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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 ....
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 ....
And got a case of el vuelo blanco that s right, white flight. - there s quite a lot of changes around here. it has deteriorated, very much so, due to the influx of undesirables. - well, it was their loss because there s nothing like a new york city melting pot to create culture and just magic. [light music] right here, this is the building i grew up in on apartment 4a. and it was incredible cause the subway is, like, right there. so we d be watching tv, like a murder mystery, and be about to tell you, you know, and the murderer, or the [imitates train passing] and i would hear [subway passing] so that s how i learned how to write cause i used to have to make up my own stories. my parents were immigrant parents, so i had to earn all my christmas presents. i had to read the encyclopedia from a to z. otherwise, i wouldn t get my bicycle. so i got my bicycle, and i brought it out here. ....
Welcome to jackson heights. that s right, this is the place where i grew up, where i was formed, where i was shaped, where i was tested. i got beat up. this is where it all started to happen, and it s the most diverse place in america. if you don t believe me, googlealo. [upbeat music] jackson heights is in queens, the largest borough in new york city. it s currently made up of asian, black, and white communities, but latinos reign supreme, at nearly 65% of that population. hello, hello. - como estas? - now that, of course, included my family, who moved here from colombia with big dreams when i was just three years old. but the more that people that looked like us came here, the faster the white people took a look around and got a case of el vuelo blanco ....
Hello, hello. - como estas? - now that, of course, included my family, who moved here from colombia with big dreams when i was just three years old. but the more that people that looked like us came here, the faster the white people took a look around and got a case of el vuelo blanco that s right, white flight. - there s quite a lot of changes around here. it has deteriorated, very much so, due to the influx of undesirables. - well, it was their loss because there s nothing like a new york city melting pot to create culture and just magic. [light music] right here, this is the building i grew up in on apartment 4a. and it was incredible cause the subway is, like, right there. so we d be watching tv, like a murder mystery, and be about to tell you, you know, and the murderer, or the [imitates train passing] ....