but what about us latinos? we ve been here in this city, and we ve got every kind of latino. you want your puerto ricans? wepa. you want your cubans? dale! dominicans? que lo que tigre. colombianos? todo bien, todo bien. mexicanos? no manches, guey. and this is where i grew up, too. and when i was a kid, i don t know what the streets were paved with, but it damn sure as hell was not gold. but that didn t stop latinx new yorkers from making big contributions. basquiat, rita moreno puerto rican. cardi b dominican. supreme court justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. even the very first non-indigenous person to live and work in the island of manhattan in the 1600s was juan rodriguez, a dominicano. mira eso, right from the start, we ve been here making this city great. now, i don t know what new york would be without latinos, but it sure as hell wouldn t smell as good, it wouldn t taste as good, and it definitely wouldn t sound as good. that s right, cause salsa music was in
Basquiat, Rita Moreno Puerto rican. Cardi bdominican. Supreme Court Justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. Even the very first nonindigenous person to live and work in the island of manhattan in the 1600s was juan rodriguez, a dominicano. Mira eso, right from the start, weve been here making this city great. Now, i dont know what new york would be without latinos, but it sure as hell wouldnt smell as good, it wouldnt taste as good, and it definitely wouldnt sound as good. Thats right, cause salsa music was invented here in new york, thats right. [vocalizing along to salsa music] youre welcome. I wanna retrace my steps from queens, where i grew up, all the way to the Bright Lights of broadway and show you how latinos have contributed to the culture of the greatest city on earf. Thats right, i said earf. And you cant tell Latino Stories without plenty of good food, music, and dancing. So come on, lets go, lets go. Come on. [upbeat music] welcome to Jackson Heights. Thats right, this i
i mean, you just you ve gotta hustle. growing up in new york with my mom, she was and my grandmother and all of them, as immigrants from dr they all worked in factories in new york. - my mother worked in a factory when she came here, a doll factory. [singing in spanish] in new york city, the fashion industry employs about 180,000 people, accounting for 6% of the city s workforce. and since the 1800s, garment work has mostly been associated with immigrants. - cousins, aunts, uncles, they all worked in the factories. - so you all were, like, creating all the dresses for - i mean, they were. yeah, they would be - yves saint laurent. - yeah. - gucci. versace. yeah, yeah. where d you grow up? - brooklyn, williamsburg. - brooklyn. - predominantly latino and hasidic when i was coming up. i mean, it was kind of a dump. but it was a beautiful urban dystopia. - how did you get the skill? did your parents show you how to do it? - no. i mean, i wasn t really allowed to do fashion because it
growing up in new york with my mom, she was and my grandmother and all of them, as immigrants from dr they all worked in factories in new york. - my mother worked in a factory when she came here, a doll factory. [singing in spanish] in new york city, the fashion industry employs about 180,000 people, accounting for 6% of the city s workforce. and since the 1800s, garment work has mostly been associated with immigrants. - cousins, aunts, uncles, they all worked in the factories. - so you all were, like, creating all the dresses for - i mean, they were. yeah, they would be - yves saint laurent. - yeah. - gucci. versace. yeah, yeah. where d you grow up? - brooklyn, williamsburg. - brooklyn. - predominantly latino and hasidic when i was coming up. i mean, it was kind of a dump. but it was a beautiful urban dystopia. - how did you get the skill? did your parents show you how to do it? - no. i mean, i wasn t really allowed to do fashion because it was gay. - right. - you know, i wasn t
i mean, you can want it, but it doesn t mean it s gonna happen. - yeah. i mean, you just you ve gotta hustle. growing up in new york with my mom, she was and my grandmother and all of them, as immigrants from dr they all worked in factories in new york. - my mother worked in a factory when she came here, a doll factory. [singing in spanish] in new york city, the fashion industry employs about 180,000 people, accounting for 6% of the city s workforce. and since the 1800s, garment work has mostly been associated with immigrants. - cousins, aunts, uncles, they all worked in the factories. - so you all were, like, creating all the dresses for - i mean, they were. yeah, they would be - yves saint laurent. - yeah. - gucci. versace. yeah, yeah. where d you grow up? - brooklyn, williamsburg. - brooklyn. - predominantly latino and hasidic when i was coming up. i mean, it was kind of a dump. but it was a beautiful urban dystopia. - how did you get the skill? did your parents show you how t