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that s right. as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. right, right, right. hinojosa: .their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. right, right. hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that s when you d hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. hinojosa: now, i m going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, they had what i ....
and you ve got women posting shows. doing his and hers things. and in all sports, you know? basketball, football, baseball. you name it. so because something is new or something doesn t fit my mold, it doesn t make it bad. i think cam, his energy has actually been good for the game. i probably wouldn t do some of the things that he does but as i said earlier, i know mylane . cam knows his lane. his lane is my lane, my lane isn t his. his lane isn t warren moons lane or doug williams lane but the fact is, his coaches are comfortable with him, his teammates arecomfortable with him and at the end of the day , that s all that matters. host: it looks like we re out of time and this has been a great conversation. dig deep, seven truths to finding the strength within. i enjoyed reading it and i enjoyed talking to you before i hope people will go by and gain some wisdom for my experiences . host:. c-span, created by america s cable television companies is brought you as a ....
host: we are back live with h wil haygood. we will put up the numbers. 202-848-8200 in the east and central time zones. 748-8201 for the mount and pacific time zone. we will put up our e-mail, facebook and twitter as well. those are other ways you can contact us if the phone lines are busy. we have mentioned it in black and white. i will read a couple quotes from your book about sammy davis, jr. he loved white women and the site of one on his black sheets. his american dream. you go on to write nixon needed sammy s aura. guest: sammy davis, jr. was one of the more memorizing figures in the history of american entertainment. his mother left him behind, he was abandoned as a child and that haunted him forever. he went on the road with will and his father sammy davis, sr. he was a precious child. he was a prodigy. there is always a price to pay when you live in that world. sammy was not seen as a handsome figure when he became a teenager in 15 to 17 and 18 he was up in ....
everything like that. i had a horrible home life. my mom is physically crazy, my father not working. i ago throughout this modern modern problems in addition to going to the problem of being an average american with these expectations and no site of any means to accomplish them. and that lead somebody to want to commit suicide. if you have no hope in this country with all the brain you can stay, i can do any class simply because i have to do with my parents situation and on top of that coming the lack of empathy towards the prejudice i get. but your experience with upper bound him and his that allow african-americans severe american situations, how do you think that a person like myself is basically giving up, how can i have a chance to redeem myself in so much as input to me being nothing but a host: you are calling from college park, maryland. are you at the university? caller: yes i am. computer science. software for my seventh year. i actually worked host: ....
hit thanks to james comey s takedown. there is one part where she surged. she soars and has higher unfavorables in all three crucial swing states in this poll, florida, ohio and pennsylvania. overall trump is ahead in pennsylvania. they are need ohio and florida is its own cup of juice. when you figure in gary johnson and jill stein, with it s a kinky four-way his lead grows to 5 in florida and he s up 1:00 in ohio. stein and johnson should always be factored into these polls because they will be on every ballot in almost every state. as unfavorability climbs for every candidate, more disgruntled candidates will start to develop a wandering eye. dr. jill stein was disgusted by bernie sanders sellout. she tweeted, if you don t want to vote for a war morning or racist billionaire there are more options. the political revolution will keep going. donald trump is still making the case to sanders supporters. he tweeted, bernie sanders who lost most of his leverage has total ....