Word: chicanos
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...that I described minorities as clustering together in the dining halls, but never observed that whites sit together also. From this some felt at liberty to infer that, as one critic put it, I believe "all-white tables are 'normal' but, for some reason, the all-Black or all-Chicano tables are not." Others inferred that I am unaware of the racism embedded in some whites, which is another reason for segregation in the dining halls...
When people notice that a group of minorities are sitting together, they often neglect to mention that there are many more tables with whites seated separately. The all-white tables are "normal", but, for some reason, the all-Black or all-Chicano tables...
...think there has to be more increasedcommunication between the groups," Perez said. "Wehave to complement each other...for example havinga Chicano group celebrating Black History Month ora Black group celebrating Cinco de Mayo...
Throughout the ongoing disputes over self-identification of minority groups--whether Black or African-American, American Indian or Native American, Asian or Asian-American, Mexican-American or Chicano--runs a common thread of the problem of cultural or ethnic identity...
...face of Florida laws that declare English the state language, Chicano students reemphasized the importance of language in affirming cultural identity...