Example sentences for: chicano

How can you use “chicano” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In her words, “Besides rendering a Chicano pinto presence in the rhythms of speech, Santana [the movie character] represents it in the stylized walk and prose of a pinto, a stance honed in the corridors behind prison walls or in the barrios of East L.A.” (1993, 130).

  • Chicano and Chicana artists turned to symbols that portrayed the traditions of Chicanos, traditions that distinguished them from mainstream American culture.

  • At the turn of the century the Chicano population in Los Angeles was only 5 percent.

  • Before the publication of Paredes’s work, most of the Hispanic and Chicano folklore collected was classified, published, and placed on a library shelf.

  • Their repertoire reflects the variety of Mexican and Chicano music, such as Tex-Mex, Música Norteña, rock and roll, blues, salsa, rhythm and blues, and other Latino styles.


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