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Chicano conference programs and speeches, 1975

1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 2

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AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE....THE CHICANO COMMUNITY AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS PARTICULARLY PROUND OF ROBERTO....SINCE, NOT TOO LONG AGO.... ROBERTO WAS A FACULTY INFLUENTIAL IN OUR ESTUDIOS CHICANOS....AND, THE NEGRETE FAMILIA WAS CONSISTENTLY ACTIVE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE CHICANO COMMUNITY. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY CONVERT THIS CONFERENCE-SETTING TO A SYMBOLIC REUNION OF ESTUDIOS CHICANOS AND ROBERTO. LOS CONSEJOS QUE LE VOY A COMPARTIR A ROBERTO SON PARA NOMAS LOS NUESTROS...... AND AS THE PROFESSORIAL DIRECTOR OS ESTUDIOS CHICANOS AS WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT MY REMAINING COMMENTS HAVE APPLICABILITY TO ALL RAZA IN THIS AUDIENCE DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSONAL LEVELS OF AWARENESS AND CONSCIOUSNESS. ALSO, A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE IS EXPLICITY AND IMPLICITY INCLUDED FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURIOUSLY CONCERNED, INTERESTED, AND INVITED. ROBERTO......THIS IMPORTANT AND SYMBOLIC REUNION SHOULD SERVE AS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE HEREDITARY INVESTMENT MADE BY OUR ANCESTORS HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. ALL RAZA IN THIS AUDIENCE, YOU AND I HAVE THE OBLIGATION AND DUTY TO PRESERVE.....TO TRANSMIT.....AND, TO ENRICH OUR INHERITANCE. THIS REUNION SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE COURAGEOUS AND INCREDIBLE WILL-TO-ENDURE OF OUR ANCESTORS SUBSEQUENT TO THE SIGNING AND THE INSTANTANEOUS BETRAYAL OF THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO.
 
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