sentences:  Meanings can be obscured for political purposes; we often call this doublespeak; we say one thing and mean another.The Chicana/o Public Scholar argues that the word Chicana/o best describes the area of studies called Chicana/o Studies and expresses the idealism that we as a community should be striving for.Foremost Acuña prefers to be known as a teacher, having taught four to five classes per semester for most of his career.