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1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 6

FORCED TRANSFORMATION AND, TO ADD RIGHTEOUS INSULT TO OPPRESSED INJURY, THE GRAND CHILDREN CANNOT SPEAK A WORD IN SPANISH. 
SO LONG AS THE TEARS IN INFANT’S EYES ARE TEARS OF HUNGER……
SO LONG AS THE TEARS IN TEENAGER’S EYES ARE TEARS OF ACADEMIC DARKNESS……
SO LONG AS TEARS IN AN EXPECTANT MOTHER’S EYES ARE TEARS OF FEAR OF LOOSING HER BABY…..
SO LONG AS TEARS IN A BATO LOCO’S EYES ARE TEARS IN NEED OF A FIZ……
SO LONG AS TEARS IN THE EYES OF A FARMER WORKER ARE CAUSED BY EXPLOITATION…..
SO LONG AS TEARS IN THE EYES OF OUR PEOPLE ATE NOT CAUSED BY JOY AND HAPPINESS…..WE MUST CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE! 
ESE BETO……WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL NOT BE INFLUENCED BY THE MANY, MANY TANGIBLE TEMPTATIONS WHICH WILL SURFACE IN YOUR NEW POSITION. WE KNOW YOU WILL NOT COMPROMISE YOUR IDENTITY, YOUR CULTURE, YOUR LANGUAGE NOR YOUR SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO LA RAZA, TO BECOME SOMETHING YOU CAN NEVER HEREDITARILY BE…..
AT BEST, YOU CAN BECOME A POSITIVE LIVING EXAMPLE OF BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURALISM AND AT WORSE YOU WILL BECOME A FACELESS ADOPTED BASTARD STEP-CHILD. 
ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS…..AND WHEN PEOPLE DARE REFUTE THIS STATEMENT….LOOK TO THE RAZA BARRIOS AND COLONIAS AND SEE HOW YOUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING…..IN ISOLATION…..IN DARKNESS….IN POVERTY..

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FORCED TRANSFORMATION AND, TO ADD RIGHTEOUS INSULT TO OPPRESSED INJURY, THE GRAND CHILDREN CANNOT SPEAK A WORD IN SPANISH. SO LONG AS THE TEARS IN INFANT’S EYES ARE TEARS OF HUNGER…… SO LONG AS THE TEARS IN TEENAGER’S EYES ARE TEARS OF ACADEMIC DARKNESS…… SO LONG AS TEARS IN AN EXPECTANT MOTHER’S EYES ARE TEARS OF FEAR OF LOOSING HER BABY….. SO LONG AS TEARS IN A BATO LOCO’S EYES ARE TEARS IN NEED OF A FIZ…… SO LONG AS TEARS IN THE EYES OF A FARMER WORKER ARE CAUSED BY EXPLOITATION….. SO LONG AS TEARS IN THE EYES OF OUR PEOPLE ATE NOT CAUSED BY JOY AND HAPPINESS…..WE MUST CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE! ESE BETO……WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL NOT BE INFLUENCED BY THE MANY, MANY TANGIBLE TEMPTATIONS WHICH WILL SURFACE IN YOUR NEW POSITION. WE KNOW YOU WILL NOT COMPROMISE YOUR IDENTITY, YOUR CULTURE, YOUR LANGUAGE NOR YOUR SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO LA RAZA, TO BECOME SOMETHING YOU CAN NEVER HEREDITARILY BE….. AT BEST, YOU CAN BECOME A POSITIVE LIVING EXAMPLE OF BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURALISM AND AT WORSE YOU WILL BECOME A FACELESS ADOPTED BASTARD STEP-CHILD. ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS…..AND WHEN PEOPLE DARE REFUTE THIS STATEMENT….LOOK TO THE RAZA BARRIOS AND COLONIAS AND SEE HOW YOUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING…..IN ISOLATION…..IN DARKNESS….IN POVERTY..