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"Cholo" or "Chola", in South America, has a different meaning.
A person with indigenous ancestry.
So, cholo57, which one are you? ;-)
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Originally Posted by EVANGELISTTI
Interesting. When I have been in Colombia people called me gringo even when I said I am Brazilian.
That's because the accent a Brazilian has when speaking Spanish sounds similar to the accent an American has when speaking Spanish. I'm going to venture to say they didn't believe you when you said you're from Brazil.
How common is the term "pocho", and what is your concept of it? I´ve never heard anyone use it, but then again I´ve never lived in a place with a large Mexican/Mexican-American community.
You didn't hear that term in New Mexico. You would hear it in California, in places like East L.A.
Hispanic is an ethnic term only. White is an ethnic term and a racial term. Caucasian is an ethnic term. Gringo is a term that Mexicans use for white people from the US, and everybody knows it. Norte-Americano is a regional term that Mexicans use for people from the US and Canada. Latino is a US cultural term, and can also be used for someone who lives south of the Rio Grande River. Chicano is a native of the US west of Texas of Mexican descent. Tejano, same as Chicano for those in Texas. Chollo, term for street Mexican from El Paso to Tijuana. Meskin, term that my grandfather used.
Well, I thought "gabacho" was a slang term that Mexicans use to refer to Anglos/White people.
That's because the accent a Brazilian has when speaking Spanish sounds similar to the accent an American has when speaking Spanish. I'm going to venture to say they didn't believe you when you said you're from Brazil.
Why do you think Colombians didn’t believe i am Brazilian?
No. I mean: are you a cholo, as in a Chicano street gang member, or a cholo as in a "native american" which you said is how the word is used in South America.
Why do you think Colombians didn’t believe i am Brazilian?
Because Brazilians tend to speak Spanish with an accent that resembles an American (gringo) speaking Spanish, and because some Brazilians don't "look Latino", hence they probably thought you were joking about being from Brazil. That's why they kept calling you "gringo."
aab7855: a little more info on what I posted above. California has always had a much greater influx of immigrants from Mexico, in both sheer numbers and per-capita, compared to New Mexico. Due to economic reasons. New Mexico is a poor state with a lack of jobs. immigrants are much more likely to head to CA or TX. So there are differences in the culture that evolved in California by having a bunch of fresh immigrants intermingling with second- and third-generation Mexican Americans. Versus New Mexico where you had smaller numbers of Mexicans intermingling with the local Hispanics who often had roots going way back, hence no family ties between the two.
So... some differences .. But also a lot of sharing. For example, the "lowrider" has its beginnings in New Mexico. The town of Española is supposed to be the birthplace of the lowrider. Later, Chicanos in California became aware of it and loved it and went crazy for it, hence in popular belief it's associated with So-Cal, but in fact the concept was born in a small tiny little mountain town in the desert in northern New Mexico.
No. I mean: are you a cholo, as in a Chicano street gang member, or a cholo as in a "native american" which you said is how the word is used in South America.
Does anybody identify as humano or imagen y reflejo de Dios?
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