Perhaps due to this phenomenon, non-speakers and speakers of Chicano English both seem to regard it as a bad thing, and something that should change to strive for Standard English, as supported by the nativist attitude toward Chicano students in California K-12 public schools (Pérez Huber, 2011).
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For many people, in many places in the U.S. such as Los Angeles, it has historically been an insult to be considered Mexican, with everything from their appearance to their dialect being criticized and stigmatized. Within Chicano communities, however, especially more recently, there is support, celebration, and pride in Mexican heritage (Acuña, Anything But Mexican). This connects with Wolfram and Schilling-Estes (1998)’s concept of “covert prestige,” the