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I believe that one of the big problems we will find is the racism in education. We know that in school they are not given a culture that they can ide… - Enriqueta Longeaux y Vásquez
" "I believe that one of the big problems we will find is the racism in education. We know that in school they are not given a culture that they can identify with. They are not taught who they are. Our way of thinking and our human values: as a matter of fact, discouraged. Our own children are wandering away from Raza culture and this is mostly because they have been educated to feel inferior. Our own history books in the schools tend to wipe us out as a people. Our children don't know themselves. It is our obligation and responsibility to show them who and what they really are. We must realize that when educators speak of equality, it is in law and in writing but not in practice. And worse yet, what is being taught to our children is that the Americano as well as their history is superior and infallible. This is totally inhuman, and if you really want to see what this attitude does to people, just go to a foreign country and see the behavior of the American wherever he goes. And listen to what people from other countries feel about the Gringo. (1969)
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About Enriqueta Longeaux y Vásquez
Enriqueta Vasquez (Born 1930) is a writer who has been a part of the Chicana Movement. She wrote for El Grito del Norte from 1968 to 1973 and has published two books.
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