Essays on Ethnicity Page 2

For all peoples, as with individuals, the time comes when they must reckon with their history. For the Chicano the present is a time of renaissance, of renacimiento. Our people and our community, el barrio and la colonia, are expressing a new consciousness and a new resolve. Recognizing the historical tasks confronting our people and…

In his article entitled “Anglos and Mexicans in the Twenty-First Century” by David Montejano states the close relations between Anglo Americans and Chicanos and the lack of segregation and class policy are likely to result in the decline of  United States’ South (Montejano, Sec.3). Such adverse outcomes, as Montejano envisions, will be associated with relatively…

Abstract A Chicano is an individual of Mexican descent who lives in the United States. The term “Chicano” comes from the Nahuatl word “Meshicanos” and originally referred to the indigenous people of Mexico. In the 1960s, individuals with Mexican-American heritage adopted the term Chicano to assert their cultural identity and emphasize their political viewpoints. Initially,…