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Chicano may derive from the Mexica people, originally pronounced Meh-Shee-Ka. [43]The etymology of the term Chicano is the subject of some debate by historians. [44] Some believe Chicano is a Spanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli ("Meh-shee-tlee").
The word, however, has been attested since at least 1829 in an issue of the publication The Albion. [8] The French term for boredom, ennui, is sometimes used in English as well, at least since 1778. The term ennui was first used "as a French word in English;" in the 1660s and it was "nativized by 1758". [9]
The terms Latino and Latina originated in Ancient Rome. In the English language, the term Latino is a loan word from American Spanish. [7] [8] (Oxford Dictionaries attributes the origin to Latin-American Spanish. [9]) Its origin is generally given as a shortening of latinoamericano, Spanish for 'Latin American'. [10]
An audio first production is a spoken word audio work that is an original production but not based on a book. Examples include Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King, who released a Vinyl First audiobook called Dark Carousel in 2018. It came in a 2-LP vinyl set, or as a downloadable MP3, but with no published text. [36]
Latino students accounted for the vast majority, 79%, of the four percent overall increase in degree attainment over the last five years, though they still lag behind other groups, according to a ...
The first records of the term Latinx appear in the 21st century, [16] but there is no certainty as to its first occurrence. [21] According to Google Trends, it was first seen online in 2004, [9] [22] [23] and first appeared in academic literature around 2013 "in a Puerto Rican psychological periodical to challenge the gender binaries encoded in the Spanish language."
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The school is full of Latino students from working-class families whose academic achievement is far below their grade level. Two students, Angel and another gangster, arrive late and question Escalante's authority. Escalante demonstrates how to multiply numbers using one's fingers and appeals to the students' sense of humor.