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Ernest Rodriguez' "Impressions," 1960s-1980s

""Death of Ruben Salazar""

TO THE EDITOR:
	Ruben Salazar, the Chicano (Mexican-American) journalist of the Los Angeles Times who was killed by a police tear gas canister during the recent Chicano Moratorium rioting, never achieved the national stature of Dr. Martin Luther King as leader and spokeman for his people, but he will go down in the annals of Mexican-American history as a martyr of his people in their fight for social justice. 
	Salazar championed Chicano causes with the objectivity demanded by Anglo-white journalistic mores, but he related to the facts and circumstances of the Chicano movement with the subjectivity and sensitivity of dedicated social crusader such as Dr. King and Cesar Chavez.
	Outside of the Southwest few Mexican-American knew him as the foremost among Chicano journalist in the country. He epitomized the Chicano who makes good in an Anglo-white world by working twice as hard, twice as long and twice better than his Anglo-white counterpart. A Chicano who rose above a language barrier and barrio suppression, obstacles which make it difficult for a Chicano to incorporate himself into the mainstream of American as a beneficiary of the social progress he has contributed to a as a field hand, factory laborer, and combat solider not too mention the many long years of forbearance to reaction violence against his oppressor.
	The soul of La Chicanada (Mexican-Americans) bleeds for su hermano (their brother) Ruben Salazar.

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TO THE EDITOR: Ruben Salazar, the Chicano (Mexican-American) journalist of the Los Angeles Times who was killed by a police tear gas canister during the recent Chicano Moratorium rioting, never achieved the national stature of Dr. Martin Luther King as leader and spokeman for his people, but he will go down in the annals of Mexican-American history as a martyr of his people in their fight for social justice. Salazar championed Chicano causes with the objectivity demanded by Anglo-white journalistic mores, but he related to the facts and circumstances of the Chicano movement with the subjectivity and sensitivity of dedicated social crusader such as Dr. King and Cesar Chavez. Outside of the Southwest few Mexican-American knew him as the foremost among Chicano journalist in the country. He epitomized the Chicano who makes good in an Anglo-white world by working twice as hard, twice as long and twice better than his Anglo-white counterpart. A Chicano who rose above a language barrier and barrio suppression, obstacles which make it difficult for a Chicano to incorporate himself into the mainstream of American as a beneficiary of the social progress he has contributed to a as a field hand, factory laborer, and combat solider not too mention the many long years of forbearance to reaction violence against his oppressor. The soul of La Chicanada (Mexican-Americans) bleeds for su hermano (their brother) Ruben Salazar.