studies in chicano literature. i made discoveries that shocked me. there was so much critical information on so many things that was not entering the national conversation, particularly about race. it alarmed me a little bit because i saw myself as maybe digging out things america needed to know more about. often, evidence, very was that there was a lot of low hanging fruit no one cared too big. people, which includes mexican-americans, brought latino category in general, most people in the americas, any countries of latin america are mestizo people. they are mixed-race people. there is a history to them being mixed and it has to do with the spanish colonial. and coming to the -- spanish colonial period and coming to this country. ae spanish set in motion generation of a lot of new identities having to do with indigenous people, african people, and others they brought into the americas. as a colonial power, they felt they were losing control of what they had set in motion. they did not know who these newle were in

studies and chicano literature. i made some discoveries that shocked me a little bit. they were so much critical information on so many things that was not entering the national conversation, particularly about race, particularly about the history of the americas and it alarmed me a little bit. i saw myself as digging out things america needed to know more about, and evidence. often was there was a lot of low hanging fruit that nobody cared to pick. a question like identity. mesitizos people which includes mexican-americans, the broad latino category in general, most people in the americas, many countries in latin america are people they are mixed race people. there's a history them being mixed and has to do with spanish colonial times and the spanish coming to the new world in the 16th century. the short story here is that the spanish set in motion some generation of a lot of new identities having to do with indigenous people and the african people and the chinese people and others they brought into the americas. a

literature and the writers like that teaching chicano studies that really brought mexican-americans latino culture to the nation in a whole different way because it was being institutionalized. now, publishers like warner broke, scribners etc. were presenting in framing this culture so there was a kind of a crossing of a threshold that had not happened before. my sense is that these six areas if someone reads the books-- booking its thrall six they will have a sense, sort of like a cutting the culture right through the middle and they can look at the impact that the mexican-american latino culture has been having since the 60s. there are millions of americans still who have never known a black person. at they don't know a mexican-americans, may be only met a latino. they are well-intentioned, but you can only care what you know about and if you don't know anything about the black community or mexican-american community and you are hearing things in the media that are sometimes sensational you build your responses on that and so it is a real problem in this country. i don't know how

our vision is that our community, chicano, latino, indigenous, can remain and sustain health and can the relationships, you know, its allies to advance healing in our community. we share the -- unfortunately, we share the pain and the oppression with other people, but we are working very well together across communities of color and within our own community to acknowledge how -- what is it that we need to do in our communities to really kind of lift ourselves, maintain a strong spirit and be able to do the work that we have to do to create a better life for each one of us. i want to end by saying that as some of the other women spoke to, we should all accept this award today on behalf of the unsung heros, the women every day who get on the bus, who take their children to school, who take care of their grandchildren, who deal with so many issues in their lives so that they can be -- they extend themselves out to be part of the healing of our community. so today, i acknowledge all of them and i thank them all. i would like to also just ask if some of the women of the institute could st

westside liberals say the exact same thing about bobby even though he is for minorities where the chicano farmworkers and the blacks living in the delta he felt as construction workers were firefighters were his people. but even now now he is known byth minorities he still feels confident with the people in many ways are disappointed by the democratic party. >> that is an interesting story and normally and to be used against each other in modernwi politics and how central bobby was all the way throughh it is unimaginable he could have gotten through it without him. and there was 64 interviews done on tape inside of this guys and he went to harvard together. >> we don't think so much of jack kennedy as the wharton man. >> he wasn't. >> not policy wise. charlie bartlett i thank you got to know him he was six generation yale. so he is from hope town and been broadly, and it wasn't a sexual reference. ikd as the british ambassador to the united states. he would never invite ted sorensen out to dinner. he likes men and women of accomplishment and they are very different that way. >> look at th

congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an edu

>> guest: we were realizing many times mexicans and sometimes mexican-americans and sometimes chicanos this is a place where i came when i was an immigrant for the first time and then i realized right now we are having an interview and just yesterday i did a newscast in spanish and i talked my audience in spanish and i realized i was going from one world to another. that's precisely how i feel. unfortunately i would never be american and enough and i will never be mexican enough for many mexicans either so i'm right in between.t >> host: in fact a the right that i will never be american and off for the americans just as i will never be messing messing--mexican enough for many mexicans. do you feel at home in mexico? >> guest: i don't think i have a home in mexico. i decided to be an immigrant one of the most difficult decisions in my life i left home and i don't have a home anymore. when i think of home i think of my brothers and sisters. when i go back to mexico i see them. i've been looking for thehe idea of home and is an immigrant i think you lose that forever. you are constantly l

at how state hayward, where we set up an ethics study department, we included asian , chicano,tudies native american, and african-american. connie, sheague, taught me everything i know about it. she is retired now. she was teaching that two students and in our general ethnic study classes. the way i am doing this book, because of the chinese exclusion, -- there are so many books on immigration but are really good. a book fromommend beacon press. it is called "you're taking our jobs: and 20 other myths about immigration." it is a small book, but in the same series as native of -- "native american myths." it really deals -- she is really good. they really are a lot of good works. i have read them all. in this book, i wanted to focus on the border and mexico and really argue that the best argument against these deportations that are taking place with children, old people, it is just horrible what is happening. i'm so proud of our mayor in oakland for speaking out really courageously. i think that is the least treated. there is a really great literature. thank you for bringing that up. >

our first guest is a former miss corpus christi with a master's degree in chicano studies and a ph.d.ousewiving. and now alongside anna faris, the new take on the movie "overboard." >> i'm here to pick up my husband, the man with amnesia. >> you must be kate. dr. fletcher was so excited to get your call. we all were. i'll get him. almost forgot, here's everything he had with him. >> thank you. >> wait, okay, you're just nervous. >> really nervous. this is crazy. and probably illegal. >> jimmy: "overboard" opens in theaters may 4th. please welcome eva longoria! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: wow, you look fantastic. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: i really hope you're pregnant or this is going to be an uncomfortable conversation. >> i am pregnant. >> jimmy: how are you feeling? >> i'm good, i'm good. i'm tired. >> jimmy: you are, yeah. >> i might fall asleep in this interview. >> jimmy: that's all right, if you fall asleep, just go ahead, i can talk forever on my own. feeling okay? >> i feel great. >> jimmy: you do. this is your first baby th? >> my first baby. [ cheers and applause ]

after 1968, we see more protests for community control, women's rights, chicano activism, anti-war activism, civil rights, social justice, black power activism, all the way into the mid-1970s. when we think about those assassinations, we remember them as really important pivot points. but it's important to recall that the social movements don't end because we have these big political mobilizers or these icons who are assassinated. whether a leader or a representative spokesperson is a woman or a man, they are representing a groundswell of political organizing that is happening at the local level, right? so there is no dr. martin luther king jr. without joann robinson of the women's political council in montgomery, alabama, or rosa parks, people who were actually day to day organizers. so what he's doing as an articulator is he's able to galvanize attention for what people are doing at the local level. and even though what movements lose when people are assassinated is there's not necessarily that focal point and that figurehead who can bring that kind of media attention, but the movements d

after 1968, we see protests for community control, women's rights, chicano activism, antiwar activism, black power activism, all the way into the mid-1970's when we think of those assassinations, we remember them as important pivot points but it is important to recall social movements do not and because we had this big political mobilizer or icons who are assassinated. whether a leader or representative is a spokes person that is, woman or man, they are representing political at the localzing level, so there is no dr. martin luther king jr. about joanne robinson, the woman's political counsel, or rosa parks, people who are day-to-day organizers. what he is doing as an articulated is galvanize attention for what people are doing at the local level. even though but movement moves when people are assassinated, there is not necessarily that figure point that can bring media attention, but movements continue. host: kathleen cleaver, the kennedy in 1968 when he entered the race. what did he mean to the civil rights movement in 1968? guest: i am not so certain the civil rights movement in 19

i think that -- so if you were very smart, if you were chicano or black or asian, people would look down on you and make assumptions about what you could do and couldn't do. if you did better than you should be able to do, there was anger and resentment. that was a lot to go through. and it was hard. it's still hard today but it was hard then for people to see what they were looking at without putting something on it that wasn't true. >> host: how was it for black men versus black women? >> guest: well, you know, listen. there's no verses. no verses between black men and black women. i think black men -- people are more afraid of black men, more afraid of their anger, and more afraid of what has happened to them. the responses, women -- at least people think is usually not violent. when something has been done bad to them, but men it is. so black men have been kept out of the hero category. that's one thing i feel. even in the greatest black literature in america, of the 20th century, the black characters were less heroes and more protagonists, people that richard wright or ralph ellison

after, we see more protests for community control, women's rights, chicano activism, civil rights, social justice, black power activism into the 1970's. when we think about those assassinations, we remember them as important pivot points. but it is important to recall that the social movements don't end because we have these big political mobilizes or icons who are assassinated. when the leader or representative is a woman or man, they are representing a ground of political organizing that is happening at the local level. there is no dr. martin luther king jr. without joann robinson, of the women's political counsel in montgomery, alabama, or rosa parks. people who were day-to-day organizers. what he is doing as an articulate her is he is able to galvanize attention for what people have been doing at the local level. even though what movements lose when someone is assassinated is that there is no focal point or figurehead that can bring that kind of media attention, but the movements continue. host: the caller mentioned robert kennedy. he enters the race in march 1968. what did he mean to

after 1968 we see more protests for community control, women's --hts, chicano advocates activists, civilights, social justice, black power movements all the way into the mid-1970's. when we think about those assassinations, we remember them as important. points, but it is important to recall that the social movements we havend because political mobilizes or icons were assassinated. whether a liter or representative spokesperson is a woman or man, they are representing a groundswell of political organizing that is happening at the local level. there is no dr. martin luther king jr. without joanne robinson of the women's political counsel in montgomery, or rosa parks, people who were actual day-to-day organizers. what he is doing as an articulate her, he is able to galvanize attention to what people are doing at the local what and even though movements lose when people are assassinated is that there is not necessarily that focal point and that figurehead who can bring that kind of media attention. but the movement continues. host: the caller brings up robert kennedy. he entered the preside

are better even if you didn't work hard because of what you were not what you knew so if you are chicano or black or asian people will look down on you then make assumptions if you are doing better than there was anger and resentment. and it was hard. it is still hard today but it was hard then for people to see what theyet were looking at for something that was not true. >> black men versusll black women? >> there is no verses. i do think that black men, people are more afraid of black men and their anger and what has happened to them with the response of women so black men have been kicked out of the hero category. and the black characters were less euros and more protagonists. and then for that guy to protect me. >> industry becomes the next plantation. but it is your labor being spent to make somebody else rich. and with the 40s and 50s people of the color suffered from working hard and not making enough. to move toward a small group of people they don't care what color or what gender but they take advantage of you no matter what a lot of people are responding so must be theseul othe

i think that if you are very smart, if you work chicano or black or asian, people would look down on you and thene they would make assumptions about what you couldn't couldn't do and if you did better than you should be able to there wasre anger and resentment, so that was a lot to go through and it was hard and listen, it's still hard today, but it was hard then for people to see what they were looking without putting something on it that wasn't true. host: how is it for black men versus black women? guest: you know, listen, there's no versus.en there's no versus between black women and black menac. i think black men, people are more afraid of black men,or, more afraid of their anger and also more afraid of what has happened to them. the responses women at least people think it's usually not violent when something's been done bad to, but man it is, so black men have been kept out of the hero category. that's one of the things i feel, even in the greatest black literature in america of the 20th century, the black characters were less euros and more protagonists p, the people richard

after 1968, we see protests for community control, women's rights, chicano activism, antiwar activismblack power activism, all the way into the mid-1970's when we think of those assassinations, we remember them as important pivot points but it is important to recall social movements do not and because we had this big political mobilizer or icons who are assassinated. whether a leader or representative is a spokes person that is, woman or man, they are representing political at the localzing level, so there is no dr. martin luther king jr. about joanne robinson, the woman's political counsel, or rosa parks, people who are day-to-day organizers. what he is doing as an articulated is galvanize attention for what people are doing at the local level. even though but movement moves when people are assassinated, there is not necessarily that figure point that can bring media attention, but movements continue. host: kathleen cleaver, the kennedy in 1968 when he entered the race. what did he mean to the civil rights movement in 1968? guest: i am not so certain the civil rights movement in 1968