1981_03 The Daily Collegian March 1981

              REAGAN IGNORES
IMMIGRATION
PROPOSAL
By Margarita
Bilderback says he does not like the
report, but he thinks the Reagan administration will ignore the report
for a number of reasons According to
Bilderback, one is that Reagan seems
to be interested in the profitability of
US business enterprise and 'not be in
favor of anything " Another is that he
has agreed not to do anything about this
problem with Mexican President Lopez
Portillo
Recommendations aimed at addressing immigration problems, issued
last month by the Select Commission on
Immigration and Refugee Policy will
be ignored by President Reagan, stated
Dr. Loy Bilderback, history professor
at CSUF .and co-author of 'The Colden
Door,' a book about  Mexican   Imm.-
The Commission was created almost
three years ago by Congress, acting on
a bill by Senator Edward Kennedy.
(He had been accused of .proposing trie
bill to put off dealing with the sensitive immigration issue while he was
preparing to nun for President.) The
Commission was given a staff and the
lunds to conduct its own research on
immigration and was to have a report
by early in 1981.
Bilderback said that he never expected much from the Commission.
'It will be another damn government
report. I have never talked to anyone
connected with immigration that looked
upon the Select Commission as anything
but a hole to stuff the immigration issue
in until after the election," he said
Some of the recommendations the
Commission has come up with are
"legalizing' the undocumented. Their
method has been criticized as ineffective. The Commission has stressed that
tough enforcement must precede or
go hand in hand with the legalization
program. The Immigration and N* ur_i-
zation service would be in chai... of
this program. A move that has been
ciriticized because the INS is viewed
by the undocumented as the 'enemy*
preventing  him  or  her  from  coming
In order to prevent employers from
knowingly hiring undocumented work- " this is the case Bilderback stressed
ers,    the    Commision    has    proposed that •» should become a written policy
one of its most controversial recommen- because as it stands there is too much
dations. They have recommended na- room ** abuse. He argued it would
ttonal  identification cards for all  US ***** the 'illegal' at the mercy of local
citizens, white, brown or black. This pohot departments. 'It just gives the
card would,  supposedly,  be  'forgery opportunity for the Clovis Police Depart-
proof." The  legislation  recommended «*** °* the, Fresno County Sheriff's
states that it need never be presented Of** to play Cod withpeople's lives,'
except   when   someone   is   accepting •» **&• "then you get what happened
-My attitude toward Reagan is he
never thinks a damn thing through.
He kind of goes through life throwing
out these one liners." Bilderback said,
'I have a feeling nobody in the White
House   has. ever   thought   about   his
The undergoing
'illegals* cost the US money distresses
Bilderback. *l think that anybody who
is at ali honest realizes that illegals
are an economic advantage to the US,
certainly to their employers and I would
also say to the rest of us," said Bilderback.
Bilderback is worried that the US is
moving toward an unwritten special
policy for Mexico. 'How about Haiti?
How about the Dominican Republic?
How about El Salvador? Do we recognize that these countries have the same
problems that Mexico does or is it
a special relationship with Mexico?"
said Bilderback. "I favor a special
relationship with Mexico. We have
allowed the situation with Mexico to
become institutionalized, but as I look
around the world I worry about our
ability   to   accommodate   everybody's
POEMAS
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- *•- GAINING RESPECT
UNTITLED
Ninos of my ancestors
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENT COMMUNITY.
YO SOY CHICANO, fENGO COLOR...
By Raymond Martinez
seeping with institutional racism,
and drowning in barrio poverty.
Listen, mis ninos de la tierra de Aztlan,
duermense y no lloren
porque manana el sol
will warm your little bodies...
Yes,
ANGELA DAVIS
SPEAKS ON RACISM
This will only be a detriment to . K'£**-d_i'J^n_.to ■"'jf****'
_-k__-~_ .„.. ..,■■_• .vinn__l neoole "• Govts where Daniel Cardona, a
2w^Swert£k^f * aSLTkK.' 27 year old mental ly retarded man and
TT_W*Moses h_ SSTnIhSw » "Sd-en was fWdto Mexico
£l _£V V~r old. six foot tall, blond -Jjerhe emstirrestedby •0«»_*ce
hair, and Sue eyed kid loses his,' J**0" ^**J_, • ___^.m_!!_ _^_T
said'Bilderback, 'my son will get the
job. For a Chicano they will want to
see the card and for my son they won't.
That is what I think is going to come
out of it. H to going to be just one more
proWem for anybody who looks foreign "
found wandering the streets
of Tijuana. The man was bam in Fresno
County. The Clovis Police Department
claims they thought he was an 'illegal
alien, because he had no identification, could not speak English and was
of Mexican descent.'
By Lourdes Villarreal
Angela Davis speaking out against
Racism and the Ku Klux Klan here at
CSUF last Friday while holding the February issue of Insight on the story,
-There Was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly' could only contain herself
expressing: 'I'm still stunned. I'm still
stunned. . .that something of this nature
could appear in a college newspaper "
Davis further commented that the
story was not only filled with racism
but also with sexism'. Davis said,
•I'm shocked! This indicates that there
is work that you (the.students) have to do
in thiscampusl" Davis went on to state
that the article mentioned above is symbolic of what is happening all across the
Angela Davis, Co-chairperson for the
National Alliance against Racist and
Political Repression is currently teaching
at one of the CSUC campuses in San
Francisco, after Reagan had announced
that she would never again teach in
another state supported institution.
Davis, after having received a standing
ovation from the cheering crowd at the
College ynion, elaborated on the his-
tori__rop pression faced by Blacks in
this country, emphasizing the participation of the KKK Davis cited the film,
•Birth of a Nation' written by Thomas
Dickson following the aftermath of the
Civil War as an example of distorted
accounts ef the radical Reconstruction
Period (1865-77). Davis further stated
that as a result of Black alliances with
poor Southern whites and some Northerners during this radical period; the
first public schools were established,
the first read supportive legislative bills
having to dor-vith women were passed,
and the first tax plan reforms were designed to place the burden on the rich.
Speaking on the tax reforms, Oavis said,
-We could sure use some of that today.'
Davis said that students are not aware
of minority contributions because they
are taught only about 'history as it was
written by the victors and the oppres-
Davis continued that the Civil War had
not been a struggle to liberate Black
slaves from slavery, but rather it was
a struggle for economic power between
the agricultural South and the young industrious North. Davis added,"And the
KKK was there to assist." People that
make 75 cents more than the rest are
persuaded to believe that they have
more in common with the whites that
make billions than with Blacks, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, etc. Davis commented that after all, this country was
founded on the exploitation of the Africans and the violence on the indigenous Davis returned to the subject of
the KKK by saying that she could still
remember the sounds of the bombs in
her neighborhood which were planted
by the KKK. She added that even to
this day the KKK were infNitrating the
High Schools, and even the Boy Scouts.'
Davis then directed her attention to
the state of the economy and 'Reagan's
alledged attempts to solve the economic
problems." Speaking out against President Reagan's proposed cuts in student
loans and financial aid, Davis said, 'College students will soon be directly
moving from the commencement line to
the unemployment line.' Davis added
that what the 'priveleged whites* don't
realize is that with Reagan's proposals,
-They are not far behind Blacks.'
During the last part of the lecture,
Davis focused her attention on foreign
policies, denouncing U.S. intervention in
El Salvador for the sake of 'defending
multinational corporations.' Davis
advocated international solidarity with
the Palistinians, the Salvadorenos,
and the South Africans. Davis said,
'Let us insure that they don't -have to
deal, with nuclear bombs.* She added
that the military budget should be cut,
and that th^t money should be employed
for Social Services. Davis stated, 'If
you don't have money, it's assumed you
don't have the right tobe healthy.'
' Davis concluded,'We have to start
going out on the streets again, not by the
thousands, but by the hundred thou-
•sands. We must promise our brothers
and sisters in El Salvador that thare
will be no more victims. They will winl
We will be the victorious ones I'
By Ruben Capza
Si, yo soy Chicano. When I was growing up in a rural part of Texas for the
first six year of my life, I knew no one
but my cousins and the fifty or so
people in our little town. Then, for
some peculiar reason that not one can
really explain to"me, I had to go into
the city and attend school.
When I arrived in this strage new
place, I encountered a new breed of
people. Even though they looked like
my best friend, light skinned and blond
hair, they did not speak the same
language we did. They uttered words
we could not understand; even the teacher spoke this strange language. I had
sometimes heard my brother and
sisters speak it among themselves,
and my parents and I knew it as 'ingles *
For four weeks they considered me
a problem child for I would not speak
this strange language, I found no
reason to, I would' not drink my milk
(I never had to at home); I would not
eat their cookies (they looked different
and contained brown things in them);
and I would not take a mid-morning
nap (I never had to sleep during the day
at home). Why should I do what this
strange lady asked me to do, she was
After I completed Headstart, we
got one week off. Then they told me
I had to go back. I did not want to,
I cried, pleaded, and begged not to
make me go back..It was all in vain,
I had to go back. I could not understand, did my parents no longer kwe
me? Why would they make me suffer
so. I had no choice, I had to go. The
new school was stranger than the first,
even though the teacher looked like
us. For the first few weeks w* were
allowed to call her Senorita Garcia,
but after a while we were told we could
no longer speak Spanish, we had to
speak -Ingles." Only a few kn»w how,
so most of us sat there quietly and said
nothing. After a few weeks, most of
us started to pick up the new language.
not out of wanting to, but out of fear.
For those who resisted, resisted for
whatever reason, (could it have been
that at the age of six they knew they
were being stripped of something very
dear to them) were spanked. I was no
longer Ruben, but Roo-bin, and my
friend was no .longer Eloy, but Eeloy
or El ray, which ever they preferred.
The older American kids used to come
over and pick on us one at a time. We
took it for a while until we got wise
and united as one, and protected ourselves by fighting back. Again I was
called 'problemchild."
Tengo todita mi gente
Para la revolucion
Voyalucharconlospobres
Pa que seeeabeef baton
TengO mi par de cabal I os
Pars la revolucion
Unose llama el Canario
ElotrosellamaetCorrion
This went on for a couple of years and
1 started to accept it. The Americans
no longer picked on us and we were
now friends. Then my parents betrayed me, they brought us West.
Again I asked myself do they no longer
love me? Why leave, why go, I was
happy; I wanted to stay. Once more I-
pleaded, begged and cried bat to no
avail; we leftthe Valley, left my friends,
most of whom I can no longer remember,
all except Eloy. how can I ever forget
my best friend? vVe did everything together until we got to school. Eloy was
accepted because he was fair skinned,
blond and learned quickly.
Tengo ml orgullo y machismo
Mlculture ycorazon
Tengo ml fey diferendas
Ykicho con gran razorf-   .
Lee Trevino and Nancy Lopez-Melton
in the latt few years have become well
known on the Professional Coif Association and the Ladies Professional
Coif Association, respectively. Combined thty have 43 victories as pros.
These two Chicanos have fought their
way up the ladder of fame and fortune.
They are two of the most recognized
personalities on the golf circuit today.
Nancy Lopez-Melton satrted playing
golf when she was eight year old. By
the time she was 12, she had won
her first amateur championship. In
1977 Nancy became a pro and entered
the LPGA Open and finished second.
From then oh she blazed on to the circuit, winning almost every LPGA
tournament in sight. As a result, she
was named Rookie and Player of the
Year. She was the first woman golfer
to win 1200,000 in one year. Nancy
was also awarded the Pinch Woman
Athlete of the Yeer Award. Mrs. Lopez-
Melton was the first woman golfer to
win this coveted award since Kathy
Whltworth won It in 1966.
After Nancy's first few years.on the
LPCA, she got married to a sports-
caster from Harrisburg, PA. named
Tim Melton. From then on Nancy has
been playing less golf. In an interview
with reporters Nancy stressed there
were several goals in her mind before
retiring to have _ family: 'Keep my
low scoring average, be number one
for as long as possible, and win the U.S.
Open, LPCA, and Peter Jackson championships in one year." This lady has
set sane pretty tough goals for herself, .goals she will probably accomplish.
Lee Trevino was a poor boy from
Texas. He worked at a local golf course
where he learned to play golf. When he
first came on to the golf scene almost
14 year ago, he was playing in the U.S.
Open at Baltusrol Coif Oub. He was
so poor that he did not have enough
money to pay his caddy. As a result
of the tournament, he won S6.000 ■
which helped pay for his caddy. Now
at age 40, he. has won 24 PCA Championships and has won over $2 million. Being one of the first golfers to
do so, Lee has also won the Vardon
Trophy, based on stroke average, for
the fifth time. Not all of Lee's golf
career has been a bed of roses; at one
time he suffered from a back problem
that almost ended his career. Because
of his strong will/he was able to over-
sin the first
rays of the morning sun,
delQuintoSol.
Rachel Mendoza
and came the day
., unlike
yesterday the unknown is known
reality remains undisturbed
la culture de mi padre remains
I Struggled
not wanting to fall
and falling i struggled
1 leave as i came
un chicano
color de la tierra
enamorado con mi raza
borrachoconlavida.
FF. Ivarra
I unchained the memories
like the dawn they rose
between the rows
falling
the belt tied me to the ground
levantando
mi (rente i saw no end
and taking the fHe
i sharpened my life.
sPAiisH
BIBLE STUDT
I now started to know I was different, what he is today
Here in California I met new friends, Nancy Lopez-Melton and Lee Trevino
ones I will.never allow myself to forget m two people who have come a long
Black friends like Alvin   who saved way and with them they have gained
me on my first day of school^ when a the respect of so many people,  es-
gringo tried to beat me up; Chlrs who p_j_ially   Chicanos.    Because   of   the
su uso de espanot? Si su n
'si' a una de estas preguntas, venga
a Lab School 119 los Jueves a la una
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make me proud, „, ^ chicano people have something
Lord knows how he tried. tobeproudof.
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