abbey lincoln has a song called the people in me. i've got some irish in me, i've got some chinese in me. i wish that that kind of a feeling of commonality, instead of difference and separation, because we have so much in common across lines of race and gender and class. >> hinojosa: because really, there's no way that you can say that you are... and i... this is not a term that i like to use, but that anyone is "racially pure." >> that's right, that's right. >> hinojosa: so therefore... >> it's true in terms of biology, and it's also true in terms of culture. >> hinojosa: therefore, why should i fear you if you are actually me or will be soon? >> yeah, yeah, we could get together and talk about our grandchildren. >> hinojosa: and you are hopeful... >> yeah, yeah. >> hinojosa: in your day to day experience. >> well, okay, don't push me so hard. ( laughing ) it's true that i have my moments of fear and i think, "oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no," but by and large, yeah. i don't think i would've gotten... i would've persisted this long i