Why are Chicanos label as Mexicans??

Question

So I been in the U.S for several yrs. Something I've seen is that most of the white population think Chicanos are Mexicans??? I mean people think Mexicans are using all the welfare or all Gov help when in fact it's not even them. I believe you'all are referring to the chicanos NOT Mexicans... I know a LOT of Mexicans living here and NON of them are in welfare or any type of Gov help. I thought it was weird bc all these steriotype that mexicans do this do that blah blah... Let me tell you as a mexican I'm strongly against welfare bc it pisses me off seeing a lot of CHICANOS, or BLACK, and EVEN WHITES buying food with foodstamps when most of them dont need them.

Answer 1

Mexican-American

Mexican Americans don't like to just get into gang fights,

they like flowers and music and white girls named Debbie too.

Mexican Americans are named Chata and Chella and Chema

and have a son in law named Jeff.

Mexican Americans don't like to get up early in the morning

but they have to, so they do it real slow.

Mexican Americans love education so they go to night school

and they take spanish and get a B.

Mexican Americans love their Nana's and their Nono's and their

Nena's and their Neno's........ Nano Nano Nena Nono!

Mexican Americans don't like to go to the movies where the

dude has to wear contact lenses to make his blue eyes brown

cause don't it make my brown eyes blue.....

Answer 2

same meaning here...  I've seen plenty of mexicans using food stamps.

Answer 3

arent chicanos mexican americans?  

i called them mexicans cuz they are.

Answer 4

You are what you are.

Answer 5

They dont come here to pop out their anchor babies for nothing!  They mean the same thing here.

Answer 6

its cuz white people dont know how to tell the difference but chicano is the same thing here but they were born in america

Answer 7

You are confused about terminology. A Chicano is another word for Mexican, that's all.