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Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s a reference to a subculture, not an ethnicity. Though most cholos are probably hispanic, being a ‘cholo’ isn’t down to your racial genetics, it’s a subculture.
Might depend on the area but neither I nor any other Hispanic or Latino I know see cholo as a racial insult or slur (granted I’m a tiny sample size). It’s more of a descriptor than anything in my experience.
No need to use racial terms
You don’t even know what “cholo” means.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s a reference to a subculture, not an ethnicity. Though most cholos are probably hispanic, being a ‘cholo’ isn’t down to your racial genetics, it’s a subculture.
It meant someone who has indigenous ancestry… ie, a racial term, since there are many American indigenous ethnicities.
You could argue it doesn’t mean that anymore, but do you often hear it being applied to non-Hispanic people?
Racializing was unnecessary
What do you think it means?
Might depend on the area but neither I nor any other Hispanic or Latino I know see cholo as a racial insult or slur (granted I’m a tiny sample size). It’s more of a descriptor than anything in my experience.
Source: am Mexican with native ancestry.