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...March 8 edition of The Crimson, Ruben Navarrette '89-'90 wrote an opinion piece titled "Telling Secrets at RAZA." In it, he addressed the "bizarre tragedy of former classmate Jose 'Joe' Razo." After some thought about his choice of a title, I was somewhat amused because the "secrets" he speaks of are hidden even to the very members of RAZA, Harvard's Mexican-American student organization...
...after having written about the case of Razo before, why address it now with an audience that no longer remembers him? That is something that I'm afraid remains sheltered in Navarrette's mind. What is more important to the leadership of RAZA are the insinuations made about the group...
Ruben Navarrette, Jr. '89-90 is a member of RAZA, and served on its Steering Committee...
After the piece is reprinted in a national magazine, a former RAZA member submits an angry letter to the editor charging that I "misrepresented" Razo's experience with other Chicano students on campus. I am told, by the few brave enough to confront me with their anger, that much of RAZA feels "violated," even betrayed, by the revealing of how they treat one another...
...small group of Mexican-American students created Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA 20 years ago to serve first and foremost as a support group for students like them. Now, as long as its members refuse to recognize the organization for what it has become, they miss the opportunity to improve it and improve along with it the college experience of the students the group is intended to serve...