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dealing with essentially political terms like "Hispanic",
"Latino", or "Chicano", there is no easy answer, nor consensus.
All these terms carry political baggage. Chicano is a specific
cohort. The term became popular in the 1960s and 70s, and is
generally used by people who came of age during that generation,
and later. Latino is a more recent term. Hispanic was a term
that gained popularity in the 80s Not everyone agrees on which
term is best, and some people get very upset by the use of one
or another. I prefer calling myself Hispanic, or Mexican
American. I don't have a problem with Latino, although it's just
Spanish for of the old term "Latin Americans." The problem with
terms like Mexican American or Chicano, is that the Hispanic
population of the US is broader, wit