1970_11 The Daily Collegian November 1970

              Y COLLEGIAN    Monday
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Chicano for Reagan
I  am  a  chicano  for  Reagan.
The reason: he Is trying to do
In the aged, crippled and helpless. He Is an Insincere and In- .
sensitive animal. For example,
look how he harks about the
war. We must 'stand Arm* and
win In Vietnam. When using campus unrest as a political tool, he
will harp, 'Our boys In Vietnam
are dying while campus demonstrators are destroying what they
are dying for.' But, at the same
time he Is barking this line of
patriotism here In California he
Is working to cut State Veteran
benefits for the boys returning
from Nam,
Yes, Ronald Is doing the above,
and in a sense more, because with
It he Is helping a lot of the gutless
to rationalize. How honest Is It
when one rationalizes the reality
of emotion and frustration? That
Is his Intent. He practices to
sooth, because If you ask him why
he Is working to cut aid to the
needy and the boys he defends
when they are In Vietnam he will
scream economy!
But economy for whom? Taxes
keep rising and who pays for
them? You! You gutless animals
a Pig. So Viva La Raza y Ar-
ba Chlcanismo!
-The Determined Oppressed
Please, I ask you all to reflect
upon this speech.
•The  streets  of our  country
are filled with students rebelling
and rioting. Communists are
seeking to destroy our country.
Russia Is threatening us with her
might. And the republic Is In danger. Yes — danger from within
and without. We need law and
order! . . . Without law and
order our  country  cannot sur-
Does it sound like a recent
political campaign speech? Perhaps it was spoken by Ronald
Reagan, George Wallace, orSpiro
Agnew? NO, this speech was
given by Adolph Hitler - 1932.
"    id Comi
d to f
Third World Coalition
Through the efforts of the Third
World Coalition, minorities are
rapidly finding that the combination of Black, Brown, Yellow, Red
and all other oppressed people
can  attack   the social problems
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npanles, Kern      society.
t  had to gain fi
n  Reap
Funk and Wagnail's
package. Sorry Funk, but someone made a bad metaphor about
you and Reagan's stupidity fits
the   sense,   not   your integrity.
Yes, I am a chicano for Reagan
and hope you win, Winnie the
Pooh, because you will help the
revolution. You will help because
you are the leader of bigots,
hypocrlts. and cowards, and that
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We   a
ruggle fo
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entually  t
Fresno State College can clearly
see the desperate need for a more
unified student political force to
deal with the problems Instigated
by the past and present college
tlon will be made available In
the next Chicano edition.  Third
tlon lo our problems on this cam-
ORGANIZENSE.  IIERMANOS!
— Ed Acevedo
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"All we want is for those trouble makers to study 'our history,'
'our culture,' and become part of 'our' white society."
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This study of US citizens of
Mexican descent "reveals' that
we are the oldest, second larg-
mlnorlty group In the US. That
Is the general accomplishment
of a  "docile," agrarian people;
This new awakening includes:
p£ketlng , walk outs, sitlns,
street demonstrations, schoi
strikes, court actions and oth
action   that  will  bring  positl
Our latest heroes taking positive action have been: Cesar
Chavez, who led the international grape strike; Rels Tljerlna,
whose Allanza Federal de Mercedes Is making legal attempts
to regain control of much land;
and Corky Gonzales who has led
the awakening In Colorado.
The study points out that this
a resurgence of historical conflict between chlcanos and other
US   citizens   of   the Southwest.
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growing minority
US, are attempting
■ biggest gains. As
census, the states
a and Texas have
been home for 82 per cent of
us. an overwhelming concentration being In metropolitan Los
Angeles. A current estimation
of chlcanos in the US Is six
million.
The study observed that this
concentration and added migration of Mexican-Americans to
California has unquestionably
helped to Improve our collective
position. The concept of "LaRaza
Unlda* his been working. The
study points to the fact and I
can't even begin to stress that
the future of the chicano depends
on our progress In California
and Texas. Having read this article I hope you begin to understand  and support  our positive
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STUPID
AMERICA
stupid america, see that chi
with a big knife
on his steady hand
and carve christfigures
but you won't let him.
stupid america, hear that cl
shouting curses on the strec
without paper and pencil
and since he cannot write
he will explode,
stupid americ;
flunking math and engllsh
of y,our western states
but he will die
with one thousand masterpieces
hanging from his mind
abelardo
And the purge goes on and on
I am returning to you by this
registered letter, the keys to the
three offices I have occupied during the past two years and one
summer at FSC—keys to English
Department offices, where I
taught for two years, and one-
from Speech-Arts, where I
served as a forenslcs coach for
one year and earned a Masters
Degree.
This Is a symbolic gesture provoked by several related causes:
first, recent events at FSC Illustrate that you singly have suf-
creatlve educational and democratic processes; secondly, a
reminder to you that faculty non-
i ■•appointment, when no Just
cause is clearly present or articulated, Is a 'lock-out' and an
indecent administrative procedure (often affected by impersonal memorandums, Insipid
press releases, and non-consultation); thirdly, recent fractured
relationships with brothersofthe
several minority communities,
students and faculty reveal the
hitter fruit harvested from administrative rigormortls.
I am small potatoes; hardly a
ripple In the vast academlan sea.
But someone needs to continually
point out what a President's office
can do to - and for - a school
family. (As a human person,
therefore, you are accountable.)
I speak not only personally, but
lory when the President's office
caused major FSC casualties:
Nathan Heard, Dick Keyes, Ell
Klsco, Harold Walker, Dale Burt-
r.er, Paul Murray, Don Albright
ire just a few; and programs such
as Black studies, Ombudsman,
Experimental College, La Raza
studies, the dormitory "llve-ln*
rated to student advocacy and
confidence.
These persons and such lively,
human agendas which have been
felled, constricted or demotedby
secretive administrative 'soft-
shoeing' or the "jn-dlrectlve*
originating In Los Angeles or
Sacramento are, I submit,symptoms of serious educational Inertia leading to polarization and
the extinguishing of learning In
freedom and light.
This letter is, therefore, an
appeal on behalf of others. I
want to fasten some realities
firmly to your life, i.e., the consequences of an inflexible, authoritarian administratis life
style. As homely example let me
cite  a specific, non-sensational
1070, y
\xime teaching position In the
Speech-Arts Department. You directed" the Department to seek
again earlier candidates and then
report back (a report you dismissed, hastily). You decided
not to reconsider. You declared,
after I Insisted on a personal
conference with you (which Isn't
afforded all others, I guess), that
the decision was based on Impersonal, administrative  ruling
I had e
Mtifti
iYA DEJAME!
YA DEJAME GABACHO, QUE MAS QUIERES DE W
TE HE DADO Ml SANGRE Y SUDOR,
ME HAS QUI TADO' Ml  Tl ERRA Y MU JER.
QUE TAMBIEN QUIERES Ml VIDA?
MEJOR QUE ME DEJES, SI NO ME LA PAGARAS.
Y YO TAMBIEN BUSCARE TU MUJER, Y QUI TARE TU TIERRA.
PERO MAS QUE ESO GABACHO, Y CUIDATE,
TAMBIEN BUSCARE TU SANGRE.
YA DEJAME, DIOS ME CKO LA VIDA PARA VIVIR,
Y NO NOMAS PARA SUFRIR.
MEJOR QUE ME DEJES,
MEJOR QUE ME DEJES	
from the Speech-Arts Department). When I then inquired
about continuing my part-time
teaching you Immediately assured me that such was acceptable (even counseling me that
part-time didn't pay too well,
remember?).
I spent the summer writing a
book and doing research for the
Speech-Arts Department, planning for those fall classes. On
September 11th, you declared
"emphatically* that I would not be
permitted to teach even part-
time. After that blow we waited
for the Just cause tobeexplained;
some valid reasons, at least.
Dull, administrative silence followed (unbroken to this day).
Some feeble references to my
thesis topic (Cesar Chavez) or
research project (on Mexican-
American history) or community
Involvements have been put forward as likely causes by friends
searching  for answers. Who
A question, Doctor: Have you
ever tried to find a teaching position the second week of September? Can you Imagine the anxiety,
perplexity, the personal agony of
being cut off? Now forget the
single Instance and multiply that
thought by ten or twenty or thirty
persons. Lives and families.
That's your power!
One sad side effect has been my
discovery of an apathy-syndrome
manifested by the FSC faculty
under these adverse conditions.
There are marvelous exceptions
In the Engllsh, Psychology,
Chemistry and Social Work Departments; but, by-ln-large, no
voices have been raised loudly.
No protest lodged and followed
through. Again, forget my demise and see.those significant
spirits and minds FSC and Fresno has lost (purged), or are
losing without meaningful protest
from their colleagues. Such conditions suggest not only callousness and the absence of elementary courtesy, but bespeak an atmosphere of fear or resignation
or selfish preoccupation. Everyone suffers in such an Infertile
atmosphere,   do   they   not,  Dr.
I have been wtsened by these
events. I take new discoveries
and Insights with me Into my new
ministry (In the Bay area) about
two of Fresno's unique liktltu-
tlons: the church and the college.
May I be so bold as to caution
you about ad mini string so swiftly
and Irrevocably; particularly In
regards to the sensitive racial
crisis that Is accelerating on
campus and In this community.
Your year's residency In Fresno
Is Insufficient time for you to be
so absolute. I've lived in this
Valley for eight years and would
not presume to display such disregard of persons who know the
Valley. Snap or casual judgments
belle the teachings of thorough
researching and sensitive, sophisticated administrative Judgment. Your easy scuttling or
minority sharing in the academic
process recently Is, I believe,
further eroding the delicate confidence that Black and Mexican-
persons have In higher
and the democratic
process. It appears to many as
further evidence of the educational colonialism that we white Anglos have Institutionalized.
You can hear that specific
testimony. Dr. Baxter, If you get
out of your cloistered office and
start attending meetings or gatherings of say B.A.B.Y., West
Side Federation, NAACP, Klngof
Kings  Center,  farm workers
ganlzatlons or Just people on the
street and students clustered on
campus, (one can get so encircled by 'cronies* that be
misses scores of beautiful, Incisive lives within access.)
Why not be a citizen-president, as Floyd Hyde was a citizen-mayor, i.e., get out into
Fresno as Norm Baxter, not
President Baxter with the long
academic pedigree. This community could make use of the
college resources'. Why not sponsor several open community and
campus hearings; and be bound by
their council. Be an enabler. Let
meaningful coalitions of people
form and function (not simply
advise). You could begin *1U> a
responsive grievance committee
(not the institutional quagmire
variety) formed by citizens, students and college staff; let the
community forum develop some
humane ground rules, etc
I am not championing abusive,
excessive confrontation. Our nation la bleeding far too profusely
for peace. We are rightly weary
and horrified over acts of terrible violence. FSC's •systems',
however, shriek for reformation.
I appeal to you for an oppenness,
atmosphere of
Justice and democracy so that
law and order does not become
a further Tee res si ve slogan tor a
tew hard'bats or 'effete' politicians. Truth cannot be discovered
In a repressive vac uu m nor thrive
where suspicion lurks.   -
My two years at FSC baa convinced me that education la not a
Learning la a
iraclous o
s(mi
too;
producing a Toyota Is a process!).
That means identifying, relating
to this scrambled society creatively, specifically; celebrating
and restoring life, not merely
dissecting and labeling It. If the
university la to help provide i
society with qlU zens of responsible boldness and deep human-
neaa It will need to develop a
responsive environment on campus. Some of your rhetoric suggests such Ideals. But then on*
must ask: Where Is the evidence?
Finally, you and I, Dr. Baiter,
are both seminary graduates.
You will understand, therefore,
this ancient benediction which I
offer you: *I wish you peace,
brother; peace with Divine dls-
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