- well, now, what s a cash and carry? what does that mean? - that s a great question. i think it s like a marketplace where latin families around here could come and get their fresh produce. - and now they re all latin businesses. - yeah, you ve got a peruvian brothers, the salvadorian pupusas, a venezuelan homemade chocolate, artisanal. what s grabbing your fancy? - all right. well, i heard pupusa. did we not mention pupusa? - pupusas are cornmeal tortillas with different fillings like pork or beans and cheese and are a popular dish in el salvador. which was your favorite pupusa then? - i like bean and cheese. - bean and cheese. - yeah. - let s stop talking about it. let s go get it. - yeah, let s, please. [both speaking spanish] - this is her jam. she loves pupusas. - oh, my gosh. i haven t had it in a while. - how did you get here? how did you come up with this incredible idea? - oh, my gosh. - spill the tea. - the whole idea. - spill the tea, come on. - spill the tea, okay. so ba
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- see? - you better believe it. - participate. - participate. - that s the key takeaway. participate. - and run for office, and run for office. - thank you, maria. what a pleasure. - god bless you. - i feel like maria teresa just gave me a challenge. register more latinos to vote. and that s why i m tapping clarissa martinez de castro of unidos u.s. for some help. unidos u.s. got its start in the civil rights movement and since then has partnered with over 300 organizations to support door knocking, phone calling, and canvassing. clarissa is one of their top organizers, an unstoppable force. she went from undocumented immigrant to leading voter campaigns across the country. how did you end up in d.c.? - so interesting story. i came to the united states from mexico. [acoustic guitar music] i was a teenager, and it was my mom s decision. i was undocumented at the time. - right. - we didn t know what the future was gonna hold, and there was a passionate group of advocates
ritchie torres, and alex padilla. and they re in good company, because latinos make up more than 11% of d.c. s population. this city has a ton of latin influence in art, in politics, and in culture, and of course food because where there s latino culture, there s always some damn good food. so let s get some eats. i m buying. you re welcome. [upbeat latin-tinged music] [upbeat electronic music]
but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexican-american war. now where s the monument for that? huh? huh? huh? now, today, nearly 20% of the u.s. population is latin, and our numbers are growing. our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2% of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do ha