Joseph, WOW!!!!

What a great format for airing our concerns about who we are as a 
group of people as diverse and any other ethnic group!

My father hates to this day the word "Chicano" because in his younger 
days in California it was used in a very negative, gang style manner.  
To him it's a put down and very militant.  I guess that's how we pick 
up our own racist attitudes, we learn them at home... I still cring 
when someone calls me Chicana.. so much to unlearn and with the help 
of forums like this I'm getting better!

thank you again Joseph
Linda in Everett