Word: hispanicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The subcommittee, composed of members of the assembly, RAZA and La Organization Estudiantil Boricua, a campus Puerto Rican group, is also contacting political figures to encourage them to write letters to University deans advocating the establishment of Hispanic-oriented courses.
The letter, written by members of a special subcommittee of the assembly's academic committee, states, "Although it has generally offered its students a fairly complete picture of this contry's historical and social developmkent, Harvard has virtually ignored the significant roles of variou7s Hispanic-American groups in several phases...
"Viewing this situation in the most charitable light, we must assume that Harvard is merely offering token recognition to the Hispanic-American population of this country. In so doing, the University seriously damages its own reputation for intellectual integrity."
The letter points out that several major universities offer a variety of courses on Hispanic history and culture. "Yale University offers courses on Chicano history and poetry, a top Hispanic poet is a full faculty member at Wellesley college, and Notre Dame has a Center for Chicano Studies," the letter...
The subcommittee calls for the University to create at least two or three courses on Hispanic-American culture in its undergraduate curriculum and to hire Chicano and Puerto Rican scholars to teach these courses as full-time Faculty members.