CH ST 1A- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)
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Chicano: term first used in 1920 mass immigration from mx because of mexican revolution. 1960 chicano movement the term chicano is again rediscovered, term became politicized. Mexican american: comes from 1930"s, u. s born citizens who are children of immigrants. Mexican: people of mexican descent immigrant or u. s born. Mexicano: people of mexican descent, immigrants from mexico. Hispano: umbrella term by census bureau to capture demographic of growing population. Hispanic: some thought it was problematic because suggested european (spain) side of being. Latino: umbrella term that counters the term hispanic, pertaining to all latin-american nations. Anglo/euro-american: white, don"t tell us about diversity of european descent. Illegal alien: strong connotation, racist term, marginalizes people, instead say undocumented. 56 million people (17%) in the us population are latinos. Latinos will represent 1 out of 3 americans. Over 100 million estimated to live in the us.
