A chicano is a first generation Mexican American who is proud of his heritage, and is raised in the Mexican traditional way, but living in an American socity.
It is Chit(d)+ananda where Chit=soul,spirit,conscience, intellect where Ananda=Multifold happiness, pleasure . So Chidananda is Who is full of happiness in his chit is chidananda,One who has happiness as one’s nature
A person with mexican heritage born in the United States; one who feels culturally screwed up & is not fully accepted by either Americans or Mexicans but only by others of their kind.