When you come home? - basically, the same people just show up. i mean, we ve been doing this for i don t know, forever. - a couple of decades? - yeah. shall we eat, man? - yeah, let s eat some of this. - ok, everybody, i know you guys ain t shy. come on. [all speaking spanish] what is it? [laughs] - i notice that i m standing out a little bit. - is it because of that shirt? - i m a buffet of bad taste. [laughter] - where s mike s at? [laughter] [laughter] - i politely declined. - your outfit is great. but that s not us. [laughter] - all jokes aside, growing up as an immigrant in new york city, it was tough figuring out how i fit in and i wondered how these guys handled that same struggle here in the midwest. how do you keep your mexican culture, if you are keeping it alive? - so when our family moved here, it was like we had to adapt, right? it was like more americanizing us.
Yo, i want to wear this i want to wear this one. - no. - come on. - hey, papi chulo - if that ain t me. papi chulo for real. would you look at that? - dude, what about one of these? - that s like papi likes math. math with a couple of pencils here and a little protractor. - what about this one right here? - oh, i like this sort of like referee, gucci. so when you guys play soccer, i can go, ok, you got a foul, fouled out, mike. - yeah. if there s a fight, and you re like, [imitates whistle] - ok, guys, let s do that fight over again. keep your hands to yourself. keep your hey, hey, stop fighting. stop fighting. - [chuckles] - but neither one of us are tall enough. [both grunt] - dude, it s like high-fiving an nba player. you re like, what s up, man? - what s up, shaq? - what s up, shaq? [laughter] - what do you think? boots, too? - yeah, exactly. i think these bad boys will be absolutely perfect. - that s right, my brother man. what kind of leather is this, brother? - monster f
- dude i had to work two full-time jobs in the summer. and i remember i slept like three, four hours a night because it was two eight-hour shifts. - sí. - yeah, yeah. - balancing multiple cultures for first-generation latinos is never easy, especially if they re made to feel like outsiders in their new home. sometimes friends who feel like family can provide that extra support. and in michael s case, it was his godmother sylvia. so i want to hear how you inspired all these young fellows into being who they are today. - well, i had the high school across the street from my house, so these guys were always hanging out. my son always was bringing somebody home. but mike was full of energy. and i said he s gotta do something with his energy. i think he would be good as an actor. - you re like a skilled placements person. - yeah, i saw the skills that he had. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - i mean, i m so proud of him.
That s what you do like, normally here, when you come home? - basically, the same people just show up. i mean, we ve been doing this for i don t know, forever. - a couple of decades? - yeah. shall we eat, man? - yeah, let s eat some of this. - ok, everybody, i know you guys ain t shy. come on. [all speaking spanish] what is it? [laughs] - i notice that i m standing out a little bit. - is it because of that shirt? - i m a buffet of bad taste. [laughter] - where s mike s at? [laughter] [laughter] - i politely declined. - your outfit is great. but that s not us. [laughter] - all jokes aside, growing up as an immigrant in new york city, it was tough figuring out how i fit in and i wondered how these guys handled that same struggle here in the midwest. how do you keep your mexican culture, if you are keeping it alive? - so when our family moved here, it was like we had to adapt, right? it was like more americanizing us.
Yo, i want to wear this i want to wear this one. - no. - come on. - hey, papi chulo - if that ain t me. papi chulo for real. would you look at that? - dude, what about one of these? - that s like papi likes math. math with a couple of pencils here and a little protractor. - what about this one right here? - oh, i like this sort of like referee, gucci. so when you guys play soccer, i can go, ok, you got a foul, fouled out, mike. - yeah. if there s a fight, and you re like, [imitates whistle] - ok, guys, let s do that fight over again. keep your hands to yourself. keep your hey, hey, stop fighting. stop fighting. - [chuckles] - but neither one of us are tall enough. [both grunt] - dude, it s like high-fiving an nba player. you re like, what s up, man? - what s up, shaq? - what s up, shaq? [laughter] - what do you think? boots, too? - yeah, exactly. i think these bad boys will be absolutely perfect. - that s right, my brother man. what kind of leather is this, brother?