The terms Hispanic and Latino have been broadly used to collectively designate the variety of minority groups in North America associated through a common use of the Spanish language.
The term Chicano is a politicocultural indicator of one’s identification as a pure-blood or mestizo (mixed race) descendant of the native peoples of the old Aztec homeland of Aztlán.
Bracero, the Spanish word for “manual laborer,” is the name given to “temporary” Mexican laborers who entered the United States under congressional exemptions from otherwise restrictive immigration legislation.