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Demeaning portrayals of race in the media should be of concern to everyone. This is evident in the rallying of ethnic associations as diverse as the Asian-American Association, the Black Students Association, RAZA, and others against "The Misanthropic Mr. Chu." After all, wouldn't South Asians be offended if the strip's title was "The Misanthropic Mr. Patel", and wouldn't African-Americans be offended if the protagonist was racially stereotyped as a black jock who did nothing but run around playing basketball...
...Former RAZA President Monica M. Ramirez '01 said although she had not heard about the possible new track, she thought it would be a good step for the romance languages and literature department to adopt. RAZA is an organization for Latino students and concerns on campus...
...left to wander randomly through their college years with the blind hope of stumbling across others who share similar cultural experiences and can lend them a sympathetic ear. While other minorities have places to turn to for understanding, such as the Asian American Association, Black Students Association or RAZA, students whose backgrounds encompass more than one ethnicity are faced with a dilemma--assimilate or choose just one race to identify with...
Even racial advocacy groups such as the National Council of La Raza and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People testified before Congress that a new multiracial category on the census would be detrimental to government programs that target minorities...
...RAZA chose Patricia R. Ruvalcaba '03 as secretary; Brian A. Sandoval '03 as publisher; Reyna P. Hernandez '03 as treasurer; Roberto Gradilla '03 as community liaison; David Montes '03 as social chair; Michael J. Lopez '03 as finance commissioner; Ruben Marielarena '02 as Latino Political Committee chair; Ali A. Valenzuela '02 as East Coast Chicano Student Forum representative; and Alejandro R. Rodriguez '03 as Student Advisory Committee representative...