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[email protected]. VOL. 103, NO. 5 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 BY CHRISTIAN VASQUEZ body wants to represent Chica- The Prospector nos through a cholo.” Daniel’s novel, “Th e Cholo When people ask Kenneth Tree,” is about an artist frequent- Chacón why he still dresses like ly mistaken for a cholo. Victor a cholo—a Chicano with a bald doesn’t think of himself as a head and tattoos—as a tenured cholo, though his mom thinks professor, he tells them, “when otherwise, and eventually fi nds a homeboy or a homegirl walks himself drawn into the culture, into my classroom, I want to say, partly because everyone thinks ‘Ora, cholos welcome.’” he already is one. “No Cholos Allowed: A Read- “‘I’m not a cholo,’ I repeated,” ing and Discussion on Cholos & Daniel writes in his book.