Two rather interesting posts out of Brown Kingdom:
Why is it that you hear mexicans refer to the “whole” United States as LOS??
and
To be Chicano means to have learned of respect, to have practiced understanding, and to have been moved by social injustice to the point where the person sees it as his duty to fight wrongs wherever they may be found. Chicanismo also means to teach humanism and to love (with respect) all of our fellow human beings who also cling to this earth.
Go read’em now!