Quote Originally Posted by JimBob
Aztlan is, some chicanos believe, a 'racial zion'. Aztlan happens to be the American Southwest it was big during the 60s and 70s with the chicano movements. The Brown Berets and such.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztlan#...fied_as_Aztlan
They still exist but are much more low key then in the past. I saw some of the standard protest signs from the Aztlan movement - ie the land is stolen and other such signs - but all in all they were not very representive of the majority of the protests or protestors.