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King's piece almost looks good next to the article by Robert Coles. Coles's article on Mexican Americans in Texas is dominated by self-conscious anguish over the abused Chicanos, offering more insight into his own psyche than into Chicano life, which he reduces to a grim picture of economic and political oppression. The history of Mexican-Americans in Texas is a tragic, depressing story; discrimination and poverty still plague most Chicanos. Those conditions deserve considerable attention, especially from Texans, who find them easy to forget or ignore. But Coles fails to examine the complex roots of such conditions...
Coles's preoccupation with economic problems ignores the rich vitality of Chicano culture and the stubborn optimism of the people, which survive stubborn optimism of the people, which survive despite all the injustices dealt them. He also neglects to mention the growing strength of the Raza Unida political party. But then Coles, like King, is more intent on demonstrating his moral purity than on understanding his subject, and the Chicanos get lost in the shuffle...
Again, admissions officers hinted that a lack of vigorous recruiting is the primary reason for the drop. Frank L. Garcia '76, a Chicano recruiter for Harvard and Radcliffe, said this week that there were, in fact, fewer recruiters this year than last--and that although the admissions offices spent as much money this year as last on recruiting, the effort has been "toned down...
...guarantees that the union is controlled by local workers. The broader stricture of the union, determined by a constitutional convention held in 1973, was designed by workers to stay open and responsive to their needs. The UFW exists as part of a movement against racial oppression. The workers, largely Chicano, Filipino, black and Asia, are struggling against the conditions that have kept them in poverty for centuries. The elected governing board of the Union is made up of five Chicanos, two Filipinos, one black and one Jew, in reflection of the racial composition of the membership. Through the union...
...Saginaw, Mich., the Chicano community has been riven by bloody feuds for a dozen years. There have been at least 20 deaths and more than 100 injuries as factions have competed to control the local drug traffic. Father William Frigo, associate pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in the barrio, said recently, "Many of our vendetta families have no sons left." In the past fortnight he has organized special Masses dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is revered by Mexicans as their protectress. The prayer services for civil peace have attracted overflow crowds, for the time...