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pachucos/pachucas  

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  • Pachucos were young Mexican American men and pachucas were young Mexican American women affiliated with pachuquismo, a youth subculture of the 1940s and 1950s. Many pachucos and pachucas were the children of immigrants from Mexico and hailed from the working class. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Pachucos/Pachucas]

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