are a mix of european, african and that may be true in some puerto ricans are, some puerto ricansre just black and some are just white. i think that that myth exists. serving anti-blackness. kind of the race our blackness. i did not have a lot of this language until i got older. my boy left, my black boy left who was raising us, she just knew how the world treated her and how the world treated us when we are a family. my white grandmother just hated the fact that my mother fell in love with the black man who had his children. my mother did not really know how to raise black children in the world. now is a grown woman, i feel like, certainly as a light-skinned woman, that i have a certain amount of privilege in the world treats me in a way that is different than my cousins in puerto rico that are visibly blackbeard i tried to talk to people about this. because i am aware of this. light-skinned black woman. even people in my own family are treated differently. part of it feels like it is a way that we think of blackness in puerto rico and how we think of blackness in the united stat

they're all puerto rican. and the earliest conversations we had about race were full of violence because my white grandmother was very, very racist and openly and violently so. so as a child what i heard was often my mother's mother who was proud of being racist was racism hurled at us, her own grandchildren. and so there was a lot -- there was a lot that was painful, so those were my earliest conversations that had anything to do with race. and then my black grandmother who was the person who was always there, who basically raised us was the one who was kind of resisting that and countering that and talked to us about race in a way that fast loving and joyful and celebratory and celebrated her blackness and knew -- knew and often talked about how the world would see us as a family, right, that we were a black family and the world would see us and treat us as a black family out in the world. and then i started having moments of recognition when we were out in the world and when i was with my black grandma, som

he also published a book by that name "puerto rican diaspora."o his photographs hung on the walls of our apartment in the linden projects of east new york, brooklyn, from earliest memory, which means they're also hung on the walls of my imagination. and i was able to see from earliest memory and earliest imagination from my youth, the nexus between art and activism, the nexus between craft and commitment. to me, it was all one. i thought everybody did it this way. and so my father, although he was a photographer, had a great influence on me as a poet and as a poet of political commitment, a poet of the political imagination. well, all this came ba for me when hurricane maria struck the island of puerto rico four years ago. we just marked the fourth anniversary of hurricane maria. and my father, of course, was already gone. and yet i couldn't help thinking about him. why? because suddenly i saw his hometown of utuado everywhere. i saw it on television. i saw it online. i saw it on social media. i saw it in the articles coming from major publicatio

you are not puerto rican. is that 0k? do you want to start world war three?side story is a love story inspired by shakespeare's romeo and juliet, set amid warring teenage gangs — the sharks and thejets — in new york in the 1950s. it is an adaptation of the 1957 musical from four greats — director and choreographer jerome robbins, composer leonard bernstein, arthur laurents who did the book, and lyricist stephen sondheim. at the world premiere of his adaptation of west side story, stephen spielberg made it clear he was indebted to all the musicals�* creative forefathers. the first feeling is gratitude and such an honour to be able to have been entrusted by the trustees and stephen sondheim to be able to make our west side story. # skyscrapers bloom in america # cadillacs zoom in america... stephen sondheim was notjust a lyricist of the 1957 broadway west side story musical, but also for the 1961 movie and speilberg's new film. sadly, he died at the age of 91, just a few days before the world premiere. the production boasts a very talented cast. rachel zegler p

i'm puerto rican. >> this time is different. >> it's still the same story, but there is an underlyingt the original film didn't have ♪ there's a place for us. >> the music carrying a message, helping connect a younger generation to their history. >> "west side story" was actually the gift to me. we learned about tradition and spanish was spoken every day and i felt more myself than i have actually ever felt ever >>> that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. ♪give my regards to broadway!♪ ♪remember me to herald square!♪ ♪tell all the gang at

the 1961 film was criticized to have members of the puerto rican gang portrayed by white actors. >> wethis movie to get it right in the way we wanted every single person who plays a puerto rican to be from the latinx community. that was a mandate from the get-go. >> the launch of "west side story" in new york has been bittersweet for steven spielberg and his cast. the film's lyricist, stephen sondheim. died at the age of 91 prior to the film's monday night premiere. >> i showed the film in february of this year. he loved it and could not wait until monday night. he wanted to see it with a big audience. so when we got the news, i believe on saturday, that he had passed, it was devastating. ♪ >> sondheim's talents live on for all to hear in the new film, which has gotten excellent reviews. it seems poised to become a big oscar contender. musicals can be a challenge to sell at the box office. new york could do with westside story being a hit. its familiar songs could be a bit of a policy or for the city as it struggles with anxieties of life in the covid-19 era. tom brooke, bbc news, new

i'm puerto rican. >> this time is different. >> it's still the same story, but there is an underlyingeriousness to it that the original film didn't have ♪ there's a place for us. >> the music carrying a message, helping connect a younger generation to their history. >> "west side story" was actually the gift to me. we learned about tradition and spanish was spoken every day and i felt more myself than i have actually ever felt ever >>> that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ love can be a many splendored thing ♪ ♪ can't deny the joy it brings ♪ ♪ a dozen roses diamond rings ♪ ♪ dreams for sale and fairy tales ♪ ♪ it'll make you hear a symphony ♪ ♪ and you just want the world to see ♪ ♪ but like a drug that makes you blind ♪ ♪ it'll fool you every time ♪ ♪ the trouble with love is ♪ ♪ it can tear you up inside ♪ ♪ make your heart believe a lie ♪ ♪ it's stronger than your pride ♪ ♪ every time i turn around ♪ ♪ i think i've got it all figured out ♪ ♪ my heart keeps calli

i am puerto rican. also biracial. i grew up in a predominantly white community.and then in my adulthood, i realized i had shed some of the most special and unique parts about me. and that's who i think anita is. >> reporter: in the past, caucasian actors were often cast as puerto rican, like natalie wood in the original. this time, filmmakers ensured that all such roles went to latinx performers. >> i loved the idea that you were afro latina. i mean, there's a lot of us around who have your kind of coloring and your background. and i thought, man, they are so on the right track. >> reporter: rita moreno a pioneer who paved the way, opening doors for so many performers. >> i would be remiss if i didn't take a moment to just tell you, thank you. i wouldn't be here without you. i can't imagine all the things you weren't through are you because of all those things you weren't through, i have opportunity. you're a hero. >> ariana, you're a remarkable young woman. i am so grateful to the gods up there, the planets aligning, that all of this happened. i'm in "west side

so here we were celebrating hanukkah moving from brooklyn were there was a lot of puerto ricans and jewsly jewish family and the only puerto rican family so everybody was celebrating christmas nobody celebrated hanukkah. we felt very awkward and left out with no christmas celebration the way the other kids did so mom let us celebrate christmas it is after all half of the heritage. my mom was absolutely resistant and refused she would not acknowledge christmas for many years. we kept lobbying her. we feel left out. let us celebrate christmas. no. no. no. you are jewish. finally when we were teenagers we said we will take it anymore we will celebrate christmas like our friends and neighbors but this is what we will do we will call it a hanukkah bush instead of a christmas tree we had all of these compromises to placate my mom we also played rock of ages when we played jingle bells we finally got our tree it was called the hanukkah bush it was in the home my mom was disgruntled but reluctantly over the years came around instead of joy to the world that was our christmas it finally worked ou

talk about being puerto rican, there's prejudices.n take a prejudice to the most ridiculous degree and make somebody laugh it's not prejudice and eventually you wipe it out. the beautiful thing about ethnic humor is while you're making observations about us, hey, we're making observations about you. we are. we're looking in the rearview mirror going, look at those caucasians. what a waste of space. only two people in that big car. >> when you are fighting a power that you cannot defeat, you will tend to find other outlets so that you can survive. one of those natural outlets is humor. >> it is the huge resort hotel which is the best bet for the city dweller who is looking for the same amusements he has in town. >> it began after world war ii. you had a lot of middle class jewish families living in the city. they were looking for a place to go, there were these hotels and people could go up there and have a relatively economical vacation. >> as soon as you walk off the airplane, you walk right into a propeller. even people come here fo

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. >>> i've never seen you before you are not puerto rican >> is that okay?ld war iii? >> westside storyfeeling so pretty the adaptation raked in $10.5 million. disney held strong with encanto. ghost busters after life in the top three the fourth straight week followed by house of gucci. >>> a four-day workweek if some lawmakers get their way and first, could some legos be more valuable than gold good morning, steve. >> apparently, in the secondary market, if you pick your lego right, it will outperform gold, and bonds. this is retired sets 3,222 unopened sets. the very big or very small sets, you could make up to 600%. the falcon, death star 2 and imperial star. >> the four-day workweek in iceland, they are running trials japan, spain, new england. in the united states, a democrat from california who introduced the bill for the 32-hour standard workweek for paid overtime for work exceeding 32 hours is readdressing the long working hours. kick start is announcing the switch to a four-day week in 2022 and apparently, some smaller companies are already going th

but it was this tall, black- looking kid against this white short-looking puerto rican woman.i wasn't believed for a very long time until i started to record the abuse. >> and you came up with a soluon by watching what is one of my favorite shows, "law & order?" >> yeah, so it was one day i was watching "law & order," and that was the moment where i realized i had to find evidence, i had to build evidence. so after that i was able to be put back into foster care. >> what was it like in those foster homes? >> it was a roller coaster. fostering is a calling, and some people are called to do the rk, and some people really see the mutual benefit of being able to survive leveraging that stipend that they get from the government. >> it was only after he aged out of the system at 23 that cancel discovered he had family members less than 60 miles away who would have taken him in. but, he says, they were never contacted. >> we see this still happening today. but what is encouraging is that we're also seeing a lot of movement around making it better. there have been laws that have been

. >> i never seen you before you're not puerto rican. >> is that okay? anticipated remake of the iconic 1957 rivalry between two gangs, the jets and the sharks, officially hits theaters today the film stars ansel el gourd and rachel zigleer critics are raving and the movie industry hopes this could jumpstart a box office that's been hit hard by pandemic. turner classic movie host dave carger the reviews are strong is this the jump start the movie industry needs? >> wouldn't that be great? because it has been sluggish as people have been hesitant to go back to theaters the bad news is that older audiences who really are the target audience for a musical like this are the audience that is the most hesitant to go back to the theaters. so i'm not expecting any record breaking box office this weekend for "west side story." might make in the $15 million range. but the real story here as you just alluded to is how special this film is directed by steven spielberg with a fantastic young cast that really feels more authentic than the original 1961 version did. >>

puerto rican producer flow la movie died in a plane crash he was among nine people killed when theirvate jet crashed in the dominican republic last night en route to miami. his girlfriend and their 4-year-old son are reportedly among the dead. know la movie was behind a string of hits including with bad bunny and drake. >>> the social spending package remains in limbo as talks intensify over the tax credit. biden and senator joe manchin are divided on the size and scope. many other democrats say the provision is key to fighting child poverty. >>> get ready to pay higher mortgage rates or credit card interest or both. the federal reserve is now expected to raise interest rates at least three times next year likely beginning in the spring. the ferdinand chairman on wednesday explained why. >> with elevated inflation pressures and a rapidly strengthening labor market, the economy no longer needs increasing amounts of policy support. overall inflation is running well above our 2% longer run goal and we'll likely continue to do so well into next year. >> wall street apparently liked what

so the puerto ricans are a different degree, like that. when naziism, when hitler comes, he, hitler said, coming to your lawyers to see what to do with jewish jews who are citizens of german. the coming to your lawyers looks at the american roles and says, hey, here is the. so we have jews defined as a special category of citizens. it looks at the african american case, the one drop rule, which is that any person with one drop of african blood is considered african in the us. ok if there says no, no, we will make it 25 percent. but then hitler takes the notion of the reservation and enclosure, and turns it into the concentration. hitler is full of admiration for the width toward movement of the americans and the, the ability to decimate an entire people. so in that context, you can understand why it is so important to politicize human rights in 2021. today, given this kind of history delineated in this book, you call you say, new liberalism is the handmaiden of human rights de politicizing everything. but in a way, so didn't urine berg de

among those killed a puerto rican music producer. the plane crashed minutes after taking off from the dominican republic yesterday. it was bound for orlando, florida. the cause of the crash is now under investigation. but music producer jose angel hernandez was among the seven passengers and two crew members on board. >>> former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin pleaded guilty in federal court to violating george floyd's civil it's the first time chauvin admitted to violating floyd's rights by holding his knee across floyd's neck last may. floyd'd's family was in court a said it was frustrating. >> we came here just like we did before. we just wanted accountability because we can never have justice because we can never get george back. i mean, i'm still feeling the same pain, anger i felt in the beginning because he could have did this last year, starting this on that day. >> chauvin's plea means he will avoid trial on the federal charge, but he could end up spending more time behind bars on his state murder conviction. >>> co

puerto rican music producer flow la movie his wife and son are among nine people killed in a plane crashtempting an emergency landing in the capital, santo domingo, just 15 minutes after taking off en route to florida. lawyers for ghislaine maxwell will start her defence in a new york court later. she's accused of grooming underage girls for abuse by the billionaire jeffrey epstein. it's thought they will call dozens of witnesses, although it's not yet clear if the 59—year—old will take the stand herself. two children have died and several have been critically injured on the australian island of tasmania, after an inflatable castle was blown into the air by a gust of wind. police said the children, from a primary school in devonport, fell from a height of about ten metres. the influential black feminist known as bell hooks has died at the age of 69. the author, professor, poet, and activist, whose real name was gloria jean watkins, wrote some a0 books. herfirst major work ain't i a woman was published in 1981 and became widely recognised as an important feminist text. in 2004, she establ

never seeing any puerto ricans on television or latin people on television and feeling invisible.asked me to be on this show, i thought, oh my goodness, i can be for kids what i wished someone was there for me when i was a can i'd. >> i have to say to you. i am not going to do that. you literally were one, honestly, i think you might have been the first latina i really saw on a regular basis on tv and i think for a lot of kids. i grew up in a town majority black and brown. so you know for the latina kids, for the black kids, we were not seeing a lot of people of color. we saw you. you were our friend. i want to get your take first just on the fight that we've seen, we just had an asian-american muppet, a beige american, we had muppets who were black, represented african-americans. all of that has happened on "sesame street". what do you make about this fight about this adorable new asian muppet? >> i just can't understand it. i can't fathom why it's difficult. i wish it had come on sooner. i think when we had roosevelt franklin on the show, the franklin syndrome. it was difficult

he called for freedom for the puerto rican people from the united states government.iqued the suffering and state violence against the muslim minority in myanmar and the little priest even visited a man on death row, where he wondered why a man had to be shackled in a little room divided by a glass window where the door was closed shut, locked, and did not even have door handles. the arch was quiet, serious, a ray of spiritual light in dark places and a joy to meet. when apartheid felt in the 1990's in south upper -- and south africa became reborn as a democracy, archbishop tutu heightened his critique of the new black government, which he said was getting rich as the people got poorer. this passage on the planet was love. he struggled for change with his prophetic voice, his sweet humor, his deep love, and the boundless sense of compassion. desmond tutu, born october 7, 1931, returned to his fathers after 90 summers, an example of love not fear. this is mumia abu jamal. these commentaries are recorded by prison radio. amy: imprisoned journalist mumia abu jamal rememb

>> well, first of all, bad bunny benito -- i'm puerto rican so we love our bad bunny.g at a grocery store and went for his dreams and people love him. his music is relatable, the melodies are great. he has an amazing personality. he comes from good stock, as you see the way that he basis and treats people. and people buy into you first and then they buy into what you're selling. and i got to say, wrote for the amas this year and olivia rodrigo is an amazing artist. i got to see her live three times and she is worthy of all the accolades she's receiving. she's an amazing artist. >> one viewer wrote you cannot hide from spotify. i'm thinking of all the people listening to adele. something tells me by this time next year adele is going to be up there. do these end of the year lists reveal things about people they may not even want to admit themselves? >> i think so. one of them may be how many minutes you spent listening to music and myself an artist maybe you didn't expect. i think we're seeing a lot of people who have taylor swift as their number one artist. >> we have

including a top puerto rican music producer. the plane crashed after taking off from florida.r oquendo has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, authorities investigating a deadly plane crash in the dominican republic that killed all nine people on board including puerto rican music producer flow la movie. according to flight radar the gulf stream jet was only in the air for 14 minutes, apparently circling the city once before crashing near another airport. among the casualties, the 38-year-old producer, his partner and their 4-year-old child, along with other relatives and colleagues and the three crew members. he was behind numerous hits including -- [speaking foreign language] the song's popular remix spending 14 weeks at number one on latin ♪ like yesterday you forever in the past to me ♪ >> reporter: the fiery aftermath of the crash forcing the country's busiest airport to shut down for hours canceling hundreds of flights. and now the tributes are pouring in. j balvin posting a couple photos with the producer thanking him for his good vibes saying, rest in peace. george?

christ would be confused because the route took them through spanish harlem and wondering what 40 puerto ricansoof and this guy had a ring on that was worth 8 grand. >> what about trampling on religions? >> i discuss religions, many points of view. i'm interested, i am searching for an answer as billy graham is. >> at this time priests and people of the cloth, you bowed to them. people get very angry because now talking about religion, belief system. you play with somebody's belief system and their religion, now you got a problem. and they got the powers that be crazy. shut him up, you've got to silence him. >> someone saw lenny bruce in a club in chicago and he was making jokes about the pope or something, and two detectives went up on stage because of that remark and handcuffed him in front of the audience and took him away. you can't even imagine that today. >> they found it was obscene enough to put me in a jail cell for the last 24 hours, which -- and the thing i wish they would do is tell me what words were obscene. >> in court a cop is reciting what he thinks that my father's talking abo

i'm a full blooded puerto rican.us citizens with our -- aoc, can you see, we are don't throw paper towels at tows that is so bogus. >> this is what happens when you mess with hip hop for change, we will get you wrapping. think about black art, culture, that is healing for our youth. the fight for the culture. the four principles of hip-hop culture. ♪ livestream or be there tonight at 6:00 at the community space. you can learn more at hiphop you can learn more at hiphop 4change. ♪ christmas music ♪ ♪ ♪ if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, what?! no! over the counter eye drops typically work by lubricating the eyes and may provide temporary relief. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda-approved non-steroid eye drop specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you are allergic to xiidra. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred visi

the 1961 film was criticised for having many of the members of a puerto rican gang, the sharks, portrayedity with the ultimate sleepover and some even got to pick their own bed. after their slumber, they dined in the store's canteen on what else but an ikea breakfast of cinnamon rolls and coffee. i would have put my money on meatballs, probably. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. it really has been a week of temperature changes, a pen down today. we are in a slightly milder wedge of air, so less cold for many in the south but a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain. the temperature chart is pretty messy. whether france poised to push into bring some wet weather at times. the cold air will make a return for the weekend. the rest of the day stays pretty cloudy for most of us. brightness will be across north—east england and scotland. a lot of showers pushing into western scotland. another batch of rain will move into south wales and south—west england later on. temperature is a little bit higher than the last couple of days in the north but still quite chilly as it stays c

this sounds my -- like, my, kind of, thing >> jimmy: coquito is a a puerto rican eggnog.. >> what is in coquito? >> jimmy: it's a mystery [ laughter ] and it's always -- it's always like someone's mom makes it. and they give it to you in, like, an old - >> does anybody here know coquito? [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: am i close like, if you - someone's mom makes it and they give it to you as a present. and has coconut in it and rum. >> and what's in it? >> jimmy: right? >> yeah. what else? >> jimmy: you just keep saying, "yeah. what [ laughter ] >> coconut milk, rum, and some -- a lot of cinnamon. >> yeah, i like that >> very good >> yeah. >> jimmy: you can do that. you can -- all right, so -- so you like that? >> yeah. >> jimmy: next time, we can get a little coquito and try that together >> okay. >> jimmy: anymore questions for me do you want to sit here? [ laughter ] >> no. >> jimmy: all right, so i -- there's nothing. oh, my god [ laughter ] did you just tear that -- okay, good thank you. i'll get rid of that [ cheers and applause why was that a bad idea? all right.

lauderdale >>> a prominent puerto rican music producer among the dead after a private jet bound for florida down just 16 minutes after taking off near santo domingo. all nine people on board died. you can see smoke in the distance from the airport. jose fernandez was better known as flow la movie. his wife and 4-year-old son also reportedly died in the same crash. the pilot was attempting to land minutes after takeoff. this was the plane's flight path according to flight radar 24.com the cause of the crash still under investigation. >>> smash and grabs. we reported on a string of robberies and heists hitting retailers across the country it's costing them big money. retailers lose about $65 billion each year to organized theft, according to the coalition of law enforcement and retail but while cops are stepping up patrols for sure, now retailers are taking action on their own here's cnbc's court ney reagan >> reporter: three quarters of retailers report add increase in this type of theft last year the survey also points to societal changes and law enforcement and prosecution policies, adding

>> being puerto rican. being an outlier. being from another country.at. i should have. i regret that to this day. i just said, i cannot believe it. i leave you with that. this was my speech. i had not prepared anything because i was absolutely certain that judy garland was going to win. it was astonishing. how in heaven's name did this happen for me and to me? reporter: i have seen the new "west side story." it is a wonder, you are a wonder and you made me cry in those final minutes. >> really? reporter: yeah. when did you know that this was going to give you a world-class acting opportunity? >> the minute steven spielberg asked me and he said me a script and i was bowled over. the very first day of shooting, stephen said do you mind if i citroduced you to the cast?pe al. i said no. and he did. there was polite applause. it was so wonderful. liz: she is just incredible. i am so excited to see this movie. "west side the seven happy birthday rita moreno. okay, next a holiday tree lighting like no other where you can see a special. laser show and snow hap