. >> the interview with felipe fernandez-armesto, author of our america continues now. >> host: during the break we were talking a little bit about our histories and the hispanic verses latina and one of the things that has come up is the fact that i lived in barcelona for a few years as a border region moment who is also american, the issue of biculturalism would come up occasionally in a conversation, and it was something that there was not a lot of understanding, like how you could identify both as american and as a porter rican. that is something that is still seeming to be an issue. and in nearby cuba again or you in chapter three talking about realism and this sort of by cultural identities that began did take shape. i would love to pick that up are with you and talk about these identities that people have and biculturalism, at least in that -- >> did you learn? >> host: i can speak a little bit. i and a standard lot better than i can speak it. >> guest: that is a very good example, people in barcelona typically switch between the two languages according to her own their talking.

. >> next, a discussion with notre dame history professor felipe fernandez-armesto about his book "our america: a hispanic history of the united states." this is an hour. >> host: thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you very much for taking an interest in my book. >> host: absolutely. it's quite an interesting one. we can start off by talking about the population of hispanics in the united states. in 1980 there were about 15 million hispanics in the united states. by 2012 nearly 53 million. by 2050 we're expecting 128 million hispanics in the united states. your book helps give the foundation and explain how this population arrived in the country and how it potentially, we'll talk to or it's going by the time we reach 120 billion. >> guest: thank you very much. that's very kind of you to say that. it's interesting to me, you focus on relatively recent period in which the profile of hispanics in the united states has been revolutionized by -- there were vast numbers of people, and the context that we understand this is a very long one in which hispanics haven't belonged in the