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...militant chicano rhetoric of the '60s, middle-class Hispanics were often criticized as "Tio Tacos" or "Tio Tomases"-the equivalent of the blacks' "Uncle Toms." Today businessmen like Gilbert Vasquez, 39, head of the largest Hispanic certified public accounting firm in the U.S. (five offices, 65 employees), feel that individual successes will be "stepping-stones" to lasting change. Vasquez, who has moved out of the barrio to suburban Alhambra, remains involved in ghetto issues and tries to get other Hispanic professionals to take part in politics. At one chicano fund-raising cocktail party, guests anted...
...Vasquez cited James P. Breeden, associate professor of Education, as an example of the administration's refusal to hire progressive third world teachers and the Ed School's denial of tenure or renewal of contract to those whom the administration has hired...
...Vasquez said the percentage of non-white applicants admitted to the Ed School has declined this year and that "compared to last year, the number of Chicanos and Puerto Ricans admitted into the master's program up to date has been cut in half...
...coalition met with Paul N. Ylvisaker, dean of the Ed School, on Monday to discuss its grievances and Ylvisaker is expected to give the coalition a written reply next Wednesday, Vasquez said...
Wilson said the "Speak Out" was "inconsistent" with what was agreed upon at a meeting held with coalition members yesterday. But neither Wilson nor Vasquez would elaborate on the agreement...