Ivan Lopez's definitions

chicano

noun 1. A person who identifies himself/herself, regardless of a nationality, with the political, socioeconomic and cultural strife of native people and their descendants of the Americas.
2. A political, socioeconomic and cultural paradigm acquired from knowledge and interpretation of literature, music, politics, etc. of descendants of the Americas.

Being born in East L.A. doesn't make you Chicano, education and activism help in becoming one.

by Ivan Lopez February 1, 2005