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Associate Justice Charles Grabau was described by Ms. Russell as "white," while certain defendants were described either as "Chicano" or "Hispanic." Justice Grabau grew up in Cuba, only leaving when his family fled Castro's regime...
...isolated example of Black overreaction. Other recent examples include the use of capitalization in Russell's editorial (e.g. "two security officers, on Black and one white," "70 people, 60 per cent Black and 40 per cent white," etc.); the demanded creation of ethnic studies departments in Chicano, Boricuan (Puerto Rican), Latin American, Asian American and Native American Studies; and the accusations (which were later dropped) against proposed Afro-Am Professor Lawrence W. Levine...
...House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing the creation of the Department of Education, the rumors flew hot and heavy in Washington. President Carter, education insiders believed, would name someone with experience in state education programs to head the department--someone like former New Mexico Gov. Jerry Apodaca, a Chicano, or Mary F. Berry, under secretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), a Black woman...
Felix Rodriguez, an official of the state's department of corrections, tried to negotiate over a walkie-talkie with a group of inmates who used names like "Chopper One," "Chicano" and "Honky." They read a list of eleven complaints, including overcrowding, bad food and harassment by guards. But prison officials quickly concluded that Chopper One and the others had little influence over most of the convicts...
Today's K.K.K. units are also trying to recruit children. In more than a dozen cities throughout the country, Klan sympathizers have distributed leaflets to high school students asking: "Are you 'fed up to here' with black, chicano and [Oriental] criminals who break into lockers and steal your clothes and wallets?" The solution, according to the leaflet, is to join the Klan Youth Corps. At a K.K.K. summer camp in Jefferson County, Ala., robed counselors teach girls and boys ages ten to 18 the fundamentals of race supremacy and how to use guns. Near Decatur...