felipe rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award winning work on gang life, always running, and his 2011 release, it calls you back. book tv every weekend on c-span2 discussion about the book our america, the hispanic history of the united states. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you for taking an interest in my book. >> it was 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, and by 2050 we are expecting a hundred and 20 million hispanics your backups to give us the foundation and explain how this population of arrived in the country and how -- potentially -- it will talk about where is going. >> well, thank you very much. very kind of you to say that. immediately focus on the reasons. in which the profile of this gets the call has been revolutionized. be schmitt cherries, nurse. as you start the book