A running list of terms, names, and references that might come in handy as while navigating the content on this site and, by extension, the increasingly “complicated world” we’re all suffering through living in these days.
B
Brown People
a general term to describe “people of color”–both around the world, and domestically, who have historically been oppressed, colonized, disenfranchised, or otherwise marginalized.
V
Vato
Mexican-American (or Chicano) slang term–commonly used across both Spanish-speaking and non-Spanish speaking demographics in Southern California and other regions in the American Southwest–that is roughly equivalent to “dude” or “guy” in current usage.
