Example sentences for: chicanos

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

  • One can find Chicanos proudly wearing t-shirts with the slogan “Menudo, Breakfast of Champions” boldly printed on the front.

  • Tattoos of Christian images have always been popular among Chicanos, and the custom of tattooing images of Jesus Christ, crucifixes, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and other Madonnas has a long history.

  • A barrio is a neighborhood, a city district, or a ward in an urban area where Mexicans and Chicanos live.

  • Because of the low socioeconomic status of a large percentage of Chicanos in the United States and the lack of equal opportunities in education and employment, many Chicano families have been inadvertently introduced to this subculture.

  • Chicano novelists and poets have consciously incorporated the use of pochismos in literary works to reinforce the precarious cultural and linguistic status of Chicanos in American society.


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