00:00You have one of the most cherished monologues of mine where you say...
00:03Being Mexican-American is tough. We've got to be twice as perfect as anybody else.
00:08Our family has been here for centuries, and yet they treat us as if we just swam across the Rio
00:13Grande.
00:13We've got to be more Mexican than the Mexicans, and more American than the Americans, both at the same time.
00:18It's exhausting.
00:19What does a monologue like that mean to you today?
00:21Well, it's the truth. And it continues to be the truth, and it's a truth that honestly has gotten to
00:30a point of where we can look at it and understand it for what it is.
00:34It makes us stronger. That truth makes us all stronger, but especially Latinos who do...
00:40...los que pueden hablar español y inglés y entenderlo bien.
00:44That becomes an understanding that pushes you forward really well.
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