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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.
The common reference to “finally the sleeping giant awakens” when conferring on Mexican American social-political issues is made often by educated and acculturated Chicanos, manifesting an internalization of an image imposed from outside the Mexican culture.
Most Chicanos heard of her as children, read about her in literature, or learned of her from friends.
Although there was a strong Mexican middle class, many Chicanos were working class, such as butchers, barbers, and later railroad workers.
Some Chicanos use the term to refer to recent Mexican immigrants and also to differentiate themselves from undocumented immigrants.