Quotes About Cholos

where cholos skulk behind bumpers ready to pounce on the first available coche—just to knock on your friend's door? Or would you punch out "The Mexican Hat Dance" on your pito?

Even after California became part of Mexico upon the country's independence from Spain, the region's inhabitants thought of themselves differently from their fellow Mexican citizens—they were gente de razón (people of reason), a term that distinguished them from the Indians or those of mixed blood, frequently called cholos.