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Chicano conference programs and speeches, 1975

1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 8

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TRUTH, THE RAINBOW’S END WILL SEEM WITHIN REACH AS, UNDOUBTEDLY, YOU WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES OF MANKIND AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE UNIVERSE. EVENTUALLY, SHOULD YOU PERSIST IN YOUR QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH, YOU WILL BE CERTIFICATED…..RECOGNIZES…..AND CELEBRATED…..YOU WILL BE KNOWN AS AN AUTHORITY…..AS AN EXPERT…..AND, A SCHOLAR! I HOPE…..IF THIS IS YOUR DREAM…..AND YOUR AMBITION…..IF SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONAL PRESTIGE AND INTEGRITY IS YOUR GOAL…..! I HOPE AND PRAY…..THAT WHEN THIS PRECIOUS MOMENT ARRIVES…..WHEN YOU ARE A CERTIFIES AUTHORITY…..A RECOGNIZED EXPERT…..AND, A CELEBRATED SCHOLAR THAT YOU WILL BE A CHICANO HISTORIAN INSTEAD OF AN ETHNIC APOLOGIST WHO, DUE TO THE ACCIDENT OF BIRTH…..JUST HAPPENS TO POSSESS A SPANISH SURNAME. CARNAL…..COMO TU BIEN ENTIENDES…..NO VINE A AVERGONSARTE…..VINE PARA ACORDARTE! AT THIS IMPORTANT CROSSROADS OF YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER…..I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRINCIPIOS Y METHODS AND SYSTEMS. PRINCIPIOS IS THAT PRECIOUS WEALTH OH INHERITANCE THAT OUR PARENTS PRESERVED AND TRANSMITTED TO US. THEY, IN TURN, RECEIVED THIS TREASURE FROM THEIR PARENTS. IT’S WHAT THE GAVACHO WAS TAUGHT IN HIS HOME…..WHAT THE RUSSIANS LEARNED
 
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