1975_04 The Daily Collegian April 1975

              mgolandia, the land of plenty
rldny. April 4. 1075       THE QAIIY COUJtQUaM-3
The Violence of Being a Wetback
By Hope Chsvarrts
.erssttoo piece tor s number of
• •  is defeodod I
liberators   and   patronizing   pa
%    He   ts a
r ganlxers
parasite  to
^stdent poor He
is a dollar $tgn tor Coyotsf aad
.    rented   Have    tor  C
He Is s stoody job for
leratlon and s -
rice - La Mlgra. Bad-
is something alee - a
roaasta The following
ieais with the liberators, Ths
Hedentoree),and
ncano   liberator   haa a
fieart thirteen times bigger than
Hi- argues thst ths
Is  a  brother,   he  was
:ere before any gringo wetback:
percoat of the poor
earn $100.00 per year;
he haa a right to earn a living.
hurting anyone  TMa ta
•
tea) a  .-other the right
lalrj  torttlla   How-
.lly speaking, let's
consider the fa<
One   ver\    valid   argument  ta
r  per com of the
verrteo aarn $100 per
igolandta,  tho land of
I sktp across tha
'.>rder whore emerge Los
■as   the wire rroseors.
>t a swim acroea the Rio Grande
where emerge Los Mojados. the
a et hacks.   The  Wetback, a bun-
,-rv   defenseless brotker looking
for, of all things, work. He accepts aay typs of work, aad tor
less   than  anybody   also.   Wort'
heap, cheeper, cheapen
his security blaaket
If
is
cets sot ap la some chicken coop
-xpected dadactlons. sack as So-
lal Security, unsmnloyroaat,
health lnsursnce. trans p.
food, housing, income tax. dls-
jhility. etc , none of which are
reported If he gets $$ cents par
hour, he ts still ahead of the
wages   be   was   not  earning   tn
Bee
Coutteawd from Page 2)
— if determination, blind support
*»  is slim among odt-
iftora. The question we
^sktswhe- ,ty group
fair treatment In a
ewspsper whoso publi
-nudged by editors who would
pass unnoticed, a 'news* paper
rteS   are placed on
flower Shows and heckpatting, not
tycover-
'• IN >n Gallo
-   assirtg in comparison
• tended bj other pro-
ewsgatherers
lied attempt to see ths
it   'the march that wss-
" Tha resultant stain on Guild
. ho worked hard under
r   ing of adversary, rs-
lonahtps to produce a ha lanced
•   vory is a blow to
rive efforts to advance
rvalism   ln  the   field.
SPECIAL
EXTRA MON:
•" T<> BiS new. uyaajK roe
MOULAI SiOOO BUlBai bOWOBl
HYLAND
JONOI CBsiTfR
.TnorH,,a.m-n
"»st nast sowvrs |
The Wetbock •
<  to  sponsor
help Mm legalise his residency
Ths not so hi .
come across theGrtngoemptoyer
ther such eropl
•-18 hour days, seven
days s week, snd promises a
bonus along with earnings -when
the crop is in* When the crop is
ta, the patrondtodoes his Amen
can duty, calls the Mtgra and con
vonteotly   forgets to p«
Ths Wetbock ta picked up by the
Migra. transported to ths border
where ha la kept from three
days to throe mom ha ln the jut-
gado (or hoooegow. if you will)
His reason for risking an illegal
entry into a forked-tongued country was. besides personal hunger.
the love and responsibility of a
hungry family What happens to
them" Where sre all the vanqut
dolarrr
Where ts this saviour of the
homeless whan the Wetback la
facing tkla violent attempt at
survival^ How long after the
humiliation, exploitation aad
•■lrjpment of powerlesi
does tha Redeemer turn Up ear
*4ag into emancipation
How to the dignity of 'Viva La
Raxa* Justified when that same
Rass ta allowed to be pay etiological!) castrated. The aame
aprWoefmupto who defend the Wetback's right to be here, don't
come to Ms rescue with .servers.
laws, petitions or take his place
tn El Hoyo (the hole), where he
waits to be deported Do dally
food caravans, organised by our
betwvotent Redentnres leave the
Chlcano barrios destined for the
hungry families of the watting
deportees'*
s possible thst they sre
tniaaliiag food drives for the
hungry farmworkers who were
displaced by ths Wetbacks whom
thoy aa ataancbly defend
The White and Blue collar
working public haa. up to now, benignly aat back and 'takd tskd'
the wetback situation. Ths Wet-
M merely displacing
farmworkers tn agricultural
a roes and poor blacks sad other
immigrants tn Industrial arses.
Tsk. Tsk Suddenly, with inflation, tha recession and a statistical 11 psr cent of the country's
working public unemployed, taa
Wetback has become a personal
threat to U.S. John Q Citizen.
A tow excerpts from the Prow
io Bee follow-.
Jaa. 4, 1975- Jsmss <
ommtsslonor. IBS "We
warn to improve employment opportunities In the nation through
increased apprehension of Illegal
aliens ln the US and teterrent
of additional entries."
Jan.   15,   1975   - Leonard F.
imtnlsi
-1 a half
ploy ad
two or three million aliens ille-
gally holding jobs They're tn
heavy   industry,   light  Industry.
construction     work,    driving
taiis
Jan. 22 ■   Chop-
rnaa  - said he promised
Congrsss If tt paaaad ths nscee-
san legislation be could open up
ion jobo now held by
aliens, shout 190.000 of them ta
the border etttoo ta Calttornla,
Artaona. Nsw Mexico sad Taaaa.
Jaa 28. 1475 - Bep.B F Sisk
ssld s survey taken of California
counties found thst millions of
dollars are being spent for alien
medical care which must be
picked up by local taxpayers. In
al San Joaquin Valla,.
the com ts more than two million dollars FresnoCountv spent
MOO.uOO.
Jan. 30.   1975  - Under pres
sure from growing tmampaoi-
meut. Congroas may act on an
immigration bill Sen. Jamea
ind has indicated he la
relaxing his opposition to such
s mSBSUi i   Rodlno's) Rodtno
said   the  Illegal   alien  problem
a ».   sta    nejtajeal *as*eSTS  llsswnl
crista pr
are living tn the
peter Bsnjhag   rtesaaay/oi trwa
New   Jersey   snd   Chai
• bill he
frwa -Itn.»win»;l>- htrlivg
alien Under the ctr-
"knowlngly" may
soon he dropped, if this Mil becomes law, tha employer or labor
contractor will be fined ss much
as $500 00 or up lo one year ta
jail.
mm      an* employers   wrvohire
wetbacks to save a dine, are going
S500 to keep wetbock
low many Coyote* are go
ing to risk one year la jail In
tefonae of tha hands that toad
Mm? Once Big Daddy steps hiring wefhacks because it mtgtr
hurt Ms pocket book, whoa going
to feed 4 to 12 mtlhoaWocbocka?
The (to-goading American pub -
lie   does   good only when tt can
.i cannot afford to now.
For   the aame reason that John
w     Public   politely   shooed  Los
Kepetrladoe beck to Mexico during the Depreaalon. te will, not no
lo   ao   again.  A  social
problem bee ami a a social problem when tt htta below the belt
This time Wencealado Wetback ts
displacing  John Q.  public httn-
iy who Is
m danger of going hungry
If brother W«
la toe
level of a
man It ts p
by Thomas Merlon.
E£ CfSicano artists show will highlight
opening of Barrio Art Studios
H\   Ancle Rios
La Vox Staff Writer
A- art exhtMt of local CMcano
artists will be held to give people with potential an opportunity
to display their work, satd
Ernesto Palomino, director of the
Barrio Art Studios, which will
take place Sunday. April 4. at
1907 E
•r-vervthtng that is brought Into
the studio will be displayed,*
Palomino, professor of art st
CSUF said of the exhtMt which
will   run  through  the   month  of
April   *We want to see how much
of sn audience we con c rests lo
establish   a   project   wi
community   to  Involve  personal
and private w-
The studio will be open for tao
public to view the works presented : Wednesday snd Thurs
dsy from 6 to 9 p.m. snd Friday,
Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4
p.m.
The purpose ot the art exhtMt
ta to serve aa aa Idee of tao
beginning of s school,- ssld Palo
mino    -a   school   to  serve  ths
artiste by means of a
Also to keep ta stock, worts of
theae art lata ta to need as travel -
Drug abuse will be topic at
Pinedale Community Center
mino
The staff of ths staBtao
.'   Jankfl   Sierra. BanjgaBjnjaSj
BWl   Mejia.   rrailding and |
By Krnesto Moreno
La Vox Staff Writer
For more than two gens rattens
there haa bean a so tines drag
and alcohol problem In the Chlcano com mum ty Thts problem
until recently has been largely
Ignored by the general public be
csaaa It usually has no personal
effect on them, said Esther Css-
he CSUF
School of Social Work Program
Committee.
The general solution of the
problem has bean to tot the police
and courts handle the situation
TMs legal approach haa ignored
the moral, sociological and cultural problems of the person in-
it's really an tncredthto situs        volved,* said Castillo
A workshop entitled *Suhntance
Abuse in ths CMcano Community* will attempt to examine
and focus oo the problems of
CMcano drug aad alcohol abuse
Tha workshop will ha held Monday. April 14 at tl
Community  Canter I
kg ssld ths objectives
of the workshop are to examine
the physiological. aoctologlcal
and paychological aspects of the
MefSBS drug or BBMjttol -tmser
It will also attempt to present
alternative approoehos tor the
t real mem of tho drug and alcohol
(Constated on Page 4, Col. 4)
M La
Atxtaa; aad Fisnuknna aTtat
BrosBBBur of art edncntti
C8UF.
Pa leant no urges thoee I
eeted to participating tn tl
exhibit to btiag tlrotr work
Sunday (April 4) afterwoon
more tratormatlon call 244-
-w/s sata hi n d . tatj M
to t
in by
, Par
1211
rates  I'alom'.iKi
Ifour hu man
sexuality class
is planning
a field trip.
You owe yourself an CMy.