A letter like the foregoing leaves us speechless. Itfs got something we’ve been trying to get across to you the last three months. Yet ir all these month» we never have found the right words to say it.
That "something" is an understanding almost all educated people have. A "something" that breaks down social and racial barriers. When a Mexican i <• ■up there" on the same level with others, he is take^ for what he is worth — his ability — not for hi»* rL tionality.
Another good point in Duane’s letter is cur too marked distinction between us and other Americans Ard it is true. We discriminate and segregate ourselves in many ways. We shouldn’t. We may be darker (yet many of us are very fair), and may hhve a different background. But we are Americans! This is out country. Very few of us pin cur future in Mexico. Our future is here. Isn’t it logical then that we should stand for Americanism? Being an American citizen is not denouncing you are a Mexican. A South African is not necessarily one of negroid blood nor an Australian a bushman. Let us then become educat— cd, for education is free here. But, lest of all'let us te Americans of Mexican descent I
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