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This letter is in response to D. Richard de Silva's article "Council's Student Funding to Hold Steady" in the November 22 issue of The Crimson. In this article, de Silva insinuates that the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association (AAA) and RAZA, the Mexican American student group, attempted to exploit the Undergraduate Council's grant process...
...addition, we would encourage de Silva to become more familiar with the subjects of his articles. He claims that RAZA "submitted four grant requests in conjunction with other groups: La Organizacion (LaO)/Raza, Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA, LaO/Estudiantil Boricua de Harvard/Radcliffe and AAA/RAZA...
...fact, only the first and last of these requests were "in conjunction with" other groups (LaO and AAA, respectively). The second request was made by RAZA alone. And the third request was made by LaO, the Puerto Rican student association, which is an entirely separate group. Simply because two groups both have "Spanish-sounding" names, this does not mean that they are the same organization. Linda Wei '92 President, AAA Israel Villanueva Jr. '93 Steering Committee, RAZA Andres Lopez '92 President...
...their part, some Hispanics complain that blacks are unwilling to treat them as equals in the fight for equal rights. "We sometimes have assumed that because blacks have fought civil rights battles, they are more sensitive to our struggle," says Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, a federation of 140 Hispanic organizations. "That's not always the case. Blacks say to us, 'You're whiter than us. You're immigrants, and we've seen people like you get ahead of us. So we're going to be very suspicious of you." The major points of contention...
Hosted by the Mexican-American student group Raza, Pachanga will provide students with a Thanksgiving dinner and traditional Mexican feast, as well as the chance to hear keynote speaker Jaime Escalante, whose teaching exploits inspired the film Stand and Deliver...