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Chicano conference programs and speeches, 1975

1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 16

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THE LATER HAS RECOGNIZEABLE CHARACTERISTICS THAT FIT SCIENTIFIC MOLDS OF OBJECTIVE OBSERVATIONS AND LOGICAL INFERENCES. TO BE BRIEF IN INSTITUTIONS OH HIGHER LEARNING, A CHICAVACHO(A) IS A CLINICAL AND/OR EXPERIMENTAL LIVING EXAMPLE OF SELF-HATRED, MARGINALITY, AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS. FOR THE MOST PART, SHE/HE ARE RECENT UNIVERSITY M.A. OU PH.D. RECEIPIENTS; AND OVER 80% ARE INVOLVED IN MIXES MARRIAGES (SPANISH SURNAMED AND ANGLO). THE MAJORITY OF THESE MARRIAGES DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN SIMILAR SOCIAL/ECONOMIC CLASSES. INVARIABLEY, THE SPANISH SURNAMED REPRESENTS THE LOWER SOCIAL/ECONOMIC LEVEL. THE PRIMARY AND DOMINEERING LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THEIR HOMES IS ENGLISH; THEREFORE, THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING BROUGHT UP ON A MONOLINGUAL BASIS. THESE PH.D.’S, IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, REPRESENT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SPANISH SURNAMED PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTRY. COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT DATA ILLUSTRATES A LESSER NUMBER EMPLOYED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AND A CONSIDERABLY SMALLER, INSIGNIFICANT NUMBER IS EMPLOYED BY PRIVATE BUSINESSES…..WHERE EMPLOYMENT COMPETITION IS KEENER AND SALARIES ARE THREE TO FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN THE FIRST TWO. MOREOVER, BY AND LARGE, THESE CHICAVACHOS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LIGHT COMPLECTED AND THEIR OVERALL PHENOTYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO MEMBERS OF THE
 
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