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Chicano conference programs and speeches, 1975

1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 4

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IS ACTUALLY RETURNING MANY SYNTHETIC SPECIES TO THEIR ORIGINAL HEREDITARY FRAME-OF-MIND. ALTHOUGH THE PHENOMENON IS NOT FAILURE-PROOF.....WHICH IS TO SAY.....SOME OF THE TRANSPLANTS ARE SUCCESSFUL--FAILURES.....THA FACT THAT THE MIND IS ENTERTAINING TRANSPLANTS OR ACTUALLY ATTEMTING THEM.....IS WHAT IS CAUSING ALARMING SHOCK AMONGST ASSIMILATIONISTS AND/OR MAINSTREAMERS. JUST WHAT IS THIS CHICANO PHENOMENA THAT IS STIMULATING, THIS DARING TRANSPLANT? IT'S SOMETHING WE LEARNED FROM OUR BELOVED ABUELITOS.....A LONG TIME AGO.....AND, SOMEHOW BECAME FOOLISHLY STORED IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE MIND. OUR BELOVED ABUELITOS TRANSMITTED TO US AN INVALUABLE SAYING AND IS AS FOLLOWS: "UNA COSA ES QUE TE HAGAS PENDEJO Y OTRA ES QUE TE HAGAN PENDEJO." THEY USED TO LOOK AT IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES AND AFTER ANALYZING AND PRIORIZING THE NEGATIVE ONES.....THEY WOULD TAKE ACTION ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: 1. HAY QUE RESISTIR. 2. HAY QUE ORGANIZAR. 3. HAY QUE AGITAR. 4. HAY QUE DEMONSTRAR.
 
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