Chicanos in Academe This paper provides an analysis of the arguments made by Adalberto Aguirre. Jr. in A Chicano Farmworker in Academe, and Tatcho Mindiola, Jr. in Getting Tenure at the U. Moreover, my claim about the relationship between the arguments of the two authors is made, and the claim is supported using grounds from the articles. The main discussion is to put across claims that add up to the main thesis of the paper which I state as: The practice of perpetuating and fueling the myth that minorities are not completely qualified for academic positions, of employing underrepresented minorities for only particular specialized ethnic departments, and of limiting the numbers of minorities in mainstream departments are clear manifestations of racism (Aguirre 21).