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Chicano conference programs and speeches, April 1973-May 1974

1973-04-14 Keynote Speech Page 12

plemented the imperialist control of almost the world. It is these political parties that exclude us either financially as Nixon is doin now from the mainstream of American life. It is these political parties that as citizens have kept us in a third rung of the ladder. So on the eve of the new American Century there leaves to us four tasks. That is first we must continue this movement toward liberation. Second, we must begin looking and joining hands with the brothers to te South because we are all Raza, we are all Mestizos. By the time the year 2 thousand reaches there will be three times the number of Raza to the South as there will be people to the North. Third, we must continue not only in private but in public to be aggressive, to be defiant, to resist and maintain our individuality. This business about being part of the melting pot, being part of pluralistic society in America is a lie. My contributions to this country should not be measured in terms of how many taco bells there are in this country.

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plemented the imperialist control of almost the world. It is these political parties that exclude us either financially as Nixon is doin now from the mainstream of American life. It is these political parties that as citizens have kept us in a third rung of the ladder. So on the eve of the new American Century there leaves to us four tasks. That is first we must continue this movement toward liberation. Second, we must begin looking and joining hands with the brothers to te South because we are all Raza, we are all Mestizos. By the time the year 2 thousand reaches there will be three times the number of Raza to the South as there will be people to the North. Third, we must continue not only in private but in public to be aggressive, to be defiant, to resist and maintain our individuality. This business about being part of the melting pot, being part of pluralistic society in America is a lie. My contributions to this country should not be measured in terms of how many taco bells there are in this country.