Mexican Americans

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Hispanic group in the United States Latino ethnic group ethnic group

Mexican Americans are a major Latino ethnic group in the United States, consisting of people of Mexican ancestry who have significantly shaped the nation’s cultural, social, and political landscape, especially in the Southwest.

Aliases (3)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hispanic group in the United States → Latino ethnic group → ethnic group →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
ethnicGroupIn	Arizona → California → Chicago metropolitan area → Colorado → Houston metropolitan area → Illinois → Los Angeles metropolitan area → Nevada → New Mexico → Phoenix metropolitan area → San Antonio metropolitan area → Texas →
ethnicOrigin	Mexico →
hasCuisine	Cal-Mex cuisine → New Mexican cuisine → Tex-Mex cuisine →
hasCulturalTradition	Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States → Día de los Muertos observances in the United States → quinceañera celebrations →
hasHistoricalEvent	Mexican–American War → Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo →
hasHistoricalMovement	Chicano Movement →
hasMusicGenre	Chicano rock → Tejano music → mariachi → norteño →
hasNotablePerson	Anthony Quinn → César Chávez → Dolores Huerta → Dolores del Río → Edward James Olmos → Edward Roybal → George Lopez → Henry B. González → Selena Quintanilla → Sonia Sotomayor →
hasPart	Californios → Chicanos → New Mexican Hispanos → Tejanos →
hasPoliticalOrganization	League of United Latin American Citizens → Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund → United Farm Workers →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	largest Hispanic origin group in the United States →
hasSocialIssue	bilingual education policy → immigration policy in the United States → labor rights in agriculture → voting rights and representation in the United States →
languageUsed	English → Spanish →
partOf	Hispanic and Latino Americans → Mexican diaspora →
religion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
subclassOf	Americans of Latin American descent → Americans of Mexican descent →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clifton Collins Jr. ("Mexican American") → Southwestern United States →	ethnicGroup
Chicano movement → Chicano movement ("Chicanos") →	hasEthnicFocus
Taboo ("Mexican American") →	ethnicity
South Texas →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Mexican Americans ("Chicanos") →	hasPart
Operation Wetback →	mainSubject
Hispanic and Latino Americans →	majorSubgroup
Chicano English →	primarilySpokenBy
Mexican Americans ("Americans of Mexican descent") →	subclassOf