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RAZA's constitution pays tribute to its Chicano roots but emphasizes Latino solidarity. We, the members of Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA, determined to define our Mexican and Latino roots in the American political and social context, identify ourselves as Chicanos; asserting our individuality, we also declare our conviction that we are unique and distinct as a group and a people. From this collective realization, our aspirations originate. We wish to promote the objectives of Chicanos throughout the entire world, most especially at Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. We encourage Harvard and Radcliffe to provide greater opportunities to all Chicano and Latino students...
...elegant way, Mansen gives woodcuts the power of cinematic narrative. Another print, "Kuche, Telle" (Kitchen, Parts), simply shows the objects to be found in a kitchen, a pot, a bowl, a fork and knife, in a two-dimensional still-life that creates, by abstracting the objects from their usual context, a strange tension between objects that seem, at first, remarkably ordinary...
While Williams will probably not win any dramatic awards for his acting, in the context of this film, he does everything right. Due to the nature of the directing, we observe him more as a real person than an actor, and he commands an undeniable presence on the screen, whether freestyling with kids from the neighborhood or leading his blind friend down the street. More importantly, Williams is a phenomenally gifted poet; all of the lyrics he drops in this film are his own. Combining references from the Bible, the stars and Public Enemy (to name but three), he represents...
...then again, this may be precisely the point. These moments are overdone just enough that we are always aware that they are the products of art, in the same way that the movie's characters are overdone just enough that they are not entirely believable outside the context of the film. In the end, the overall effect is a little artificial, a big spectacle designed to seduce the viewer into turning away from the moral problem of the film. Still, this is not such a bad thing. In a time when films so often try to say something about life...
...person blocking group. I doubt that this college has ever seen the month of March pass by in the Yard without hurt feelings and irrevocably broken friendships. Yet after this time, few upperclassmen think about how groups are made or even how they might define themselves within the context of a larger group. When asked the question, "How do you identify yourself and your friends," most of the people that I know answer with a vague "I dunno, they are just the people that I hang out with...