‘CHICANO!’ FUNDING

It is ironic that the producers of “Chicano!” received most of their funding from the “Anglo” Corp. for Public Broadcasting and the Ford, MacArthur and Rockefeller foundations (“The Chicano Rallying Cry,” by Judith Michaelson, April 7). If they had so much trouble finding corporate sponsors, why didn’t they approach Spanish-language television and radio networks? What about Latino corporations, businesses, organizations and institutions?

If, indeed, there are 30 million individuals of Mexican ancestry in the United States, why weren’t the producers able to obtain their financial support? Is it because the Chicano movement is essentially artificially kept alive by the U.S. government, specifically in the public colleges and universities?

ROGER E. GOULET

Los Angeles