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1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 13

HEAT SO GRADUALLY AS TO CATCH THE MINORITY SUBSTANCES UNAWARE…..SO THAT RESISTANCE NEVER MATERIALIZES OR COMES TOO LATE. IF THE HEAT IS RAISED VERY GRADUALLY, THE MINORITY SUBSTANCES ARE CONTENT OR AT LEAST ACCEPT THEIR POSITIONS.  
THE PURPOSE OF ALL THIS IS TO REDUCE ALL OTHER SUBSTANCES TO A SOLUTION WITH THE ONLY WHOLE AND COMPLETE SUBSTANCE REMAINING BEING THE CONTROLLING AND DOMINATING ONE. 
HOWEVER, DUE TO MISCALCULATION OF THE AWARENESS AND STRENGTH OF THE OTHER SUBSTANCES TO RESIST AND ALSO DUE TO THE IMPATIENCE AND OVERCONFIDENCE OF THE CONTROLLING DOMINANT SUBSTANCE, THE POT BECOMES TOO HOT, TOO FAST…..RESISTANCE BECOMES SO GREAT THAT THE POT BOILS OVER. 
REMEMBER: IT IS THE CENTRAL AND UPPER POSITIONS THAT SPILL OVER AND OUT. REMAINING ARE THOSE WHO WERE ON THE BOTTOM AND RESISTED.
SUBSTITUTE THE WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANT CULTURE FOR THE PREDOMINANT SUBSTANCE AND GRINGO FOR THAT PART OF SUBSTANCE THAT DOES THE CONTROLLING AND THE ANALOGY IS COMPLETE. GRINGO IS THE CHICANO NAME FOR THE WHITE RACIST, THE HONKY FACIST PIG……THE NAME FOR THE OVERBEARING AND AGGRESSIVE WHITE WHO MIGHT SAY (IF HIS JIVE CAN BE TRANSLATED): “I AM FORTUNATE FOR BEING ME. YOU ARE NOT FORTUNATE. YOU ARE NOT ME. I WILL HELP YOU TO BECOME LIKE ME, TO ADOPT MY VALUE SYSTEM. (OF COURSE, SINCE YOU ARE NOT EXACTLY ME, YOU CAN’T CHANGE

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HEAT SO GRADUALLY AS TO CATCH THE MINORITY SUBSTANCES UNAWARE…..SO THAT RESISTANCE NEVER MATERIALIZES OR COMES TOO LATE. IF THE HEAT IS RAISED VERY GRADUALLY, THE MINORITY SUBSTANCES ARE CONTENT OR AT LEAST ACCEPT THEIR POSITIONS. THE PURPOSE OF ALL THIS IS TO REDUCE ALL OTHER SUBSTANCES TO A SOLUTION WITH THE ONLY WHOLE AND COMPLETE SUBSTANCE REMAINING BEING THE CONTROLLING AND DOMINATING ONE. HOWEVER, DUE TO MISCALCULATION OF THE AWARENESS AND STRENGTH OF THE OTHER SUBSTANCES TO RESIST AND ALSO DUE TO THE IMPATIENCE AND OVERCONFIDENCE OF THE CONTROLLING DOMINANT SUBSTANCE, THE POT BECOMES TOO HOT, TOO FAST…..RESISTANCE BECOMES SO GREAT THAT THE POT BOILS OVER. REMEMBER: IT IS THE CENTRAL AND UPPER POSITIONS THAT SPILL OVER AND OUT. REMAINING ARE THOSE WHO WERE ON THE BOTTOM AND RESISTED. SUBSTITUTE THE WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANT CULTURE FOR THE PREDOMINANT SUBSTANCE AND GRINGO FOR THAT PART OF SUBSTANCE THAT DOES THE CONTROLLING AND THE ANALOGY IS COMPLETE. GRINGO IS THE CHICANO NAME FOR THE WHITE RACIST, THE HONKY FACIST PIG……THE NAME FOR THE OVERBEARING AND AGGRESSIVE WHITE WHO MIGHT SAY (IF HIS JIVE CAN BE TRANSLATED): “I AM FORTUNATE FOR BEING ME. YOU ARE NOT FORTUNATE. YOU ARE NOT ME. I WILL HELP YOU TO BECOME LIKE ME, TO ADOPT MY VALUE SYSTEM. (OF COURSE, SINCE YOU ARE NOT EXACTLY ME, YOU CAN’T CHANGE