"RHF" wrote in message
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Face the Fact that there are 'some' Chicanos
and Mexicans who would disagree with you.

Again there are many Chicanos and Mexicans who use
both Etnic-Name-Tags when ever it suits them; to match
the social environment that they are in at the moment*.

I just called several people... those born in Mexico would never consider
themselves Chicanos... the term, to them, is demeaning. Those born here...
most reject the term as it is a zoot-suit stereotype. Very few pochos use it
any more, outside of the fringe and radical MEChA group, which has given the
term a bad name. Our news director in the stations' style guide, does not
allow the use of the term unless part of the name of an organization or in a
quote as he feels it is offensive to many and perceived as politically
incorrect.

In Mexico a Chicano is a person who calls a patio a "yarda" and a truck a
"troka" and who is not a "real" Mexican. Chicanos are parodied in the media
and by comedians.