Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicano: Mexican American. A shortened, corrupted form of Mexicano, with the first syllable dropped and the "x" pronounced like ch in cheese, in the fashion of Mexico's Chihuahua Indians...
Malinchista: traitor to the Mexican-American cause. From Mal-inche, the daughter of a Mexican nobleman, who became Cortes' mistress and aided the Spanish in their conquest of Mexico...
Mestizo: person of mixed Spanish and Indian blood, as are most Mexican Americans. Gueros have relatively light skins; trigueños are somewhat darker...
Pachuco: tough guy. Used of teenage Mexican-American boys in gangs. During World War II, dressed in gaudy zoot suits, they were the target of racial violence in Los Angeles and elsewhere...
...Raza: the race, meaning all Mexicans and Mexican Americans, and derived from the mystical theory of the 19th century philosopher, Jose Vasconcelos, that people of mixed race will inherit the earth. At best, it is a rallying cry betokening a mild form of cultural nationalism; at worst, it connotes outright racism...