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1975-04-20 Keynote Address: Chicanos and Education - Salvador Ramirez Page 18

PERO…..EL ESTUDIANTE CHICANO IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING CONTINUES TO BE A SYMBOL OF LOVE…..A SYMBOL OF COURAGE…..A SYMBOL OF CHICANISMO.
EL ESTUDIANTE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD TO PROVE TO US THAT THE CHICAVACHO  OR GAVACHO FLAMES ARE NOT UNBEARABLE.
EL ESTUDIANTE CHICANI IS THE TEACHER OF TEACHERS…..THE TEACHER OF ADMINISTRATORS.
AND THROUGH HIS/HER OWN UNIVERSITY WITHOUT WALLS, WHICH IS EL MOVIMIENTO, WE HAVE LEARNED…..BY EXAMPLE….. FOUR PRINCIPLES WHICH WILL ASSURE AND INSURE PERPETUAL CHICANO HEREDITARY CONTRIBUTIONS:
1.SOY CHICANO…..I WILL LO LONGER BE ASHAMED OR FEEL A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF INFERIORITY BECAUSE OF MY NAME, MY LANGUAGE, MY PARENTS, MY RELIGION, MY CULTURE, AND MY HISTORY. MY SKIN COLOR IS BEAUTIFUL AND I SHALL NOT ALLOW IT MADE INFERIOR TO OTHERS. ALTHOUGH MY SKIN IS LIGHT COMPLECTED (Y SOY GUERO) MY HEREDITY IS RAZA; THEREFORE, I DO NOT WANT-TO OR HAVE-TO PASS, I WILL NOT HATE MYSELF. SOME OF MY VALUES MAY BE IN CONTRADICTION TO OTHER ETHNIC, RACIAL, CULTURAL, LINGUISTICS GROUPS; THEREFORE, I WILL LEARN TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THESES DIFFERENCES…..BUT NEVER AGAIN….. WILL I ALLOW OTHERS TO LABLE MY VALUES INFERIOR TO THEIRS.

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PERO…..EL ESTUDIANTE CHICANO IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING CONTINUES TO BE A SYMBOL OF LOVE…..A SYMBOL OF COURAGE…..A SYMBOL OF CHICANISMO. EL ESTUDIANTE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD TO PROVE TO US THAT THE CHICAVACHO OR GAVACHO FLAMES ARE NOT UNBEARABLE. EL ESTUDIANTE CHICANI IS THE TEACHER OF TEACHERS…..THE TEACHER OF ADMINISTRATORS. AND THROUGH HIS/HER OWN UNIVERSITY WITHOUT WALLS, WHICH IS EL MOVIMIENTO, WE HAVE LEARNED…..BY EXAMPLE….. FOUR PRINCIPLES WHICH WILL ASSURE AND INSURE PERPETUAL CHICANO HEREDITARY CONTRIBUTIONS: 1.SOY CHICANO…..I WILL LO LONGER BE ASHAMED OR FEEL A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF INFERIORITY BECAUSE OF MY NAME, MY LANGUAGE, MY PARENTS, MY RELIGION, MY CULTURE, AND MY HISTORY. MY SKIN COLOR IS BEAUTIFUL AND I SHALL NOT ALLOW IT MADE INFERIOR TO OTHERS. ALTHOUGH MY SKIN IS LIGHT COMPLECTED (Y SOY GUERO) MY HEREDITY IS RAZA; THEREFORE, I DO NOT WANT-TO OR HAVE-TO PASS, I WILL NOT HATE MYSELF. SOME OF MY VALUES MAY BE IN CONTRADICTION TO OTHER ETHNIC, RACIAL, CULTURAL, LINGUISTICS GROUPS; THEREFORE, I WILL LEARN TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THESES DIFFERENCES…..BUT NEVER AGAIN….. WILL I ALLOW OTHERS TO LABLE MY VALUES INFERIOR TO THEIRS.