La Voz de Aztlan, March 2 1970
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Title
La Voz de Aztlan, March 2 1970
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Associated Students of Fresno State
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La Voz de Aztlan (Daily Collegian, California State University, Fresno)
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3/2/1970
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. · Education or Revolution?
Thirteen Chicano students a d
faculty members fr O m Fres::O
St ate College have declared
selves on a hunger strike as of
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. This
strike is in protest against the
daily oppression of au Ch'
icano
people and it has been called
on the FSC campus since this
institution is a symbol f th
Anglo "better way of life~ s e
cifically, this protest is ~
the suppressive tactics ;f the
Falk-Fikes regimeandi
t
suppor
of our young Chicano nbrothers
who have felt the teeth of the lion
at Woodlake High 8 h 1
c oo and the
Chicano parents and f ·1·
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ami ies of
Kings Coumy who have been
fused the right to eat
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as human
berngs. The services of the FSC
Health ~enter ".'ill be requested
to provid~ routme_ health checks
for all th irteen Chicano students
and faculty. Water will be the
only substance taken by the strikers.
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The thirteen protesting Chic~nos have declared that they
will be camping in front of the
Thomas Adminis_trattonBuilding.
A nd th~ appeal 1s being made to
all Chicano students and community
1 t .
th·
peop e o Join with them in
is protest.
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The hunger strike has been declared the ultimate non-violent
proteS t action in support of the
st udent ~truggle against the nonre_s~onSive and irresponsihleadministration
of FSC .
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All" ~rteen Chicanos (8 men
ar1 d ~ _girls) have declared that
they will fa t t ·1 12
s un i
noon, Friday, March G.
.
In conJunction wil h th e hunger
strike, ten demands have been
presented to the adrnlnlstralion of
Fresno State College in order that
oppression and violation of Chicano life be softened The ten
demands are as follo;s.
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1. That FSC admit 500Chlcano
EOP students in the fall of 1970;
2. That the Job of Assistant to
the Dean of Students be continued
after June l, 1970, and that it be
filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC immediately ereate a .1inority Education Council
in consultation with the Ethnic
Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
pI an t o i ncr ase ►h
._ e enrollme'l t o f
Chicanos equal to the population
of the FSC service area;
G. That FSC administration and
Ethnic Studies staff and students
have a discussion in front of the
news media in order to clarify
~a~~~ accu atlon and issues as
7. That FSC lmmedlately increase its number of support
staff workers to match the population of its service area;
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B. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970, and
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
9. That FSC lmmedlatelyhire a
Chicano at the Admissions or Registrar's Office; and
10. That FSC immediatelyhlre
a Chicano Co-Director for the
Educational Opportunities Program.
The FSC administration has
been given until Friday,March6,
at 12 noon to respond to these demands in written form.
It ls the hope of an Chicano
students, faculty and community,
that the Fresno State College administration will talce this oppo_rtunlty (which may be the last)
to respond peacefully to the will
of the people.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1970
Campesinos Fight For Food Stamps
During World War II, there
was a nationwide food stamp
program which allowed families
a certain number of stamps for
their food ration,
Today, another war continues.
No, not Vietnam, but a homefront
war in Hanford between the hungry and the monied interests.
More specifically, between the
campesino and the Kings County
Board of Supervisors.
Chicano children go hungry to
school, come hungry from school,
and stay hungry at home. A steady
diet of dried foodstuffs stifles the
healthy development of Chicano
children and adults. Although the
Anglo says the food commodities
Program provides "95 percent of
nutritional value" needed in a
healthy diet, let him eat dried
eggs, cornbread, and drink dry
non - fat milk, and then change the
percentage figure in nutritional
value.
~isten, RAZA, your hungry
children are rejected in school
a~d Anglo society, but are conSldered "All-American" when it
comes to the draft. Hungrf children don't do well in school,
hungry people don't work well,
and h••ngry babies, deprived of
fresh milk and other foods, grow
weak and sickly. But this isn't
news to you. The food stamp
A group of campesinos and sympathizers are sho~ leading a
peaceful demonstration around the County Courthouse in Hanford
supportirg the Food Stamp Program.
Photo by Pedro Gonzalez.
program isn't charity because
campesinos are proud people who
have more than paid for this program through their labor.
Currently three California
counties - Butte, Sutter, and
Kings - are being sued by the
California Rural League Assistance for their failure to provide
a decent food stamp program.
This program calls for food
stamp issuance ( either by the
Welfare Department or bank) to
eligible families to get rresn
foods, (dairy products, meat,
vegetables, fruits, eggs) from local merchants.
The County Welfare Department estimated il would cost
$60,000 annually to change to
food stamps under bank issuance
($45,000 through county assistance). However, the estimated
cost of expanding the present
food commodities program is
also $60,000 •.• the same amount
for food stamps under bank issuance and $15,000 more than the
county issuance of foo<l stamps,
Rumors are that the five member Kings County Board of Supervisors refuse to okay the food
stamp program because offarming interests. Local businessmen and merchants apparently
would make a profit - because
of sales increase - 1t the food
program was to be passed. However, the farming interests would
face a tax hike, along with everyone else, if the food stamp program were passed. Farmers are
paid by the government not to
grow certain crops. Therefore,
with the food stamp program,
there would be a greater demand
for more foods, thus wiping out
government subsidies for crop
planting control.
Despite heavy arguments, statistics, and Anglo logic, the campesino still goes hungry. The
campesino has known many forms
of hunger, not just the physical
hunger. Socio-economic betterment, political voice, and civil
rights are hungers LA RAZA's
spiritual gut wants fulfilled. The
physical hunger, 1011g known to
the campesino, is now being heard
because he has said, •1 am hungry, and have been for a long
time.•
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family members in the barrio,
and enjoys returning to the barrio
for some good Mexican food.
Ile has found a stable economic
niche in the union shop, and al thoug-h he has little extra cash,
he reels he has s u cc s s r u 11 y
dernonstrat •d that you C'an "make
it" without going to college. Ile
owns his own home. The financial burden is great since the
payment , the second mortgage,
and property taxes readily eat up
his monthly paycheck. It is usually his unfortunate discovery that
he cannot furnish his home, buy
a new car and color T. V. , ~ct pay
all the insurance bills without
working overtime at the plant and
sending his wife to work as well.
Despite the sacrifices, the financial fiasco is justified because
he can now present a front to his
neighbors and to the members of
his bowling league which glows of
mass media respectability. He
can relax, if he finds the time,
knowing that he has proven himself "'good enough• for the neighborhood. He has achieved the
"'good life" and "prosperity•
through his own hard toil.
Of course, he is living in selfdelusion because the slightest
financial trau_m a will so upset his
hand- to-mouth economy, that he
will be forced into scurrying to
Pacific Plan for a loan. His relatives back in the barrio can admire his home and belongings,
but are astonished by the pressure cooker atmosphere which
accompanies this brand of success.
There are two econ o m i c
streams of Chicano movement out
of the barrio (ghetto). First, the
college-educated C hi can o who
usually ends up agringado (or
assimilated). Secondly, there is
the non-college Chicano who has
found economic relief through the
trade union shop or small business. Obviously there are many
variations on these two predominant them es; however, certain
generalities can be abstracted.
This article presents a general
aspirational description of the
non-college Chicano who wants
desperately to become part of the
faceless suburban middle-class.
Making Good
The non-college Chicano who
moves out of the barrio is usually not totally agringado. It is difficult to establish whether this is
a matter of choice or of sociological design. He usually maintains a liaison relationship with
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perity. They bowl together, watch
pro football together, play cards
together, and get drunk together.
It should be obvious that for
men caught in this merry-goround, status and prestige are not
based on occupation, but on income as evidenced in material
possessions. The "stability•
manifested in the facade of goods
and activities thinly veils the
foundation of economic quicksand
it is based on. These people are
doing better by their standards
than they, or their families, ever
did before them. As long as the
paychecks keep coming in, all is
well and the party goes on. Barring recession, automation or
illness, there is no need to worry; So far their unions have managed to do right by them, and as
long as this condition prevails,
they could give adamnaboutanybody else.
Clearly, for the Chicano in this
scene, the anxiety and viciousness is intensified. He is subject
to all the perils of his fellow
workers and neighbors, but must
also be concerned with the dimension of "social acceptability. •
This is especially important
for the future of his children.
They must meet the •right kind"
of people if they are to marry
"up" and live "decent lives.•
Why' then, should he be concerned with the welfare of the
Chicano in the barrio? Nobody
helped him, nor did he expect it.
Why should he be interested
militancy or social action?
It would simply be giving
others what he had to work for,
and threatening what he has managed to accomplish. He frowns
on the use of the term "brown•
since such categorizing sets him
apart from his Anglo friends
when he has worked so hard to
be just like them. He shares the
same racist attitudes toward skin
colors and t O w a rd 5 MexicanAmericans and Negroes that his
playmates do. It would be foolish
to expect otherwise. ms mind has
been processed and his aspirational scheme fixed. He is programmed for the American
Dream and his fair share o! it.
Perhap it will be up to his childr :, to awaken ~im.
Peaceful
Boycott
LaS t week's two-day class boycott,
proteS t ing Fresno State
College Acting-President Karl
Falk's adminiS t rative actions
peacefully fell short of Falk'~
charges of expected violence on
campus by " h a rd -core militants •
in a speech given last month to
th e Fresno County Bar Assoclation (F.C.B.A.).
Falk added th at the militants
would attempt to cause campus
disruption resulting in the calling
of police or National Guard to
quell any violence erupting on
campus.
Now th e boycott is over With
no violence except for the reported assault of a student picket who was attacked by an unidentified student against the boycott.
Eliezer Risco-Lozada, LaRaza
Studies Chairman, said the boycott was a positive action which
proved two th ings. First, theboycott "'developed th e consciousness of the student body as a
whole in their role (vis-a-vis
faculty and administration),"
Seco nd ly, th e boycott showed
"how th e process of developing
student body consciousness has
to continue."
"It's a symptom of what is
wrong with an institution of higher
education. In general, that a process of developing consciousness
(the student's) has to develop in
an adversary role," he said,
"In other places, educational
innovation, like the Experimental
College , took place with heavy
student participation , while at
FSC, st udent participation has
been greater because of attacks
oh the Experimental College as
well as other programs,• he
stated.
Risco was critical of Falk's
F.C.B.A. speech because 1t had
Our Chicano refugee seldom
dual interpretations. First, "as
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o e · icano,
irresponsible in the sens e that
. own ro 1e, or 1ac k of 1·t , i n
or h 1s
waving the nag of violence is not
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th e 1o t o r h'1s peop1e.
1· mprov111g
the way to prevent it.•
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Th e f ew mo men t s h e spen ds in
secondly, Fa 1 k, 5 statements
contemplation of the Social Con- 'flt/',....tv._...rv..-.N..-.M'rl'wY\r/\JY\,A,JIIJllllllcould be heard in the sense of the
dition are usually restricted to
"proverbial self-fulfilling prc;the condemnation of fellow Chiphecy," he commented.
canos (who may be old friends)
Praising all students for keepin the barrio who are not intering the boycott peaceful and disested "in bettering themselves
proving Falk's charges ofpotenup." Uncons<'iously and unques tial campus violence , Risco said,
tioningly. he has accepted the
"It's a credit to students at FSC,
American Dream, and as a conboth Anglo and minority, that
sequence he has become nothing
FSC has been free from any exmore than an Ugly American inplosions of organized violence.
terested only in crass materialThe California Council of Chi- The President's statements were
ism as the measure of social
canos in Higher Education held not in any sense helpful to preworth. and in the exhibition of
the first of three regional con- vent that from occurring in the
Anglo-conformist tr a 1 ts which
ferences last Saturday, February future," he stated.
demonstrate that he too is an
28 at the Fresno State College
Professor Richard Keyes, Eth American, first and foremost.
Extension Center.
nic studies Department ChairHis children will probably not
Created for the purpose of arman, felt the boycott indicated a
learn Spanish, since the stressing
riving at needed plans and pro- growth of FSC student body leadof minority characteristics is
posals which will solve the many ership which negated the whole
neither functional to their own
problems t'.:<1t Chicanos encoun- silent majority concept.
future, nor is it really the Amerter in the prE·se>nt educational
Keyes measured student body
ican way. In this context mainsystem, the conference also make leadership growth by observing
taining cultural integrity beavailable 1-3 units of college what happens (boycott) when
comes resignation to poverty.
credit thothose who enroll. The "'people get involved and becom e
The paradox is that he may
three workshops, which covered aware."
have been a pachuco and in trouthree sectors of operation He added that the "silent mable with the law in his youth, and
High Schoo. Junior College and
jority hang-up• wasn't involved
probably still has tattoos to prove
College ,'University - dealt with with relevant society.
it. Howevet. he now regrets those
recruitment. finances, Chicano
"'Involvement forces them (sidays and has little patience for
studies, organizing, comm unity lent majority) into experienced
youths who exhibit the same bework and support programs.
growth,• Keyes explained.
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havior patterns. His new-found
Chicano students and teachers
He also agreed that Falk s
respectability restricts flixibil-·
from high schools. junior col- statements on potential campus
Hy. He must be careful that
leges and colleges from through- biolence were irresponsible, and
nothing disturbs the image he is
out the valley were involved in the in some degree, slanderous.
trying to sell his Anglo friends,
workshops, in which much of the
"I don't think any educational
for if this is lost, all is lost. This
time and discussion seemed to institution can survive if illis the reason that his psychologideal with de fining and comparing informed leadership tries to macal condition is so deeply interproblems and finally touching on nipulate public opinion against
· woven with his financial condisome of the possible solutions. the institution.• he said.
lion and his mater i a 1 posThe atmosphere of the confersessions. In this world, you are
ence was very interesting, inwhat you own.
valving and enlightening for all
who were present. Each person
Cowboy Fascists
felt encouraged to express his
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own view, experience or idea.
His Anglo friends are usually
Published five days a week except
Hopefully
more
students,
high
"'boys from the shop" who happen
holidays and examination periods _bY
school and college, will partici- the Fresno State College Associa·
to live nearby. Generally they
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UNIVERSITY?
-- ·can there be such a thing as a
free university? And if so, how
far away is it? Or, what would
keep us from having one now if
all the political, social and financial red tape were eliminated?
To begin with, such an institute
may never become a reality ifwe
don't start getting leaders in the
legislature at all levels, leaders
in the administration of public
and private institutions, and representation in the big American
political game.
After that we must have people
who are knowledgable in the administration of an institute of
learning, educators, professors,
coaches and many others.
There are already wheels in
motion toward this objective and
others that will help our people
in order that some day we will
no longer be the •scape goats• of
this society, no longer be the
highest percentage in the welfare
and unemployment lines.
Now, where are we goingtoget
all these leaders, educators, administrators, etc.?
Yes? You and others like you
from San Francisco, Arizona,
Albequerque, Texas, anywhere
that a Chicano is grabbing onto
the education •bag" and holding on
at all costs. And when you leave
there will be others who will
come here because you showed
them the way. This is where the
Chicano •greats" of the future
are going to come from. So,
Beautiful Brown, do_n 't downgrade
yourself.
Your participation
counts and it counts plenty. You
are right in the middle of what
is going to end up being the biggest •shake-up" that has ever
happened since it all started 450
years ago.
It's npt easy--not easy to stay
in school when the money isn't
there; maybe easier to drop this
or that course than it is lo continue. When asked by my parish
priest recently, •How are you?"
I replied •Life if getting tougher
Padre." The padre then said,
•1 'm glad to hear that all is well
with you, because, as you know,
it was not meant to be easy.•
Can you think of anything
sweeter than to have an institution
of learning that is totally and
completely Chicano, all the way
from the highest administrator to
the •lava platos" in the cafeteria?
Dig it, because it's beautiful·
we need it, and we all have t~
work in order that some day we
may have it.
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Today I shot my brother
and his bloody brains spurted
on my clean green shirt.
Tomorrow I will go and kill
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As a result of rain the Mass
which was to take place at the
Fresno State College Am phithe atre yesterday was relocated at
a "very packed• Baker Hall.
The purpose of the Mass was
to protest the Falk administration and to unite the com munit:,,
with the students in an effort to
bring about certain changes and
demands which Chicanos have
he-en desperately need i' n g for
years.
The "borlote" started at nnon
on Sunday and continued until
5 p.m.
There were several speakers
including Eliezer Risco, Guillermo Martinez. who did most of
the rapping, Rudy Gallardo, Luis
Valdez, and several of the parents de La Raza. Some of the
issues discussed were the food
stamp program in Hanford, economic problems in the community, the dismissal of Adan Juarez,
the campesinos. and all this campus unrest.
The current MECHA president,
Steve Santos, read ten demands
to the people. These demands will
be written in blood and turned
in to the Administration today.
They state that 500 Chicano EOP
students be admitted in the fall
of 1070, that the Assistant Dean
of Students and Adan Juarez,
assistant Di rector of Financial
Aids, be rehired; along with other
demands.
After the demands were read.
Mass got underway.
Father Finian from \rt. Carmel
presided over the r.Iass and rea ured u that they were witl
u • ;',,1ariaches pla~·ect during th<
entire Mas·. which made tht
whole thing really hf'aVY.
A film. "I Am .Joaquin." directed by Luiz Valdez, was shown
after the \[as •
While the Teatro Campt:>srno
was settin~ up their equipment
one of the men from the community recited a poem which he
had written and sani; a couple cif
songs. Ile was followed IJ~• anothE: r
community member who also
rapped and read a poem callt:id
"Mexico Libre." Jack Ortega
spoke on behalf of Albert :\1olina
who is running for Supervisor
of District 2.
Teatro Campesino came up
with a skit entitled "Juanita",
an acto about schools and how they
should organize.
After the skit. another song,
"Que vi van los estudiantes". was
sung by Luis Valdez.
Later the audience joined in
and sang all kinds of Chicano
songs which really brought everybody's spirits up.
It was announced that several
students and staff would camp out
in front of the Thomas Administration Building and fast for one
week in protest.
There was a really great turnout in spite of the rain.
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Pensamientos
De Otra
Persona
por Angus Glo
Soy Anglo que vive aqui en
Fresno hace poco tiempo, Tengo
mucho interes en el Movirniento
de la Raza. Conozco a much
habitantes del Valle de Mexi~~
y de otras ciudades de la Republic~. Pero no conozco a rnuchos
Ch1canos.
Me movi aqu_i del Noreste de
los Est~dos Umdos. Hay muchos
Puertonquenos y Cubanos alli,
pero pocos mexicanos. Hay no
mas que como seis o siete restaurantes mexicanos en Neuva
York. Es decir las comidas como
huevos rancheros son muy caros
Pero en Ia Valle de San Joa~
quin espero aprender mas de la
cultura Chicana.
No se, PQr
ejemplo, cuales partes de esa
cultura son mexicanas y culales
son norteamericanas.
Una cosa que me gusta mucho
del Movimiento es que esta en
las manos de los Chicanos, Pero
en todo movimiento hay cambios
y espero saber mas de las idea~
que van en varias direcciones
para anticipar que va a pasar en
futuro.
Aunque hay mucho empasis en
friccion en cualquier movimiento
social, hay tambien cosas afirmativas que no se deben ignorar,
Por ejemplo, la aficcion y calor
del pueblo Mexicano son muy
saludables. La idea del respeto
para la fam ilia extendida tambien
es buena para una persona de
la cultura fria de los Anglos.
Entonces, importa sentesizar
todas las cosas buenas y utiles
de cualquier lado. Espero que
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. · Education or Revolution?
Thirteen Chicano students a d
faculty members fr O m Fres::O
St ate College have declared
selves on a hunger strike as of
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. This
strike is in protest against the
daily oppression of au Ch'
icano
people and it has been called
on the FSC campus since this
institution is a symbol f th
Anglo "better way of life~ s e
cifically, this protest is ~
the suppressive tactics ;f the
Falk-Fikes regimeandi
t
suppor
of our young Chicano nbrothers
who have felt the teeth of the lion
at Woodlake High 8 h 1
c oo and the
Chicano parents and f ·1·
.
ami ies of
Kings Coumy who have been
fused the right to eat
re.
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as human
berngs. The services of the FSC
Health ~enter ".'ill be requested
to provid~ routme_ health checks
for all th irteen Chicano students
and faculty. Water will be the
only substance taken by the strikers.
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The thirteen protesting Chic~nos have declared that they
will be camping in front of the
Thomas Adminis_trattonBuilding.
A nd th~ appeal 1s being made to
all Chicano students and community
1 t .
th·
peop e o Join with them in
is protest.
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The hunger strike has been declared the ultimate non-violent
proteS t action in support of the
st udent ~truggle against the nonre_s~onSive and irresponsihleadministration
of FSC .
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All" ~rteen Chicanos (8 men
ar1 d ~ _girls) have declared that
they will fa t t ·1 12
s un i
noon, Friday, March G.
.
In conJunction wil h th e hunger
strike, ten demands have been
presented to the adrnlnlstralion of
Fresno State College in order that
oppression and violation of Chicano life be softened The ten
demands are as follo;s.
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1. That FSC admit 500Chlcano
EOP students in the fall of 1970;
2. That the Job of Assistant to
the Dean of Students be continued
after June l, 1970, and that it be
filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC immediately ereate a .1inority Education Council
in consultation with the Ethnic
Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
pI an t o i ncr ase ►h
._ e enrollme'l t o f
Chicanos equal to the population
of the FSC service area;
G. That FSC administration and
Ethnic Studies staff and students
have a discussion in front of the
news media in order to clarify
~a~~~ accu atlon and issues as
7. That FSC lmmedlately increase its number of support
staff workers to match the population of its service area;
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B. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970, and
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
9. That FSC lmmedlatelyhire a
Chicano at the Admissions or Registrar's Office; and
10. That FSC immediatelyhlre
a Chicano Co-Director for the
Educational Opportunities Program.
The FSC administration has
been given until Friday,March6,
at 12 noon to respond to these demands in written form.
It ls the hope of an Chicano
students, faculty and community,
that the Fresno State College administration will talce this oppo_rtunlty (which may be the last)
to respond peacefully to the will
of the people.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1970
Campesinos Fight For Food Stamps
During World War II, there
was a nationwide food stamp
program which allowed families
a certain number of stamps for
their food ration,
Today, another war continues.
No, not Vietnam, but a homefront
war in Hanford between the hungry and the monied interests.
More specifically, between the
campesino and the Kings County
Board of Supervisors.
Chicano children go hungry to
school, come hungry from school,
and stay hungry at home. A steady
diet of dried foodstuffs stifles the
healthy development of Chicano
children and adults. Although the
Anglo says the food commodities
Program provides "95 percent of
nutritional value" needed in a
healthy diet, let him eat dried
eggs, cornbread, and drink dry
non - fat milk, and then change the
percentage figure in nutritional
value.
~isten, RAZA, your hungry
children are rejected in school
a~d Anglo society, but are conSldered "All-American" when it
comes to the draft. Hungrf children don't do well in school,
hungry people don't work well,
and h••ngry babies, deprived of
fresh milk and other foods, grow
weak and sickly. But this isn't
news to you. The food stamp
A group of campesinos and sympathizers are sho~ leading a
peaceful demonstration around the County Courthouse in Hanford
supportirg the Food Stamp Program.
Photo by Pedro Gonzalez.
program isn't charity because
campesinos are proud people who
have more than paid for this program through their labor.
Currently three California
counties - Butte, Sutter, and
Kings - are being sued by the
California Rural League Assistance for their failure to provide
a decent food stamp program.
This program calls for food
stamp issuance ( either by the
Welfare Department or bank) to
eligible families to get rresn
foods, (dairy products, meat,
vegetables, fruits, eggs) from local merchants.
The County Welfare Department estimated il would cost
$60,000 annually to change to
food stamps under bank issuance
($45,000 through county assistance). However, the estimated
cost of expanding the present
food commodities program is
also $60,000 •.• the same amount
for food stamps under bank issuance and $15,000 more than the
county issuance of foo<l stamps,
Rumors are that the five member Kings County Board of Supervisors refuse to okay the food
stamp program because offarming interests. Local businessmen and merchants apparently
would make a profit - because
of sales increase - 1t the food
program was to be passed. However, the farming interests would
face a tax hike, along with everyone else, if the food stamp program were passed. Farmers are
paid by the government not to
grow certain crops. Therefore,
with the food stamp program,
there would be a greater demand
for more foods, thus wiping out
government subsidies for crop
planting control.
Despite heavy arguments, statistics, and Anglo logic, the campesino still goes hungry. The
campesino has known many forms
of hunger, not just the physical
hunger. Socio-economic betterment, political voice, and civil
rights are hungers LA RAZA's
spiritual gut wants fulfilled. The
physical hunger, 1011g known to
the campesino, is now being heard
because he has said, •1 am hungry, and have been for a long
time.•
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family members in the barrio,
and enjoys returning to the barrio
for some good Mexican food.
Ile has found a stable economic
niche in the union shop, and al thoug-h he has little extra cash,
he reels he has s u cc s s r u 11 y
dernonstrat •d that you C'an "make
it" without going to college. Ile
owns his own home. The financial burden is great since the
payment , the second mortgage,
and property taxes readily eat up
his monthly paycheck. It is usually his unfortunate discovery that
he cannot furnish his home, buy
a new car and color T. V. , ~ct pay
all the insurance bills without
working overtime at the plant and
sending his wife to work as well.
Despite the sacrifices, the financial fiasco is justified because
he can now present a front to his
neighbors and to the members of
his bowling league which glows of
mass media respectability. He
can relax, if he finds the time,
knowing that he has proven himself "'good enough• for the neighborhood. He has achieved the
"'good life" and "prosperity•
through his own hard toil.
Of course, he is living in selfdelusion because the slightest
financial trau_m a will so upset his
hand- to-mouth economy, that he
will be forced into scurrying to
Pacific Plan for a loan. His relatives back in the barrio can admire his home and belongings,
but are astonished by the pressure cooker atmosphere which
accompanies this brand of success.
There are two econ o m i c
streams of Chicano movement out
of the barrio (ghetto). First, the
college-educated C hi can o who
usually ends up agringado (or
assimilated). Secondly, there is
the non-college Chicano who has
found economic relief through the
trade union shop or small business. Obviously there are many
variations on these two predominant them es; however, certain
generalities can be abstracted.
This article presents a general
aspirational description of the
non-college Chicano who wants
desperately to become part of the
faceless suburban middle-class.
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The non-college Chicano who
moves out of the barrio is usually not totally agringado. It is difficult to establish whether this is
a matter of choice or of sociological design. He usually maintains a liaison relationship with
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perity. They bowl together, watch
pro football together, play cards
together, and get drunk together.
It should be obvious that for
men caught in this merry-goround, status and prestige are not
based on occupation, but on income as evidenced in material
possessions. The "stability•
manifested in the facade of goods
and activities thinly veils the
foundation of economic quicksand
it is based on. These people are
doing better by their standards
than they, or their families, ever
did before them. As long as the
paychecks keep coming in, all is
well and the party goes on. Barring recession, automation or
illness, there is no need to worry; So far their unions have managed to do right by them, and as
long as this condition prevails,
they could give adamnaboutanybody else.
Clearly, for the Chicano in this
scene, the anxiety and viciousness is intensified. He is subject
to all the perils of his fellow
workers and neighbors, but must
also be concerned with the dimension of "social acceptability. •
This is especially important
for the future of his children.
They must meet the •right kind"
of people if they are to marry
"up" and live "decent lives.•
Why' then, should he be concerned with the welfare of the
Chicano in the barrio? Nobody
helped him, nor did he expect it.
Why should he be interested
militancy or social action?
It would simply be giving
others what he had to work for,
and threatening what he has managed to accomplish. He frowns
on the use of the term "brown•
since such categorizing sets him
apart from his Anglo friends
when he has worked so hard to
be just like them. He shares the
same racist attitudes toward skin
colors and t O w a rd 5 MexicanAmericans and Negroes that his
playmates do. It would be foolish
to expect otherwise. ms mind has
been processed and his aspirational scheme fixed. He is programmed for the American
Dream and his fair share o! it.
Perhap it will be up to his childr :, to awaken ~im.
Peaceful
Boycott
LaS t week's two-day class boycott,
proteS t ing Fresno State
College Acting-President Karl
Falk's adminiS t rative actions
peacefully fell short of Falk'~
charges of expected violence on
campus by " h a rd -core militants •
in a speech given last month to
th e Fresno County Bar Assoclation (F.C.B.A.).
Falk added th at the militants
would attempt to cause campus
disruption resulting in the calling
of police or National Guard to
quell any violence erupting on
campus.
Now th e boycott is over With
no violence except for the reported assault of a student picket who was attacked by an unidentified student against the boycott.
Eliezer Risco-Lozada, LaRaza
Studies Chairman, said the boycott was a positive action which
proved two th ings. First, theboycott "'developed th e consciousness of the student body as a
whole in their role (vis-a-vis
faculty and administration),"
Seco nd ly, th e boycott showed
"how th e process of developing
student body consciousness has
to continue."
"It's a symptom of what is
wrong with an institution of higher
education. In general, that a process of developing consciousness
(the student's) has to develop in
an adversary role," he said,
"In other places, educational
innovation, like the Experimental
College , took place with heavy
student participation , while at
FSC, st udent participation has
been greater because of attacks
oh the Experimental College as
well as other programs,• he
stated.
Risco was critical of Falk's
F.C.B.A. speech because 1t had
Our Chicano refugee seldom
dual interpretations. First, "as
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Ch'
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o e · icano,
irresponsible in the sens e that
. own ro 1e, or 1ac k of 1·t , i n
or h 1s
waving the nag of violence is not
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th e 1o t o r h'1s peop1e.
1· mprov111g
the way to prevent it.•
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Th e f ew mo men t s h e spen ds in
secondly, Fa 1 k, 5 statements
contemplation of the Social Con- 'flt/',....tv._...rv..-.N..-.M'rl'wY\r/\JY\,A,JIIJllllllcould be heard in the sense of the
dition are usually restricted to
"proverbial self-fulfilling prc;the condemnation of fellow Chiphecy," he commented.
canos (who may be old friends)
Praising all students for keepin the barrio who are not intering the boycott peaceful and disested "in bettering themselves
proving Falk's charges ofpotenup." Uncons<'iously and unques tial campus violence , Risco said,
tioningly. he has accepted the
"It's a credit to students at FSC,
American Dream, and as a conboth Anglo and minority, that
sequence he has become nothing
FSC has been free from any exmore than an Ugly American inplosions of organized violence.
terested only in crass materialThe California Council of Chi- The President's statements were
ism as the measure of social
canos in Higher Education held not in any sense helpful to preworth. and in the exhibition of
the first of three regional con- vent that from occurring in the
Anglo-conformist tr a 1 ts which
ferences last Saturday, February future," he stated.
demonstrate that he too is an
28 at the Fresno State College
Professor Richard Keyes, Eth American, first and foremost.
Extension Center.
nic studies Department ChairHis children will probably not
Created for the purpose of arman, felt the boycott indicated a
learn Spanish, since the stressing
riving at needed plans and pro- growth of FSC student body leadof minority characteristics is
posals which will solve the many ership which negated the whole
neither functional to their own
problems t'.:<1t Chicanos encoun- silent majority concept.
future, nor is it really the Amerter in the prE·se>nt educational
Keyes measured student body
ican way. In this context mainsystem, the conference also make leadership growth by observing
taining cultural integrity beavailable 1-3 units of college what happens (boycott) when
comes resignation to poverty.
credit thothose who enroll. The "'people get involved and becom e
The paradox is that he may
three workshops, which covered aware."
have been a pachuco and in trouthree sectors of operation He added that the "silent mable with the law in his youth, and
High Schoo. Junior College and
jority hang-up• wasn't involved
probably still has tattoos to prove
College ,'University - dealt with with relevant society.
it. Howevet. he now regrets those
recruitment. finances, Chicano
"'Involvement forces them (sidays and has little patience for
studies, organizing, comm unity lent majority) into experienced
youths who exhibit the same bework and support programs.
growth,• Keyes explained.
,
havior patterns. His new-found
Chicano students and teachers
He also agreed that Falk s
respectability restricts flixibil-·
from high schools. junior col- statements on potential campus
Hy. He must be careful that
leges and colleges from through- biolence were irresponsible, and
nothing disturbs the image he is
out the valley were involved in the in some degree, slanderous.
trying to sell his Anglo friends,
workshops, in which much of the
"I don't think any educational
for if this is lost, all is lost. This
time and discussion seemed to institution can survive if illis the reason that his psychologideal with de fining and comparing informed leadership tries to macal condition is so deeply interproblems and finally touching on nipulate public opinion against
· woven with his financial condisome of the possible solutions. the institution.• he said.
lion and his mater i a 1 posThe atmosphere of the confersessions. In this world, you are
ence was very interesting, inwhat you own.
valving and enlightening for all
who were present. Each person
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own view, experience or idea.
His Anglo friends are usually
Published five days a week except
Hopefully
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students,
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holidays and examination periods _bY
school and college, will partici- the Fresno State College Associa·
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-- ·can there be such a thing as a
free university? And if so, how
far away is it? Or, what would
keep us from having one now if
all the political, social and financial red tape were eliminated?
To begin with, such an institute
may never become a reality ifwe
don't start getting leaders in the
legislature at all levels, leaders
in the administration of public
and private institutions, and representation in the big American
political game.
After that we must have people
who are knowledgable in the administration of an institute of
learning, educators, professors,
coaches and many others.
There are already wheels in
motion toward this objective and
others that will help our people
in order that some day we will
no longer be the •scape goats• of
this society, no longer be the
highest percentage in the welfare
and unemployment lines.
Now, where are we goingtoget
all these leaders, educators, administrators, etc.?
Yes? You and others like you
from San Francisco, Arizona,
Albequerque, Texas, anywhere
that a Chicano is grabbing onto
the education •bag" and holding on
at all costs. And when you leave
there will be others who will
come here because you showed
them the way. This is where the
Chicano •greats" of the future
are going to come from. So,
Beautiful Brown, do_n 't downgrade
yourself.
Your participation
counts and it counts plenty. You
are right in the middle of what
is going to end up being the biggest •shake-up" that has ever
happened since it all started 450
years ago.
It's npt easy--not easy to stay
in school when the money isn't
there; maybe easier to drop this
or that course than it is lo continue. When asked by my parish
priest recently, •How are you?"
I replied •Life if getting tougher
Padre." The padre then said,
•1 'm glad to hear that all is well
with you, because, as you know,
it was not meant to be easy.•
Can you think of anything
sweeter than to have an institution
of learning that is totally and
completely Chicano, all the way
from the highest administrator to
the •lava platos" in the cafeteria?
Dig it, because it's beautiful·
we need it, and we all have t~
work in order that some day we
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As a result of rain the Mass
which was to take place at the
Fresno State College Am phithe atre yesterday was relocated at
a "very packed• Baker Hall.
The purpose of the Mass was
to protest the Falk administration and to unite the com munit:,,
with the students in an effort to
bring about certain changes and
demands which Chicanos have
he-en desperately need i' n g for
years.
The "borlote" started at nnon
on Sunday and continued until
5 p.m.
There were several speakers
including Eliezer Risco, Guillermo Martinez. who did most of
the rapping, Rudy Gallardo, Luis
Valdez, and several of the parents de La Raza. Some of the
issues discussed were the food
stamp program in Hanford, economic problems in the community, the dismissal of Adan Juarez,
the campesinos. and all this campus unrest.
The current MECHA president,
Steve Santos, read ten demands
to the people. These demands will
be written in blood and turned
in to the Administration today.
They state that 500 Chicano EOP
students be admitted in the fall
of 1070, that the Assistant Dean
of Students and Adan Juarez,
assistant Di rector of Financial
Aids, be rehired; along with other
demands.
After the demands were read.
Mass got underway.
Father Finian from \rt. Carmel
presided over the r.Iass and rea ured u that they were witl
u • ;',,1ariaches pla~·ect during th<
entire Mas·. which made tht
whole thing really hf'aVY.
A film. "I Am .Joaquin." directed by Luiz Valdez, was shown
after the \[as •
While the Teatro Campt:>srno
was settin~ up their equipment
one of the men from the community recited a poem which he
had written and sani; a couple cif
songs. Ile was followed IJ~• anothE: r
community member who also
rapped and read a poem callt:id
"Mexico Libre." Jack Ortega
spoke on behalf of Albert :\1olina
who is running for Supervisor
of District 2.
Teatro Campesino came up
with a skit entitled "Juanita",
an acto about schools and how they
should organize.
After the skit. another song,
"Que vi van los estudiantes". was
sung by Luis Valdez.
Later the audience joined in
and sang all kinds of Chicano
songs which really brought everybody's spirits up.
It was announced that several
students and staff would camp out
in front of the Thomas Administration Building and fast for one
week in protest.
There was a really great turnout in spite of the rain.
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Pensamientos
De Otra
Persona
por Angus Glo
Soy Anglo que vive aqui en
Fresno hace poco tiempo, Tengo
mucho interes en el Movirniento
de la Raza. Conozco a much
habitantes del Valle de Mexi~~
y de otras ciudades de la Republic~. Pero no conozco a rnuchos
Ch1canos.
Me movi aqu_i del Noreste de
los Est~dos Umdos. Hay muchos
Puertonquenos y Cubanos alli,
pero pocos mexicanos. Hay no
mas que como seis o siete restaurantes mexicanos en Neuva
York. Es decir las comidas como
huevos rancheros son muy caros
Pero en Ia Valle de San Joa~
quin espero aprender mas de la
cultura Chicana.
No se, PQr
ejemplo, cuales partes de esa
cultura son mexicanas y culales
son norteamericanas.
Una cosa que me gusta mucho
del Movimiento es que esta en
las manos de los Chicanos, Pero
en todo movimiento hay cambios
y espero saber mas de las idea~
que van en varias direcciones
para anticipar que va a pasar en
futuro.
Aunque hay mucho empasis en
friccion en cualquier movimiento
social, hay tambien cosas afirmativas que no se deben ignorar,
Por ejemplo, la aficcion y calor
del pueblo Mexicano son muy
saludables. La idea del respeto
para la fam ilia extendida tambien
es buena para una persona de
la cultura fria de los Anglos.
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de cualquier lado. Espero que
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Thirteen Chicano students a d
faculty members fr O m Fres::O
St ate College have declared
selves on a hunger strike as of
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. This
strike is in protest against the
daily oppression of au Ch'
icano
people and it has been called
on the FSC campus since this
institution is a symbol f th
Anglo "better way of life~ s e
cifically, this protest is ~
the suppressive tactics ;f the
Falk-Fikes regimeandi
t
suppor
of our young Chicano nbrothers
who have felt the teeth of the lion
at Woodlake High 8 h 1
c oo and the
Chicano parents and f ·1·
.
ami ies of
Kings Coumy who have been
fused the right to eat
re.
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as human
berngs. The services of the FSC
Health ~enter ".'ill be requested
to provid~ routme_ health checks
for all th irteen Chicano students
and faculty. Water will be the
only substance taken by the strikers.
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The thirteen protesting Chic~nos have declared that they
will be camping in front of the
Thomas Adminis_trattonBuilding.
A nd th~ appeal 1s being made to
all Chicano students and community
1 t .
th·
peop e o Join with them in
is protest.
.
The hunger strike has been declared the ultimate non-violent
proteS t action in support of the
st udent ~truggle against the nonre_s~onSive and irresponsihleadministration
of FSC .
.
th
All" ~rteen Chicanos (8 men
ar1 d ~ _girls) have declared that
they will fa t t ·1 12
s un i
noon, Friday, March G.
.
In conJunction wil h th e hunger
strike, ten demands have been
presented to the adrnlnlstralion of
Fresno State College in order that
oppression and violation of Chicano life be softened The ten
demands are as follo;s.
·
1. That FSC admit 500Chlcano
EOP students in the fall of 1970;
2. That the Job of Assistant to
the Dean of Students be continued
after June l, 1970, and that it be
filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC immediately ereate a .1inority Education Council
in consultation with the Ethnic
Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
pI an t o i ncr ase ►h
._ e enrollme'l t o f
Chicanos equal to the population
of the FSC service area;
G. That FSC administration and
Ethnic Studies staff and students
have a discussion in front of the
news media in order to clarify
~a~~~ accu atlon and issues as
7. That FSC lmmedlately increase its number of support
staff workers to match the population of its service area;
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B. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970, and
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
9. That FSC lmmedlatelyhire a
Chicano at the Admissions or Registrar's Office; and
10. That FSC immediatelyhlre
a Chicano Co-Director for the
Educational Opportunities Program.
The FSC administration has
been given until Friday,March6,
at 12 noon to respond to these demands in written form.
It ls the hope of an Chicano
students, faculty and community,
that the Fresno State College administration will talce this oppo_rtunlty (which may be the last)
to respond peacefully to the will
of the people.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1970
Campesinos Fight For Food Stamps
During World War II, there
was a nationwide food stamp
program which allowed families
a certain number of stamps for
their food ration,
Today, another war continues.
No, not Vietnam, but a homefront
war in Hanford between the hungry and the monied interests.
More specifically, between the
campesino and the Kings County
Board of Supervisors.
Chicano children go hungry to
school, come hungry from school,
and stay hungry at home. A steady
diet of dried foodstuffs stifles the
healthy development of Chicano
children and adults. Although the
Anglo says the food commodities
Program provides "95 percent of
nutritional value" needed in a
healthy diet, let him eat dried
eggs, cornbread, and drink dry
non - fat milk, and then change the
percentage figure in nutritional
value.
~isten, RAZA, your hungry
children are rejected in school
a~d Anglo society, but are conSldered "All-American" when it
comes to the draft. Hungrf children don't do well in school,
hungry people don't work well,
and h••ngry babies, deprived of
fresh milk and other foods, grow
weak and sickly. But this isn't
news to you. The food stamp
A group of campesinos and sympathizers are sho~ leading a
peaceful demonstration around the County Courthouse in Hanford
supportirg the Food Stamp Program.
Photo by Pedro Gonzalez.
program isn't charity because
campesinos are proud people who
have more than paid for this program through their labor.
Currently three California
counties - Butte, Sutter, and
Kings - are being sued by the
California Rural League Assistance for their failure to provide
a decent food stamp program.
This program calls for food
stamp issuance ( either by the
Welfare Department or bank) to
eligible families to get rresn
foods, (dairy products, meat,
vegetables, fruits, eggs) from local merchants.
The County Welfare Department estimated il would cost
$60,000 annually to change to
food stamps under bank issuance
($45,000 through county assistance). However, the estimated
cost of expanding the present
food commodities program is
also $60,000 •.• the same amount
for food stamps under bank issuance and $15,000 more than the
county issuance of foo<l stamps,
Rumors are that the five member Kings County Board of Supervisors refuse to okay the food
stamp program because offarming interests. Local businessmen and merchants apparently
would make a profit - because
of sales increase - 1t the food
program was to be passed. However, the farming interests would
face a tax hike, along with everyone else, if the food stamp program were passed. Farmers are
paid by the government not to
grow certain crops. Therefore,
with the food stamp program,
there would be a greater demand
for more foods, thus wiping out
government subsidies for crop
planting control.
Despite heavy arguments, statistics, and Anglo logic, the campesino still goes hungry. The
campesino has known many forms
of hunger, not just the physical
hunger. Socio-economic betterment, political voice, and civil
rights are hungers LA RAZA's
spiritual gut wants fulfilled. The
physical hunger, 1011g known to
the campesino, is now being heard
because he has said, •1 am hungry, and have been for a long
time.•
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family members in the barrio,
and enjoys returning to the barrio
for some good Mexican food.
Ile has found a stable economic
niche in the union shop, and al thoug-h he has little extra cash,
he reels he has s u cc s s r u 11 y
dernonstrat •d that you C'an "make
it" without going to college. Ile
owns his own home. The financial burden is great since the
payment , the second mortgage,
and property taxes readily eat up
his monthly paycheck. It is usually his unfortunate discovery that
he cannot furnish his home, buy
a new car and color T. V. , ~ct pay
all the insurance bills without
working overtime at the plant and
sending his wife to work as well.
Despite the sacrifices, the financial fiasco is justified because
he can now present a front to his
neighbors and to the members of
his bowling league which glows of
mass media respectability. He
can relax, if he finds the time,
knowing that he has proven himself "'good enough• for the neighborhood. He has achieved the
"'good life" and "prosperity•
through his own hard toil.
Of course, he is living in selfdelusion because the slightest
financial trau_m a will so upset his
hand- to-mouth economy, that he
will be forced into scurrying to
Pacific Plan for a loan. His relatives back in the barrio can admire his home and belongings,
but are astonished by the pressure cooker atmosphere which
accompanies this brand of success.
There are two econ o m i c
streams of Chicano movement out
of the barrio (ghetto). First, the
college-educated C hi can o who
usually ends up agringado (or
assimilated). Secondly, there is
the non-college Chicano who has
found economic relief through the
trade union shop or small business. Obviously there are many
variations on these two predominant them es; however, certain
generalities can be abstracted.
This article presents a general
aspirational description of the
non-college Chicano who wants
desperately to become part of the
faceless suburban middle-class.
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The non-college Chicano who
moves out of the barrio is usually not totally agringado. It is difficult to establish whether this is
a matter of choice or of sociological design. He usually maintains a liaison relationship with
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perity. They bowl together, watch
pro football together, play cards
together, and get drunk together.
It should be obvious that for
men caught in this merry-goround, status and prestige are not
based on occupation, but on income as evidenced in material
possessions. The "stability•
manifested in the facade of goods
and activities thinly veils the
foundation of economic quicksand
it is based on. These people are
doing better by their standards
than they, or their families, ever
did before them. As long as the
paychecks keep coming in, all is
well and the party goes on. Barring recession, automation or
illness, there is no need to worry; So far their unions have managed to do right by them, and as
long as this condition prevails,
they could give adamnaboutanybody else.
Clearly, for the Chicano in this
scene, the anxiety and viciousness is intensified. He is subject
to all the perils of his fellow
workers and neighbors, but must
also be concerned with the dimension of "social acceptability. •
This is especially important
for the future of his children.
They must meet the •right kind"
of people if they are to marry
"up" and live "decent lives.•
Why' then, should he be concerned with the welfare of the
Chicano in the barrio? Nobody
helped him, nor did he expect it.
Why should he be interested
militancy or social action?
It would simply be giving
others what he had to work for,
and threatening what he has managed to accomplish. He frowns
on the use of the term "brown•
since such categorizing sets him
apart from his Anglo friends
when he has worked so hard to
be just like them. He shares the
same racist attitudes toward skin
colors and t O w a rd 5 MexicanAmericans and Negroes that his
playmates do. It would be foolish
to expect otherwise. ms mind has
been processed and his aspirational scheme fixed. He is programmed for the American
Dream and his fair share o! it.
Perhap it will be up to his childr :, to awaken ~im.
Peaceful
Boycott
LaS t week's two-day class boycott,
proteS t ing Fresno State
College Acting-President Karl
Falk's adminiS t rative actions
peacefully fell short of Falk'~
charges of expected violence on
campus by " h a rd -core militants •
in a speech given last month to
th e Fresno County Bar Assoclation (F.C.B.A.).
Falk added th at the militants
would attempt to cause campus
disruption resulting in the calling
of police or National Guard to
quell any violence erupting on
campus.
Now th e boycott is over With
no violence except for the reported assault of a student picket who was attacked by an unidentified student against the boycott.
Eliezer Risco-Lozada, LaRaza
Studies Chairman, said the boycott was a positive action which
proved two th ings. First, theboycott "'developed th e consciousness of the student body as a
whole in their role (vis-a-vis
faculty and administration),"
Seco nd ly, th e boycott showed
"how th e process of developing
student body consciousness has
to continue."
"It's a symptom of what is
wrong with an institution of higher
education. In general, that a process of developing consciousness
(the student's) has to develop in
an adversary role," he said,
"In other places, educational
innovation, like the Experimental
College , took place with heavy
student participation , while at
FSC, st udent participation has
been greater because of attacks
oh the Experimental College as
well as other programs,• he
stated.
Risco was critical of Falk's
F.C.B.A. speech because 1t had
Our Chicano refugee seldom
dual interpretations. First, "as
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irresponsible in the sens e that
. own ro 1e, or 1ac k of 1·t , i n
or h 1s
waving the nag of violence is not
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th e 1o t o r h'1s peop1e.
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the way to prevent it.•
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Th e f ew mo men t s h e spen ds in
secondly, Fa 1 k, 5 statements
contemplation of the Social Con- 'flt/',....tv._...rv..-.N..-.M'rl'wY\r/\JY\,A,JIIJllllllcould be heard in the sense of the
dition are usually restricted to
"proverbial self-fulfilling prc;the condemnation of fellow Chiphecy," he commented.
canos (who may be old friends)
Praising all students for keepin the barrio who are not intering the boycott peaceful and disested "in bettering themselves
proving Falk's charges ofpotenup." Uncons<'iously and unques tial campus violence , Risco said,
tioningly. he has accepted the
"It's a credit to students at FSC,
American Dream, and as a conboth Anglo and minority, that
sequence he has become nothing
FSC has been free from any exmore than an Ugly American inplosions of organized violence.
terested only in crass materialThe California Council of Chi- The President's statements were
ism as the measure of social
canos in Higher Education held not in any sense helpful to preworth. and in the exhibition of
the first of three regional con- vent that from occurring in the
Anglo-conformist tr a 1 ts which
ferences last Saturday, February future," he stated.
demonstrate that he too is an
28 at the Fresno State College
Professor Richard Keyes, Eth American, first and foremost.
Extension Center.
nic studies Department ChairHis children will probably not
Created for the purpose of arman, felt the boycott indicated a
learn Spanish, since the stressing
riving at needed plans and pro- growth of FSC student body leadof minority characteristics is
posals which will solve the many ership which negated the whole
neither functional to their own
problems t'.:<1t Chicanos encoun- silent majority concept.
future, nor is it really the Amerter in the prE·se>nt educational
Keyes measured student body
ican way. In this context mainsystem, the conference also make leadership growth by observing
taining cultural integrity beavailable 1-3 units of college what happens (boycott) when
comes resignation to poverty.
credit thothose who enroll. The "'people get involved and becom e
The paradox is that he may
three workshops, which covered aware."
have been a pachuco and in trouthree sectors of operation He added that the "silent mable with the law in his youth, and
High Schoo. Junior College and
jority hang-up• wasn't involved
probably still has tattoos to prove
College ,'University - dealt with with relevant society.
it. Howevet. he now regrets those
recruitment. finances, Chicano
"'Involvement forces them (sidays and has little patience for
studies, organizing, comm unity lent majority) into experienced
youths who exhibit the same bework and support programs.
growth,• Keyes explained.
,
havior patterns. His new-found
Chicano students and teachers
He also agreed that Falk s
respectability restricts flixibil-·
from high schools. junior col- statements on potential campus
Hy. He must be careful that
leges and colleges from through- biolence were irresponsible, and
nothing disturbs the image he is
out the valley were involved in the in some degree, slanderous.
trying to sell his Anglo friends,
workshops, in which much of the
"I don't think any educational
for if this is lost, all is lost. This
time and discussion seemed to institution can survive if illis the reason that his psychologideal with de fining and comparing informed leadership tries to macal condition is so deeply interproblems and finally touching on nipulate public opinion against
· woven with his financial condisome of the possible solutions. the institution.• he said.
lion and his mater i a 1 posThe atmosphere of the confersessions. In this world, you are
ence was very interesting, inwhat you own.
valving and enlightening for all
who were present. Each person
Cowboy Fascists
felt encouraged to express his
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own view, experience or idea.
His Anglo friends are usually
Published five days a week except
Hopefully
more
students,
high
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holidays and examination periods _bY
school and college, will partici- the Fresno State College Associa·
to live nearby. Generally they
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-- ·can there be such a thing as a
free university? And if so, how
far away is it? Or, what would
keep us from having one now if
all the political, social and financial red tape were eliminated?
To begin with, such an institute
may never become a reality ifwe
don't start getting leaders in the
legislature at all levels, leaders
in the administration of public
and private institutions, and representation in the big American
political game.
After that we must have people
who are knowledgable in the administration of an institute of
learning, educators, professors,
coaches and many others.
There are already wheels in
motion toward this objective and
others that will help our people
in order that some day we will
no longer be the •scape goats• of
this society, no longer be the
highest percentage in the welfare
and unemployment lines.
Now, where are we goingtoget
all these leaders, educators, administrators, etc.?
Yes? You and others like you
from San Francisco, Arizona,
Albequerque, Texas, anywhere
that a Chicano is grabbing onto
the education •bag" and holding on
at all costs. And when you leave
there will be others who will
come here because you showed
them the way. This is where the
Chicano •greats" of the future
are going to come from. So,
Beautiful Brown, do_n 't downgrade
yourself.
Your participation
counts and it counts plenty. You
are right in the middle of what
is going to end up being the biggest •shake-up" that has ever
happened since it all started 450
years ago.
It's npt easy--not easy to stay
in school when the money isn't
there; maybe easier to drop this
or that course than it is lo continue. When asked by my parish
priest recently, •How are you?"
I replied •Life if getting tougher
Padre." The padre then said,
•1 'm glad to hear that all is well
with you, because, as you know,
it was not meant to be easy.•
Can you think of anything
sweeter than to have an institution
of learning that is totally and
completely Chicano, all the way
from the highest administrator to
the •lava platos" in the cafeteria?
Dig it, because it's beautiful·
we need it, and we all have t~
work in order that some day we
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weekdays.
As a result of rain the Mass
which was to take place at the
Fresno State College Am phithe atre yesterday was relocated at
a "very packed• Baker Hall.
The purpose of the Mass was
to protest the Falk administration and to unite the com munit:,,
with the students in an effort to
bring about certain changes and
demands which Chicanos have
he-en desperately need i' n g for
years.
The "borlote" started at nnon
on Sunday and continued until
5 p.m.
There were several speakers
including Eliezer Risco, Guillermo Martinez. who did most of
the rapping, Rudy Gallardo, Luis
Valdez, and several of the parents de La Raza. Some of the
issues discussed were the food
stamp program in Hanford, economic problems in the community, the dismissal of Adan Juarez,
the campesinos. and all this campus unrest.
The current MECHA president,
Steve Santos, read ten demands
to the people. These demands will
be written in blood and turned
in to the Administration today.
They state that 500 Chicano EOP
students be admitted in the fall
of 1070, that the Assistant Dean
of Students and Adan Juarez,
assistant Di rector of Financial
Aids, be rehired; along with other
demands.
After the demands were read.
Mass got underway.
Father Finian from \rt. Carmel
presided over the r.Iass and rea ured u that they were witl
u • ;',,1ariaches pla~·ect during th<
entire Mas·. which made tht
whole thing really hf'aVY.
A film. "I Am .Joaquin." directed by Luiz Valdez, was shown
after the \[as •
While the Teatro Campt:>srno
was settin~ up their equipment
one of the men from the community recited a poem which he
had written and sani; a couple cif
songs. Ile was followed IJ~• anothE: r
community member who also
rapped and read a poem callt:id
"Mexico Libre." Jack Ortega
spoke on behalf of Albert :\1olina
who is running for Supervisor
of District 2.
Teatro Campesino came up
with a skit entitled "Juanita",
an acto about schools and how they
should organize.
After the skit. another song,
"Que vi van los estudiantes". was
sung by Luis Valdez.
Later the audience joined in
and sang all kinds of Chicano
songs which really brought everybody's spirits up.
It was announced that several
students and staff would camp out
in front of the Thomas Administration Building and fast for one
week in protest.
There was a really great turnout in spite of the rain.
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Pensamientos
De Otra
Persona
por Angus Glo
Soy Anglo que vive aqui en
Fresno hace poco tiempo, Tengo
mucho interes en el Movirniento
de la Raza. Conozco a much
habitantes del Valle de Mexi~~
y de otras ciudades de la Republic~. Pero no conozco a rnuchos
Ch1canos.
Me movi aqu_i del Noreste de
los Est~dos Umdos. Hay muchos
Puertonquenos y Cubanos alli,
pero pocos mexicanos. Hay no
mas que como seis o siete restaurantes mexicanos en Neuva
York. Es decir las comidas como
huevos rancheros son muy caros
Pero en Ia Valle de San Joa~
quin espero aprender mas de la
cultura Chicana.
No se, PQr
ejemplo, cuales partes de esa
cultura son mexicanas y culales
son norteamericanas.
Una cosa que me gusta mucho
del Movimiento es que esta en
las manos de los Chicanos, Pero
en todo movimiento hay cambios
y espero saber mas de las idea~
que van en varias direcciones
para anticipar que va a pasar en
futuro.
Aunque hay mucho empasis en
friccion en cualquier movimiento
social, hay tambien cosas afirmativas que no se deben ignorar,
Por ejemplo, la aficcion y calor
del pueblo Mexicano son muy
saludables. La idea del respeto
para la fam ilia extendida tambien
es buena para una persona de
la cultura fria de los Anglos.
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Thirteen Chicano students a d
faculty members fr O m Fres::O
St ate College have declared
selves on a hunger strike as of
6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. This
strike is in protest against the
daily oppression of au Ch'
icano
people and it has been called
on the FSC campus since this
institution is a symbol f th
Anglo "better way of life~ s e
cifically, this protest is ~
the suppressive tactics ;f the
Falk-Fikes regimeandi
t
suppor
of our young Chicano nbrothers
who have felt the teeth of the lion
at Woodlake High 8 h 1
c oo and the
Chicano parents and f ·1·
.
ami ies of
Kings Coumy who have been
fused the right to eat
re.
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as human
berngs. The services of the FSC
Health ~enter ".'ill be requested
to provid~ routme_ health checks
for all th irteen Chicano students
and faculty. Water will be the
only substance taken by the strikers.
ai:~
The thirteen protesting Chic~nos have declared that they
will be camping in front of the
Thomas Adminis_trattonBuilding.
A nd th~ appeal 1s being made to
all Chicano students and community
1 t .
th·
peop e o Join with them in
is protest.
.
The hunger strike has been declared the ultimate non-violent
proteS t action in support of the
st udent ~truggle against the nonre_s~onSive and irresponsihleadministration
of FSC .
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All" ~rteen Chicanos (8 men
ar1 d ~ _girls) have declared that
they will fa t t ·1 12
s un i
noon, Friday, March G.
.
In conJunction wil h th e hunger
strike, ten demands have been
presented to the adrnlnlstralion of
Fresno State College in order that
oppression and violation of Chicano life be softened The ten
demands are as follo;s.
·
1. That FSC admit 500Chlcano
EOP students in the fall of 1970;
2. That the Job of Assistant to
the Dean of Students be continued
after June l, 1970, and that it be
filled by a Chicano;
3. That Adan Juarez continue
as Assistant to the Director of
Financial Aids after June, 1970;
4. That FSC immediately ereate a .1inority Education Council
in consultation with the Ethnic
Studies staff and students;
5. That FSC make a 3-year
pI an t o i ncr ase ►h
._ e enrollme'l t o f
Chicanos equal to the population
of the FSC service area;
G. That FSC administration and
Ethnic Studies staff and students
have a discussion in front of the
news media in order to clarify
~a~~~ accu atlon and issues as
7. That FSC lmmedlately increase its number of support
staff workers to match the population of its service area;
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B. That FSC allocate eight
new faculty positions to La Raza
Studies for the fall of 1970, and
that any present staff who wishes
to stay at FSC be rehired;
9. That FSC lmmedlatelyhire a
Chicano at the Admissions or Registrar's Office; and
10. That FSC immediatelyhlre
a Chicano Co-Director for the
Educational Opportunities Program.
The FSC administration has
been given until Friday,March6,
at 12 noon to respond to these demands in written form.
It ls the hope of an Chicano
students, faculty and community,
that the Fresno State College administration will talce this oppo_rtunlty (which may be the last)
to respond peacefully to the will
of the people.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1970
Campesinos Fight For Food Stamps
During World War II, there
was a nationwide food stamp
program which allowed families
a certain number of stamps for
their food ration,
Today, another war continues.
No, not Vietnam, but a homefront
war in Hanford between the hungry and the monied interests.
More specifically, between the
campesino and the Kings County
Board of Supervisors.
Chicano children go hungry to
school, come hungry from school,
and stay hungry at home. A steady
diet of dried foodstuffs stifles the
healthy development of Chicano
children and adults. Although the
Anglo says the food commodities
Program provides "95 percent of
nutritional value" needed in a
healthy diet, let him eat dried
eggs, cornbread, and drink dry
non - fat milk, and then change the
percentage figure in nutritional
value.
~isten, RAZA, your hungry
children are rejected in school
a~d Anglo society, but are conSldered "All-American" when it
comes to the draft. Hungrf children don't do well in school,
hungry people don't work well,
and h••ngry babies, deprived of
fresh milk and other foods, grow
weak and sickly. But this isn't
news to you. The food stamp
A group of campesinos and sympathizers are sho~ leading a
peaceful demonstration around the County Courthouse in Hanford
supportirg the Food Stamp Program.
Photo by Pedro Gonzalez.
program isn't charity because
campesinos are proud people who
have more than paid for this program through their labor.
Currently three California
counties - Butte, Sutter, and
Kings - are being sued by the
California Rural League Assistance for their failure to provide
a decent food stamp program.
This program calls for food
stamp issuance ( either by the
Welfare Department or bank) to
eligible families to get rresn
foods, (dairy products, meat,
vegetables, fruits, eggs) from local merchants.
The County Welfare Department estimated il would cost
$60,000 annually to change to
food stamps under bank issuance
($45,000 through county assistance). However, the estimated
cost of expanding the present
food commodities program is
also $60,000 •.• the same amount
for food stamps under bank issuance and $15,000 more than the
county issuance of foo<l stamps,
Rumors are that the five member Kings County Board of Supervisors refuse to okay the food
stamp program because offarming interests. Local businessmen and merchants apparently
would make a profit - because
of sales increase - 1t the food
program was to be passed. However, the farming interests would
face a tax hike, along with everyone else, if the food stamp program were passed. Farmers are
paid by the government not to
grow certain crops. Therefore,
with the food stamp program,
there would be a greater demand
for more foods, thus wiping out
government subsidies for crop
planting control.
Despite heavy arguments, statistics, and Anglo logic, the campesino still goes hungry. The
campesino has known many forms
of hunger, not just the physical
hunger. Socio-economic betterment, political voice, and civil
rights are hungers LA RAZA's
spiritual gut wants fulfilled. The
physical hunger, 1011g known to
the campesino, is now being heard
because he has said, •1 am hungry, and have been for a long
time.•
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family members in the barrio,
and enjoys returning to the barrio
for some good Mexican food.
Ile has found a stable economic
niche in the union shop, and al thoug-h he has little extra cash,
he reels he has s u cc s s r u 11 y
dernonstrat •d that you C'an "make
it" without going to college. Ile
owns his own home. The financial burden is great since the
payment , the second mortgage,
and property taxes readily eat up
his monthly paycheck. It is usually his unfortunate discovery that
he cannot furnish his home, buy
a new car and color T. V. , ~ct pay
all the insurance bills without
working overtime at the plant and
sending his wife to work as well.
Despite the sacrifices, the financial fiasco is justified because
he can now present a front to his
neighbors and to the members of
his bowling league which glows of
mass media respectability. He
can relax, if he finds the time,
knowing that he has proven himself "'good enough• for the neighborhood. He has achieved the
"'good life" and "prosperity•
through his own hard toil.
Of course, he is living in selfdelusion because the slightest
financial trau_m a will so upset his
hand- to-mouth economy, that he
will be forced into scurrying to
Pacific Plan for a loan. His relatives back in the barrio can admire his home and belongings,
but are astonished by the pressure cooker atmosphere which
accompanies this brand of success.
There are two econ o m i c
streams of Chicano movement out
of the barrio (ghetto). First, the
college-educated C hi can o who
usually ends up agringado (or
assimilated). Secondly, there is
the non-college Chicano who has
found economic relief through the
trade union shop or small business. Obviously there are many
variations on these two predominant them es; however, certain
generalities can be abstracted.
This article presents a general
aspirational description of the
non-college Chicano who wants
desperately to become part of the
faceless suburban middle-class.
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The non-college Chicano who
moves out of the barrio is usually not totally agringado. It is difficult to establish whether this is
a matter of choice or of sociological design. He usually maintains a liaison relationship with
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perity. They bowl together, watch
pro football together, play cards
together, and get drunk together.
It should be obvious that for
men caught in this merry-goround, status and prestige are not
based on occupation, but on income as evidenced in material
possessions. The "stability•
manifested in the facade of goods
and activities thinly veils the
foundation of economic quicksand
it is based on. These people are
doing better by their standards
than they, or their families, ever
did before them. As long as the
paychecks keep coming in, all is
well and the party goes on. Barring recession, automation or
illness, there is no need to worry; So far their unions have managed to do right by them, and as
long as this condition prevails,
they could give adamnaboutanybody else.
Clearly, for the Chicano in this
scene, the anxiety and viciousness is intensified. He is subject
to all the perils of his fellow
workers and neighbors, but must
also be concerned with the dimension of "social acceptability. •
This is especially important
for the future of his children.
They must meet the •right kind"
of people if they are to marry
"up" and live "decent lives.•
Why' then, should he be concerned with the welfare of the
Chicano in the barrio? Nobody
helped him, nor did he expect it.
Why should he be interested
militancy or social action?
It would simply be giving
others what he had to work for,
and threatening what he has managed to accomplish. He frowns
on the use of the term "brown•
since such categorizing sets him
apart from his Anglo friends
when he has worked so hard to
be just like them. He shares the
same racist attitudes toward skin
colors and t O w a rd 5 MexicanAmericans and Negroes that his
playmates do. It would be foolish
to expect otherwise. ms mind has
been processed and his aspirational scheme fixed. He is programmed for the American
Dream and his fair share o! it.
Perhap it will be up to his childr :, to awaken ~im.
Peaceful
Boycott
LaS t week's two-day class boycott,
proteS t ing Fresno State
College Acting-President Karl
Falk's adminiS t rative actions
peacefully fell short of Falk'~
charges of expected violence on
campus by " h a rd -core militants •
in a speech given last month to
th e Fresno County Bar Assoclation (F.C.B.A.).
Falk added th at the militants
would attempt to cause campus
disruption resulting in the calling
of police or National Guard to
quell any violence erupting on
campus.
Now th e boycott is over With
no violence except for the reported assault of a student picket who was attacked by an unidentified student against the boycott.
Eliezer Risco-Lozada, LaRaza
Studies Chairman, said the boycott was a positive action which
proved two th ings. First, theboycott "'developed th e consciousness of the student body as a
whole in their role (vis-a-vis
faculty and administration),"
Seco nd ly, th e boycott showed
"how th e process of developing
student body consciousness has
to continue."
"It's a symptom of what is
wrong with an institution of higher
education. In general, that a process of developing consciousness
(the student's) has to develop in
an adversary role," he said,
"In other places, educational
innovation, like the Experimental
College , took place with heavy
student participation , while at
FSC, st udent participation has
been greater because of attacks
oh the Experimental College as
well as other programs,• he
stated.
Risco was critical of Falk's
F.C.B.A. speech because 1t had
Our Chicano refugee seldom
dual interpretations. First, "as
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irresponsible in the sens e that
. own ro 1e, or 1ac k of 1·t , i n
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waving the nag of violence is not
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th e 1o t o r h'1s peop1e.
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the way to prevent it.•
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Th e f ew mo men t s h e spen ds in
secondly, Fa 1 k, 5 statements
contemplation of the Social Con- 'flt/',....tv._...rv..-.N..-.M'rl'wY\r/\JY\,A,JIIJllllllcould be heard in the sense of the
dition are usually restricted to
"proverbial self-fulfilling prc;the condemnation of fellow Chiphecy," he commented.
canos (who may be old friends)
Praising all students for keepin the barrio who are not intering the boycott peaceful and disested "in bettering themselves
proving Falk's charges ofpotenup." Uncons<'iously and unques tial campus violence , Risco said,
tioningly. he has accepted the
"It's a credit to students at FSC,
American Dream, and as a conboth Anglo and minority, that
sequence he has become nothing
FSC has been free from any exmore than an Ugly American inplosions of organized violence.
terested only in crass materialThe California Council of Chi- The President's statements were
ism as the measure of social
canos in Higher Education held not in any sense helpful to preworth. and in the exhibition of
the first of three regional con- vent that from occurring in the
Anglo-conformist tr a 1 ts which
ferences last Saturday, February future," he stated.
demonstrate that he too is an
28 at the Fresno State College
Professor Richard Keyes, Eth American, first and foremost.
Extension Center.
nic studies Department ChairHis children will probably not
Created for the purpose of arman, felt the boycott indicated a
learn Spanish, since the stressing
riving at needed plans and pro- growth of FSC student body leadof minority characteristics is
posals which will solve the many ership which negated the whole
neither functional to their own
problems t'.:<1t Chicanos encoun- silent majority concept.
future, nor is it really the Amerter in the prE·se>nt educational
Keyes measured student body
ican way. In this context mainsystem, the conference also make leadership growth by observing
taining cultural integrity beavailable 1-3 units of college what happens (boycott) when
comes resignation to poverty.
credit thothose who enroll. The "'people get involved and becom e
The paradox is that he may
three workshops, which covered aware."
have been a pachuco and in trouthree sectors of operation He added that the "silent mable with the law in his youth, and
High Schoo. Junior College and
jority hang-up• wasn't involved
probably still has tattoos to prove
College ,'University - dealt with with relevant society.
it. Howevet. he now regrets those
recruitment. finances, Chicano
"'Involvement forces them (sidays and has little patience for
studies, organizing, comm unity lent majority) into experienced
youths who exhibit the same bework and support programs.
growth,• Keyes explained.
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havior patterns. His new-found
Chicano students and teachers
He also agreed that Falk s
respectability restricts flixibil-·
from high schools. junior col- statements on potential campus
Hy. He must be careful that
leges and colleges from through- biolence were irresponsible, and
nothing disturbs the image he is
out the valley were involved in the in some degree, slanderous.
trying to sell his Anglo friends,
workshops, in which much of the
"I don't think any educational
for if this is lost, all is lost. This
time and discussion seemed to institution can survive if illis the reason that his psychologideal with de fining and comparing informed leadership tries to macal condition is so deeply interproblems and finally touching on nipulate public opinion against
· woven with his financial condisome of the possible solutions. the institution.• he said.
lion and his mater i a 1 posThe atmosphere of the confersessions. In this world, you are
ence was very interesting, inwhat you own.
valving and enlightening for all
who were present. Each person
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His Anglo friends are usually
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-- ·can there be such a thing as a
free university? And if so, how
far away is it? Or, what would
keep us from having one now if
all the political, social and financial red tape were eliminated?
To begin with, such an institute
may never become a reality ifwe
don't start getting leaders in the
legislature at all levels, leaders
in the administration of public
and private institutions, and representation in the big American
political game.
After that we must have people
who are knowledgable in the administration of an institute of
learning, educators, professors,
coaches and many others.
There are already wheels in
motion toward this objective and
others that will help our people
in order that some day we will
no longer be the •scape goats• of
this society, no longer be the
highest percentage in the welfare
and unemployment lines.
Now, where are we goingtoget
all these leaders, educators, administrators, etc.?
Yes? You and others like you
from San Francisco, Arizona,
Albequerque, Texas, anywhere
that a Chicano is grabbing onto
the education •bag" and holding on
at all costs. And when you leave
there will be others who will
come here because you showed
them the way. This is where the
Chicano •greats" of the future
are going to come from. So,
Beautiful Brown, do_n 't downgrade
yourself.
Your participation
counts and it counts plenty. You
are right in the middle of what
is going to end up being the biggest •shake-up" that has ever
happened since it all started 450
years ago.
It's npt easy--not easy to stay
in school when the money isn't
there; maybe easier to drop this
or that course than it is lo continue. When asked by my parish
priest recently, •How are you?"
I replied •Life if getting tougher
Padre." The padre then said,
•1 'm glad to hear that all is well
with you, because, as you know,
it was not meant to be easy.•
Can you think of anything
sweeter than to have an institution
of learning that is totally and
completely Chicano, all the way
from the highest administrator to
the •lava platos" in the cafeteria?
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As a result of rain the Mass
which was to take place at the
Fresno State College Am phithe atre yesterday was relocated at
a "very packed• Baker Hall.
The purpose of the Mass was
to protest the Falk administration and to unite the com munit:,,
with the students in an effort to
bring about certain changes and
demands which Chicanos have
he-en desperately need i' n g for
years.
The "borlote" started at nnon
on Sunday and continued until
5 p.m.
There were several speakers
including Eliezer Risco, Guillermo Martinez. who did most of
the rapping, Rudy Gallardo, Luis
Valdez, and several of the parents de La Raza. Some of the
issues discussed were the food
stamp program in Hanford, economic problems in the community, the dismissal of Adan Juarez,
the campesinos. and all this campus unrest.
The current MECHA president,
Steve Santos, read ten demands
to the people. These demands will
be written in blood and turned
in to the Administration today.
They state that 500 Chicano EOP
students be admitted in the fall
of 1070, that the Assistant Dean
of Students and Adan Juarez,
assistant Di rector of Financial
Aids, be rehired; along with other
demands.
After the demands were read.
Mass got underway.
Father Finian from \rt. Carmel
presided over the r.Iass and rea ured u that they were witl
u • ;',,1ariaches pla~·ect during th<
entire Mas·. which made tht
whole thing really hf'aVY.
A film. "I Am .Joaquin." directed by Luiz Valdez, was shown
after the \[as •
While the Teatro Campt:>srno
was settin~ up their equipment
one of the men from the community recited a poem which he
had written and sani; a couple cif
songs. Ile was followed IJ~• anothE: r
community member who also
rapped and read a poem callt:id
"Mexico Libre." Jack Ortega
spoke on behalf of Albert :\1olina
who is running for Supervisor
of District 2.
Teatro Campesino came up
with a skit entitled "Juanita",
an acto about schools and how they
should organize.
After the skit. another song,
"Que vi van los estudiantes". was
sung by Luis Valdez.
Later the audience joined in
and sang all kinds of Chicano
songs which really brought everybody's spirits up.
It was announced that several
students and staff would camp out
in front of the Thomas Administration Building and fast for one
week in protest.
There was a really great turnout in spite of the rain.
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De Otra
Persona
por Angus Glo
Soy Anglo que vive aqui en
Fresno hace poco tiempo, Tengo
mucho interes en el Movirniento
de la Raza. Conozco a much
habitantes del Valle de Mexi~~
y de otras ciudades de la Republic~. Pero no conozco a rnuchos
Ch1canos.
Me movi aqu_i del Noreste de
los Est~dos Umdos. Hay muchos
Puertonquenos y Cubanos alli,
pero pocos mexicanos. Hay no
mas que como seis o siete restaurantes mexicanos en Neuva
York. Es decir las comidas como
huevos rancheros son muy caros
Pero en Ia Valle de San Joa~
quin espero aprender mas de la
cultura Chicana.
No se, PQr
ejemplo, cuales partes de esa
cultura son mexicanas y culales
son norteamericanas.
Una cosa que me gusta mucho
del Movimiento es que esta en
las manos de los Chicanos, Pero
en todo movimiento hay cambios
y espero saber mas de las idea~
que van en varias direcciones
para anticipar que va a pasar en
futuro.
Aunque hay mucho empasis en
friccion en cualquier movimiento
social, hay tambien cosas afirmativas que no se deben ignorar,
Por ejemplo, la aficcion y calor
del pueblo Mexicano son muy
saludables. La idea del respeto
para la fam ilia extendida tambien
es buena para una persona de
la cultura fria de los Anglos.
Entonces, importa sentesizar
todas las cosas buenas y utiles
de cualquier lado. Espero que
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Chicanos, por medio de este
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