Word: chicanos
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...September 1971, I watched a documentary, "Salt of the Earth," about a successful mine workers strike in New Mexico led by the miner's Chicana wives. Being Chicano myself and knowing the film is banned in my home state, New Mexico, I was profoundly affected. The impact of observing those women overcome their exploitative circumstances was enhanced by meeting, that same night, a woman possessing the same strengths and experiences of poor Chicanas in the Southwest. The only difference was that she was Puerto Rican and from New York City...
...money, spread it around"), Jackson finances a home for delinquent boys in Tempe, Ariz., where he lives in the offseason. He plans to open a ranch for the same purpose near Tucson. Last year he gave the car he won as best player in the World Series to a Chicano and Yaqui Indian community organization in Tempe. Jackson's generosity is an extension of his religious beliefs. He is a Methodist who rarely attends church at home, but he organizes an informal Sunday chapel while on the road. "Religion to me," he says, "is doing things for my friends...
...Princeton groups said their university's plan, which will be submitted HEW this summer, does not provide for the hiring of Puerto Rican or chicano faculty or administrators...
...program in effect now is definitely inadequate for Puerto Ricans and chicanos," Sylvia Balderrama '75, a member of RAZA, an undergraduate chicano organization, said yesterday...
...letter said the investigation was necessary because there are no Puerto Rican or chicano faculty members or administrators, cutbacks were made this year in black admissions, and decreases were made in funds for recruitment of Puerto Rican and chicano students...