WHY THIS SONG ISNT JUST A SONG AND THE BACKSTORY TO THE WORD CHOLO: IN LATINX AND CHICANX CULTURE

hello before you come for me in any way shape or form me, myself am i Latinx & Chicanx person. and i have every right to speak on this topic and i have done my research to EDUCATE non latinx & chicanx people

as of recent tiktok has created the trend; lean like a cholo challenge, from the artist down aka kilo using his infamous song lean like a cholo. which debuted in 2007 and has been loved by the latinx community do this day

KEY WORDS TO KNOW BEFORE WE BEGIN:

LATINX: a gender neutral neologisms to refer to people of Latin America cultural or ethnic identity in the united states (plural Latinx)

Chicano/Chicana/Chicanx: is a chosen identity for people of Mexican descent living in the United States

CHICANX ORGINS:

1940s-1950s: Chicanx was used as a classist term (class discrimination) of derision despite it being already being adopted by panchucos to Anglo-American society.

1960s-1970s: Chicanx was a widely reclaimed word used to express political empowerment, ethnic solidarity, and pride of being indigenous descent, diverging from the assimilationist Mexican American identity +

Many Chicanx youth in barrios rejected cultural assimilation into whiteness and embraced pachuco/a and cholo/a identities as counterculturals symbols of resistance.

In simpler terms: THE SUBCULTURE CHOLO/AS WERE CREATED SO WE AS A LATINX CULTURE WOULDNT SUCCUMB TO WHITEWASHING AND ITS A SLAP TO THE FACE TO WHITEWASHING

Cholos/Cholas originated in Los Angeles and they have a particular way dressing and acting due to its previous roots

AND EVEN SO WE STILL FACE DISCRIMINATON

Cholo/a youth endure hyper-criminalization because they are stereotyped and equated with criminal behavior and gang activity, even though this is not a necessary precondition of being a cholo/a.

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IN CONCLUSION: we as latinx chicanx people dont appreciate the fact that this sound and dance is being used so white people can capitalize on something else we created to fight back against oppression

TO FELLOW LATINX CHICANX !!:

Lets take back whats ours lets wear the clothes & styles our fellow veterano & veteranas have left us behind. our history shouldnt be forgotten.

TO NON LATINX:

I hope this thread educational. but i should NOT have to EDUCATE YOU on your wrong doings, so the next tryna entertain the nonsense saying that its just a song or hair or style with poc people DO YOUR RESEARCH!!