Example sentences for: chicanos

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

  • Chicanos have a sense of pride in being aware of these words and expressions, and knowing how to use them.

  • Of all the areas of the Southwest where Chicanos have settled and lived, it is New Mexico’s culture and folklore that has been historically studied the most.

  • Low riders have commonly been associated with cholos (1990s urban youth) and gangs, but traditionally Chicanos seriously involved in low riding and customizing low-rider cars are not involved in gangs, and low-rider clubs actually present an alternative to gang involvement.

  • The affiliation with Aztlán also reaffirms the Chicanos’ identity as mestizos (people of mixed ancestry), as members of the indigenous population of the New World.

  • Also it is a designation used against all Chicanos, with the same prejudicial meaning as “greaser” or “spic.”


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