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Today, Chicanos continue to refer to Califas, when speaking of California, in an affectionate and proprietary manner.
Still, many Chicanos grew up being threatened by their parents that if they didn’t behave, “te vay llevar la migra,” la migra would come and take them away, presumably to Mexico.
Many Chicanos, who may not have known the appellation pelado, nonetheless became familiar with the comic vagabond through Mexican films.
The experience of Chicanos in Kansas, as described by Beeson, Adams, and King, was repeated throughout the Southwest and Midwest.
In the verbal folklore repertoire of Chicanos, jokes abound about Mexicans who become Anglos and adopt the values, mannerisms, food, clothing styles, and verbal expressions of the dominant society.