Ivan Illich gives a speech to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He opposes the movement of “missionary” and charity type American organizations who build houses in certain poor areas of Mexico. In the latter part of his speech when he is addressing the flaws of the InterAmerican Student Project system, he says, “Your reports about your work in Mexico, which you so kindly sent me, exude self-complacency. Your reports on past summers prove that you are not even capable of understanding that your dogooding in a Mexican village is even less relevant than it would be in a U.S. ghetto.” Illich interprets their reports as being defined as how only one perspective is being used. The “self-complacency” suggests that the reactions of a few Mexicans are masking the actual reality of the situation, and therefore creating a false sentiment of success. In turn, this word “dogooding” becomes the basis for cross-cultural learning: fulfilling moral goals at the expense of an Mexican dissent.