and have a strong sense of Mexican-American ethnic identity and an accompanying political consciousness. The term's meaning has changed over time and varies regionally. It is worth noting that not all Mexican Americans proud of their heritage use the term Chicano.

A female Chicano is called a Chicana, a term which tends to have feminist connotations. The term follows the usual conventions for Spanish words, in that the masculine plural form Chicanos is used for groups that include both genders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicano

Good luck Chica

Meg

Answer 2

The term's meanings are highly subjective but usually consist of one or more of the following elements:


Chicano is a cultural identity for persons who live in the United States and have a strong sense of Mexican-American ethnic identity and an accompanying political consciousness. The term's meaning has changed over time and varies regionally. It is worth noting that not all Mexican Americans proud of their heritage use the term Chicano.

A female Chicano is called a Chicana, a term which tends to have feminist connotations. The term follows the usual conventions for Spanish words, in that the masculine plural form Chicanos is used for groups that include both genders.

Answer 3

The term Chicano was taken up in the mid 1960s by Mexican American activists, who, in attempt to rid the word of its negative connotation and create a unique ethnic identity, reconfigured its meaning by proudly identifying themselves as Chicanos.

Answer 4

Chicano means having parents who were born in Mexico, then coming to the United States and a child being born here in American speaking both or one language.

Answer 5

A Chicano is someone of Mexican descent, usually pertaining to immigrants in the U.S.

Answer 6

Avatars refer to a concept that is not any different at all from your "real" name as also only concept. This is a spiritual question because, in fact, there is nothing such as a You that exists. The You/Me/I which folks think they are is a linguistic convention for something that exists only in a dualistic consciousness. Importantly and ultimately, there is not a You and Your Life. There is not God except as your dualistic consciousness thinks one up. Knowing this or even just acting as if this were true changes behavior in a positive way. Thinking there is a God usually (not always) results in the worst kind of behavior because of the divisive delusion and ultimate arrogance it is based on. The practice of remembering and reminding one's "self" this is usually called religion in the broadest sense. Kshetra means a field of action and a holy place - sometimes site of a war - which affects consciousness in the way that physics describes reality. The World Trade Center Site in New York is one such Kshetra.

Answer 7

It is term for a Mexican-Americans,especially in a progressive sense

Answer 8

It's what a Spanish person who was born and lives in Chicago is called.

Answer 9

It means that and that you are from the north.