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Chicano conference programs and speeches, 1975

1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 9

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FROM THEIR PARENTS IN MOSCOW…..THE CHINESE FROM THEIR PARENTS IN PEIKING….. THE IRISH FROM THEIR PARENTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND…..THE PROTESTANTS FROM THEIR PARENTS IN ENGLAND…..AND, THE AFRICANS FROM THEIR PARENTS IN AFRICA. IT’S WHAT AMERICAN INDIAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE AND TRANSMIT INSPITE OF THE RESTRICTIVE RESERVATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, METHODS AND SYSTEMS WILL ASSIST YOU IN SOLVING MANY, MANY PROBLEMS…..IN DISCOVERING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL WONDERS……IN ENRICHING MATERIALS INHERITANCES, YOU WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF A VERY SPECIAL CULTURE OF MEANS RATHER THAN OF ENDS…..OF TECHNIQUES RATHER THAN OF GOALS….OF INSTRUMENTAL RATHER THAN OF FUNDAMENTAL VALUES. WHILE YOU ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY…..YOU WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC, ACADEMIC SOCIETY…..THROUGHOUT THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE SCIENTIFIC, ACADEMIC PEERS IN RUSSIA, CHINA, SOUTH AMERICA, ENGLAND, AFRICA…..THE COMMON DENOMINATOR WILL BE THE UNIVERSITY IN GENERAL WITH DISTINCT SYMBOLIC MEANS OF LITERARY EXPRESSION AND IDENTICAL DISCIPLINARY HISTORICAL ORIGINS. BUT…..ONCE YOU MOVE OFF THAT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS…..AS OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL…..YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE UNIVERSAL SENSE OF SCIENTIFIC, ACADEMIC IDENTITY AND ONENESS. OFF CAMPUS…..YOU WILL BE THE CHICANO…..THE CATHOLIC…..EL BATO DE
 
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