i know. >> hinojosa: no, no. now they have burritos in mexico, because they want to... it's a strange thing that happens. >> spaghetti and meatballs, also not italian. it's this... it's interesting, right? because it's part of this phenomenon that i call indigenous chinese... oh, sorry, indigenous foreign cuisine, that we think of them as foreign or exotic or ethnic, but in fact they were developed in america. so the burritos, italian spaghetti and meatballs. so what happens is this book tries to make you think twice of, like, what it means to be american, right? that in fact you think of it... you may think of it as something foreign, when in fact people in china, you know, or maybe even in mexico, whatever, don't recognize this food when you show it to them. you know, fortune cookies, of course, is the canonical example, and hence why my book. >> hinojosa: speaking of fortune cookies, well, you did write a book called the fortune cookie chronicles, inspired by this story about fortune cookies and lotto ticket w

>> true. >> hinojosa: right.know, i think... and i... and that's why i appreciate so much the work that you're doing and the fact that both of you and many of us in our america are trying to talk about these issues, because... >> listen, this pairing... this pairing represents cross-ethnic cooperation. ilan and i have been friends for a long time. he watches what i do, i watch what he does, and look, the reason that i got the idea to do the norton anthology of african american literature is that they published the norton anthology of women's literature. so i was watching the feminists, think, "well, if they can do it, we can do it." then ilan saw that... >> they did exactly the same. >> yes. >> 10, 12, 13 years ago... >>m-hmm. >> ...skip did, and i thought, "it is time for latinos to do it." he was a role model, he was a mentor, and i said, "this is a moment that some... in which i have to assume my own responsibility and do something that skip has already done. >> which is why you've got to give me a royalty. (

. >> hinojosa: ..."give your children that choice, make them into good choosers." >> yes. and we ask our children at the age of four, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" and it's not that we're saying that we trust your choice. we're saying implicitly, "we understand you're going to change your mind." but we're saying, you know, "look, these are the kinds of things you need to learn to know. you need to know what kind of cereal you want, you need to know and figure out who you're going to grow up to be, and what you're going to do." now, by contrast, when you go to other cultures, that's not always the message that they're given. so, you know, say, in many collectivist cultures, whether they be in latin american culture, asian cultures, whether it be japan or china or india, there the message is, you ow, "you've got to respect your parents," or, "you need to respect your god." and, you know, your parents should be thought of as the ones that are the main decision makers, at least until you are equ

him measures the dva -- i' hinojosa? to lea >> i'm sorry that i have to leave for a few minutes.s. chairman roe and ranking member anders return of securities of greater importance to lives of americans, including me. so i thank you for having this hearing on the challenges facing the multi-player pension fund plan. ambassador gautbaum coming your testimony you indicated multi- plants have been affected by recent declines in the economy and the investment markets as we saw starting in 2007 through 2010. could you elaborate and tell me about the problem of where 10 participants, which are participants for whom there is no longer in lawyer? at a significant problem for many of these multiemployer plans to do you have any thought on solutions? >> i can describe the problem. i can't tell you there's a standard solution, mr. hinojoa. in a single employer plan, you have one company that is setting aside limited to their employees. surface that market goes down and as a result the plan assets are insufficient, company knows they have to put on an and they're going to know this for their e

i'm maria hinojosa, this is one on one. mayor julian castro, welcome to our program. >> thank you very much for having me. >> hinojosa: so your mom was a big time political activist in the 1960s and 1970s-- chicana activist. your brother is in state government in texas. you're the youngest mayor... or one of the youngest mayors in the country, san antonio, and people are saying, "this family has got a political future." so is that kind of the way you had it all planned out? >> oh, it's... well, that's the way that it's working right now, it seems, but not the way that we planned out. >> hinojosa: so you didn't even think, like, when you were a kid you were like, "i'm going to become a politician like my mom." >> no. you know what's interesting was that because my mother was so involved at that time in different mexican american issues and women's issues, she would drag us to political rallies, to meetings, and for somebody that's five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, those things are not the funnest thing to do in the world.