now that's progress, my people. [upbeat music] okay, so relations with the city seemed to improve, but soon, there were other problems. rents went up, and many latin families and businesses were forced out, your classic gentrification story. - mount pleasant is turning very, very, very white. and now it feels like we become the correction. - that is what quique and other poets are speaking out against. their poetry has become an oral history and a voice for latinos in d.c. they inspire others to fight back using words, not violence. - they ask me to write down my race, and i think very seriously and consider writing down the truth and have my answer read, "i have 18th and columbia road, "julio iglesias, the jackson 5, "and lilo gonzalez inside this body. "i have a son named john enrique