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Columnas, 1970-1971
1971-05-28 ""La Raza"" Page 6
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-6- (continued from page 5.) had in uniting for action. LA RAZA UNIDA may be a sign that this caste system is gradually being done away with, or that the Mexican American community is aware of the necessity of doing away with it. Also, the Raza movement will inevitably be judged in relationship to the Negro civil rights movement. The most persistent question asked by Anglo-Americans is whether the Mexican Americans will use violent methods in order to attain their goals. The answer, so far at least, seems to be negative, primarily because of the difference between the Negro's and the Mexican American's degree of access to the power base of American society. The Mexican American has less difficulty finding jobs and housing in the Anglo system. this is not to say that no minor acts of violence will be carried out by Mexican Americans in response to Anglo-American lethargy. But the leadership of the Raza movement is basically committed not only to the values but also to the methods of social change and goal attainment adhered to by the Anglo-American society. This, however, is a generalization which, since it entails only theoretical possibility and not historical certainty, should in no way cause the Anglo society to breathe a sigh of relief. LA RAZA constitutes another chapter in the revolutionary history of our nation's ethnic minority groups. Its impact on the future of the Southwest economically, socially and politically will be of concern to many, whether "pro" or "con." But the more basic concern relates to a contradiction within American democracy; namely, that the equality and freedom we claim to espouse for all are denied to large enclaves of non-Anglo-Saxon Americans. (Taken from "CHRISTIAN CENTURY", March 5, 1969) RENACERMOS We are Chicano/y Renaceremos again today. Play your drums and guitars/in your porches and stairways! Write your own poetry/recite it among your Mestizo circles! Manifest your existence/in the presence of the decaying giant./The happy sounds/of our heritage is/electric ectasy of Mestizo soul. Yells of release of Vivir!/zap us to express our surprises, our sounds/our pattern/our breathing, our edges./We are Chicano y we shall be born again/in this technological land/Our new perception of Mestizo people/molds our new Brown Destiny!/Joy of Aztlan, our expression of existance is wonder! BY Anthony Zavala
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-6- (continued from page 5.) had in uniting for action. LA RAZA UNIDA may be a sign that this caste system is gradually being done away with, or that the Mexican American community is aware of the necessity of doing away with it. Also, the Raza movement will inevitably be judged in relationship to the Negro civil rights movement. The most persistent question asked by Anglo-Americans is whether the Mexican Americans will use violent methods in order to attain their goals. The answer, so far at least, seems to be negative, primarily because of the difference between the Negro's and the Mexican American's degree of access to the power base of American society. The Mexican American has less difficulty finding jobs and housing in the Anglo system. this is not to say that no minor acts of violence will be carried out by Mexican Americans in response to Anglo-American lethargy. But the leadership of the Raza movement is basically committed not only to the values but also to the methods of social change and goal attainment adhered to by the Anglo-American society. This, however, is a generalization which, since it entails only theoretical possibility and not historical certainty, should in no way cause the Anglo society to breathe a sigh of relief. LA RAZA constitutes another chapter in the revolutionary history of our nation's ethnic minority groups. Its impact on the future of the Southwest economically, socially and politically will be of concern to many, whether "pro" or "con." But the more basic concern relates to a contradiction within American democracy; namely, that the equality and freedom we claim to espouse for all are denied to large enclaves of non-Anglo-Saxon Americans. (Taken from "CHRISTIAN CENTURY", March 5, 1969) RENACERMOS We are Chicano/y Renaceremos again today. Play your drums and guitars/in your porches and stairways! Write your own poetry/recite it among your Mestizo circles! Manifest your existence/in the presence of the decaying giant./The happy sounds/of our heritage is/electric ectasy of Mestizo soul. Yells of release of Vivir!/zap us to express our surprises, our sounds/our pattern/our breathing, our edges./We are Chicano y we shall be born again/in this technological land/Our new perception of Mestizo people/molds our new Brown Destiny!/Joy of Aztlan, our expression of existance is wonder! BY Anthony Zavala
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