1 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:23,857 Rise and shine, it's a beautiful day in Houston. 2 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:25,733 But it's gonna be a hot one. 3 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:29,153 ♪ I took a walk through this ♪ 4 00:00:29,154 --> 00:00:32,156 ♪ Beautiful world ♪ 5 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:34,033 ♪ Felt the cool rain ♪ 6 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:37,370 ♪ On my shoulder ♪ 7 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,372 ♪ Found something good ♪ 8 00:00:39,373 --> 00:00:43,417 ♪ In this beautiful world ♪ 9 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:48,716 ♪ I felt the rain getting colder ♪ 10 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:52,677 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 11 00:00:52,678 --> 00:00:55,805 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la ♪ 12 00:00:55,806 --> 00:00:58,975 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 13 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:03,731 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la ♪ 14 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:11,739 Close minded, prejudicial, quick to make assumptions 15 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:15,616 about places different than where we grew up. 16 00:01:15,617 --> 00:01:17,368 I'm not talking about Texas. 17 00:01:17,369 --> 00:01:21,539 I'm talking about, well, me and people like me, 18 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:24,375 who are way too comfortable thinking of Texas 19 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:26,711 as a big space filled with intolerant, 20 00:01:26,712 --> 00:01:29,338 invariably right-wing white people. 21 00:01:29,339 --> 00:01:33,718 Waddling between the fast-food outlet and the gun store. 22 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:36,054 That, of course, is wrong. 23 00:01:36,055 --> 00:01:38,765 ♪ 24 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:42,018 But then I'm used to being wrong. 25 00:01:42,019 --> 00:01:45,168 Texas, Houston in particular, is a very different place 26 00:01:45,169 --> 00:01:47,858 than you might imagine from the stereotypes 27 00:01:47,859 --> 00:01:52,612 and the sound bytes of its national political figures. 28 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:55,531 Immigrants, refugees, and non-white Americans 29 00:01:55,532 --> 00:01:57,992 have, in fact, been transforming the city, 30 00:01:57,993 --> 00:02:01,829 the food and culture of Houston, for years. 31 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:04,290 ♪ 32 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:06,584 Welcome to America people. 33 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:09,964 ♪ 34 00:02:15,928 --> 00:02:19,828 Just another day at the supermarket, a sleepy strip mall on 35 00:02:19,829 --> 00:02:21,849 Houston's Hillcroft Avenue. 36 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:25,979 Keemat Grocers, serving the community since 1994. 37 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:31,358 Today they're hosting a quiet, low-key affair. 38 00:02:31,359 --> 00:02:32,986 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, 39 00:02:32,987 --> 00:02:34,404 how are we doing today? 40 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,699 We're here in Little India in Keemat Grocers, 41 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,452 and I think this is the best Little India 42 00:02:41,453 --> 00:02:43,163 in all of USA, right? 43 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:47,625 DJ Zee, I wanna throw a party right now. 44 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:52,047 Everybody, let's start this party! 45 00:02:52,881 --> 00:02:56,718 ♪ 46 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:23,871 Put your hands up, everybody! 47 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:28,125 ♪ 48 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:35,840 How large is the community here? 49 00:03:35,841 --> 00:03:37,299 Two hundred thousand people. 50 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,759 Two hundred thousand? 51 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,094 And that's India and Pakistan? 52 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:41,470 Yeah, Indians, Pakistanis. 53 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:43,514 Some Bangladeshis, very few Nepalis. 54 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:44,704 So 200,000 and rising quick? 55 00:03:44,705 --> 00:03:45,892 Yeah. 56 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:49,542 Sunil Thakkar is an owner of Masala Radio 1320 57 00:03:49,543 --> 00:03:51,397 on your AM dial. 58 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:54,567 Himalaya is a beloved Indian-Pakistani restaurant 59 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:58,112 run by Karachi native Kaiser Lashkari. 60 00:03:58,113 --> 00:03:59,697 So the food here is amazing. 61 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:01,490 It's like Indian and Pakistani mixed together. 62 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:02,451 Right. 63 00:04:02,452 --> 00:04:03,409 Now, how's that work? 64 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:08,081 Because over there, the relation's not so friendly. 65 00:04:08,082 --> 00:04:09,999 Here, does everybody... is it all peace and love? 66 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,751 Yeah, you know, there's no boundaries here. 67 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:15,337 I see so many homes, new homes, new subdivisions 68 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:17,048 and people just buying them up. 69 00:04:17,049 --> 00:04:21,783 And on my street, 18 homes, 12 out of them are from 70 00:04:21,784 --> 00:04:23,596 other countries. 71 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:26,766 India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia. 72 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,623 And once you live together, it 73 00:04:28,624 --> 00:04:30,477 just sort of you become family. 74 00:04:30,478 --> 00:04:32,480 How many brown people here? 75 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:36,401 - Any non-Indians? - I want to see non-Indians. 76 00:04:36,404 --> 00:04:37,298 You're the non-Indians? 77 00:04:37,299 --> 00:04:40,404 What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna see how good this Asian guy 78 00:04:40,405 --> 00:04:41,906 can do a Bollywood step. 79 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:44,117 Move like this. 80 00:04:44,118 --> 00:04:45,557 Move like this. 81 00:04:45,558 --> 00:04:46,994 Yeah, good. Good. 82 00:04:46,995 --> 00:04:48,829 So how old were you when you moved here? 83 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:51,207 I was 17 when I came here. 84 00:04:51,208 --> 00:04:53,542 And growing up, I wanted to be a Bollywood star. 85 00:04:53,543 --> 00:04:54,710 I wanna be a movie star. 86 00:04:54,711 --> 00:04:56,129 But my mom didn't want to do anything 87 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:58,048 - -with this whole movie business. - Right. 88 00:04:58,051 --> 00:04:59,673 When I came here, and something about 89 00:04:59,674 --> 00:05:01,801 this country, something about the openness 90 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:04,137 got me just kind of doing what I wanted to do. 91 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:06,055 And I said, "I always wanted to be an entertainer." 92 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:07,306 I always wanted to be a comedian." 93 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:10,352 And radio was perfect for me to bring Bollywood 94 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:11,685 in people's cars. 95 00:05:11,686 --> 00:05:14,690 Houston's got the biggest drive time... So people listen 96 00:05:14,691 --> 00:05:15,731 to the radio here. 97 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:17,483 I couldn't do this back home. 98 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:20,736 But here, you get a chance to just be a new you. 99 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:22,280 You can just be a new person. 100 00:05:22,281 --> 00:05:24,073 You know, they say, "Oh, Hindus reincarnate 101 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,449 thousands of times." 102 00:05:25,450 --> 00:05:29,495 I feel like I reincarnated live when I came here. 103 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:32,456 ♪ 104 00:05:32,457 --> 00:05:36,899 An intensely aromatic biryani, goat marinated in yogurt, 105 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:40,089 garlic, and ginger, then slow-cooked with cumin, 106 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:42,340 cardamom, and star anise. 107 00:05:42,341 --> 00:05:45,219 Green curry chicken done Texas-Desi style 108 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:48,097 with a blend of tomatillos and green chilies, 109 00:05:48,098 --> 00:05:50,975 cilantro, and cumin. 110 00:05:50,976 --> 00:05:55,501 Steak tikka and hunter's beef, sort of an Indian-inflected 111 00:05:55,502 --> 00:05:59,566 pastrami, an invention of the chefs, brined for 10 days, 112 00:05:59,567 --> 00:06:02,528 cooked and served with homemade mustard sauce. 113 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:03,364 What about your kids? 114 00:06:03,365 --> 00:06:05,470 Do they feel American, or do they feel Indian, or do 115 00:06:05,471 --> 00:06:06,740 they feel Indian-American? 116 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:08,201 So they're definitely Indian-American. 117 00:06:08,202 --> 00:06:10,037 - You know, they eat Indian food. - Right. 118 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,829 But if you give my son an option, 119 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:13,539 he wants to go to Taco Bell. 120 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:14,915 They speak Gujarati. 121 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:17,211 - They like Bollywood dancing. - Uh-huh. 122 00:06:17,214 --> 00:06:18,961 But yet they're not as Indian as I am. 123 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:21,297 I want my kids and I want all of the kids to come in 124 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:23,841 and feel that these are our traditions 125 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:25,218 that we got to continue. 126 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:27,094 We got a panipuri-eating contest coming up. 127 00:06:27,095 --> 00:06:29,805 Who can tell me what a panipuri is? 128 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:32,725 Like a little dumpling, and it has a hole in it 129 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,228 and filled with potatoes and chickpeas. 130 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:36,687 And then it has a spicy filling in it. 131 00:06:36,688 --> 00:06:39,378 All right, on the count of three, what I'm gonna do is, 132 00:06:39,379 --> 00:06:42,443 I'm gonna give you 30 seconds, and I want to see who can eat 133 00:06:40,359 --> 00:06:42,442 the most panipuris. 134 00:06:42,443 --> 00:06:44,028 DJ Zee, you got some music ready? 135 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:45,114 On the count of three. 136 00:06:45,115 --> 00:06:46,197 One, two. 137 00:06:46,198 --> 00:06:47,614 One, two, three, four! 138 00:06:47,615 --> 00:06:49,367 ♪ 139 00:06:49,368 --> 00:06:50,534 Thirty seconds. 140 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:54,080 Most panipuris in 30 seconds. 141 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:56,582 Come on. Eat the puris. 142 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,878 I'm gonna give you thirty more seconds 'cause I think 143 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,877 you guys are little slow. 144 00:06:59,878 --> 00:07:01,628 Ten! Nine! 145 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:08,887 Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two... One. 146 00:07:11,223 --> 00:07:14,539 Out of 20, you got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 147 00:07:14,540 --> 00:07:15,768 Twenty minus seven. 148 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:16,810 Thirteen. 149 00:07:16,811 --> 00:07:17,937 She is the winner! 150 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:21,566 ♪ 151 00:07:22,817 --> 00:07:27,239 I find Houston to be probably the most accepting 152 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:28,781 place for me. 153 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:30,033 - Why? - I love it here. 154 00:07:30,036 --> 00:07:31,951 I love... I love... I love being Indian in Houston. 155 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:33,619 It's not one of those towns that you say, 156 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:35,413 "Oh, I want to live in Houston." 157 00:07:35,414 --> 00:07:38,457 But once you come here, once you live here, 158 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:40,418 you don't want to move out of here. 159 00:07:40,419 --> 00:07:42,962 You know, I always consider India as my motherland, 160 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,338 but Houston's my home. 161 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:47,508 ♪ 162 00:07:48,051 --> 00:07:51,512 ♪ 163 00:08:34,973 --> 00:08:36,682 It's Saturday night in Houston. 164 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,935 And at the Acapulco Ballroom, in the city's Pasadena 165 00:08:38,936 --> 00:08:41,103 neighborhood, tonight is all about 166 00:08:41,104 --> 00:08:43,063 15-year-old Evelyn Araña. 167 00:08:43,064 --> 00:08:45,232 If you're Mexican or Mexican-American 168 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:47,632 or anywhere in between and you've got a daughter 169 00:08:47,633 --> 00:08:51,030 turning 15, you better be throwing her a quince, 170 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:53,782 or a quinceañera, to be precise. 171 00:08:53,783 --> 00:08:55,284 Quinceañera, what is it? 172 00:08:55,285 --> 00:08:59,122 It's the becoming of a young lady and whenever they turn 173 00:08:59,123 --> 00:09:00,247 15-years-old. 174 00:09:00,248 --> 00:09:04,399 If you're of Mexican heritage in Houston, I gather you kind 175 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,504 of have to have one if you've got a daughter, right? 176 00:09:06,505 --> 00:09:07,673 In Houston, yes. 177 00:09:07,674 --> 00:09:08,839 In Houston, yes. 178 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,178 It is an honor to have a quinceañera and for your parents 179 00:09:13,179 --> 00:09:15,137 to be able to give you one. 180 00:09:15,138 --> 00:09:18,641 ♪ 181 00:09:26,316 --> 00:09:30,110 The quinceañera business is a multi-million dollar a year 182 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:31,278 industry around here. 183 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:34,303 The competition is fierce, it is a big deal 184 00:09:34,304 --> 00:09:35,491 is what I'm saying. 185 00:09:35,492 --> 00:09:38,035 And the style and budget can vary enormously, 186 00:09:38,036 --> 00:09:40,954 depending on means and ambition. 187 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:43,249 Friends, relatives, and neighbors gather 188 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:44,875 to eat, drink, dance. 189 00:09:44,876 --> 00:09:48,504 And Acapulco owners Elizabeth and Ezequiel Ortuño 190 00:09:48,505 --> 00:09:50,423 are keeping a close eye on the action, 191 00:09:50,424 --> 00:09:53,092 making sure everything goes according to plan. 192 00:09:53,093 --> 00:09:54,552 Who gets invited to these things? 193 00:09:54,553 --> 00:09:56,095 I mean, this is a lot of people. 194 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,972 - I don't have this many friends. - Friends and family. 195 00:09:57,975 --> 00:10:00,766 Friends and families and from the school too. 196 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,915 Right. Oh, so you got to invite all the girl's friends 197 00:10:02,916 --> 00:10:03,727 from school. 198 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:04,396 You have kids? 199 00:10:04,397 --> 00:10:05,062 Yes. 200 00:10:05,063 --> 00:10:05,876 You have family? 201 00:10:05,877 --> 00:10:06,688 Any girls? 202 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:07,357 Four girls. 203 00:10:07,358 --> 00:10:08,023 Four girls. 204 00:10:08,024 --> 00:10:09,025 So they all had these. 205 00:10:09,026 --> 00:10:12,319 All of them have had their quinceañeras, 206 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,739 and a couple of them have had their sweet 16s. 207 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:17,908 You get a quinceañera and a sweet 16? 208 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:18,618 Yes. 209 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:19,326 Oh, my God. 210 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:23,497 I was really happy about having a girl, but it's expensive. 211 00:10:23,498 --> 00:10:24,706 What... what do boys get? 212 00:10:24,707 --> 00:10:26,542 A soccer ball. 213 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:28,835 That's cost-effective. 214 00:10:28,836 --> 00:10:32,299 ♪ 215 00:10:39,222 --> 00:10:42,850 ♪ 216 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:48,688 The way we think about Houston, Texas, today 217 00:10:48,689 --> 00:10:51,858 is very much stuck in the past. 218 00:10:51,859 --> 00:10:55,488 In the late '70s, early '80s, Houston was the boomtown 219 00:10:55,489 --> 00:10:58,782 of popular television and movie imagination. 220 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:03,036 Oil, shipping, NASA, and football combined to create 221 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:07,500 a big-spending, big-haired, quasi-cowboy stereotype. 222 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:10,252 That, to some extent, still lives with us today, 223 00:11:10,253 --> 00:11:13,465 even if the reality is different. 224 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:16,509 ♪ 225 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:20,095 Though the oil is not gone, a massive glut in the mid-80s 226 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:23,286 sent prices into freefall, more or less killing 227 00:11:23,287 --> 00:11:24,891 the city's oil industry. 228 00:11:24,892 --> 00:11:27,769 The resulting economic downturn and lower cost of living 229 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:32,192 made Houston, however improbable it might seem to you, 230 00:11:32,193 --> 00:11:35,153 you Yankee trash, much more welcoming 231 00:11:35,154 --> 00:11:38,365 to people with less means, people getting away 232 00:11:38,366 --> 00:11:40,740 from bad situations, people from somewhere else. 233 00:11:40,741 --> 00:11:44,370 What that means is that now, Houston... you know, Houston... 234 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:48,499 Is a place where minorities are now the majority. 235 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:51,251 ♪ 236 00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:53,692 At the end of the war, Jonathan escaped 237 00:11:53,693 --> 00:11:56,256 Vietnam on a makeshift raft with his family. 238 00:11:56,257 --> 00:11:58,384 After serving in the United States Marine Corps 239 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:00,927 and obtaining a master's degree in education, 240 00:12:00,928 --> 00:12:04,764 he became the principal of this school, Lee Senior High, 241 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:08,477 the most ethnically diverse school in the city. 242 00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:13,212 What percentage of... of your student body, English is not 243 00:12:13,213 --> 00:12:14,024 their first language? 244 00:12:14,025 --> 00:12:17,528 I would say about 80% of them. 245 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,363 Do those kids get sent here specifically? 246 00:12:19,364 --> 00:12:21,407 - Or is it just... - Oh, no, no, no, no. 247 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:22,282 ...reflective of the community? 248 00:12:22,283 --> 00:12:23,909 - It just... - So 80%. 249 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:24,868 By chance, you know. 250 00:12:24,869 --> 00:12:27,954 In the city of Houston and the surrounding suburban area, 251 00:12:27,955 --> 00:12:29,790 it's very well integrated. 252 00:12:27,955 --> 00:12:31,749 It's like it's not... it's not... Why? How did that happen? 253 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:34,525 I think one of the main reasons is the strong 254 00:12:34,526 --> 00:12:35,462 economic base here. 255 00:12:35,463 --> 00:12:38,675 It's because of the availability for you to get a job 256 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:38,674 and make a decent wage. 257 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:41,927 It allow for immigrants, families to come over 258 00:12:41,928 --> 00:12:45,013 and build a nest egg, to own their own home 259 00:12:45,014 --> 00:12:47,266 or go to a better neighborhood. 260 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:50,269 It has to be a strong economic, viable base 261 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,688 for them to quickly overcome that poverty 262 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:54,898 and allow them to make a life for themselves. 263 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:57,359 ♪ 264 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,818 Good morning. 265 00:12:58,819 --> 00:12:59,986 Good morning. 266 00:12:59,987 --> 00:13:01,697 All right, repeat after me. 267 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:03,054 Positive affirmations. 268 00:13:03,055 --> 00:13:04,408 "Today's a beautiful day." 269 00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:06,826 Today is a beautiful day. 270 00:13:06,827 --> 00:13:08,120 "I will work hard." 271 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:09,871 I will work hard. 272 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:10,788 "I am important." 273 00:13:10,789 --> 00:13:12,249 I am important. 274 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:13,105 Repeat. 275 00:13:13,106 --> 00:13:13,959 "I will succeed." 276 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,711 I will succeed. 277 00:13:15,712 --> 00:13:17,795 More than 40 languages are spoken 278 00:13:17,796 --> 00:13:20,383 among the 1,700 students here, many of them 279 00:13:20,384 --> 00:13:23,885 from conflict zones where the alternatives were stark, 280 00:13:23,886 --> 00:13:26,513 leave quickly or die. 281 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:29,309 Often, their first exposure to the American educational 282 00:13:29,310 --> 00:13:34,146 system is here, ESL, English as a Second Language class, 283 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,940 where teacher Gary Reed, a 30-year veteran, 284 00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:39,652 does his very best to get them up to speed 285 00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,903 and ready for the next steps. 286 00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:43,072 You see these people? 287 00:13:43,073 --> 00:13:44,239 What did they do? 288 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,348 All of these people right here, they came to Houston 289 00:13:47,349 --> 00:13:50,245 from Salvador, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria. 290 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:51,789 Just like you, they came. 291 00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:53,791 No money, no home. 292 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:56,126 And what happened? 293 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:57,628 Yeah, they graduated. 294 00:13:57,629 --> 00:13:59,755 So don't say, "Oh, I can't do it. I can't..." 295 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:01,006 You can do it. 296 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:04,385 What part of the world are most kids -coming from now? 297 00:14:04,386 --> 00:14:05,843 Currently, it's Central America. 298 00:14:05,844 --> 00:14:06,762 Guatemala? 299 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:10,098 Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua. 300 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,350 El Salvador's the major one. 301 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:14,667 In many cases, if you were to send these kids back, 302 00:14:14,668 --> 00:14:15,771 it's a death sentence. 303 00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:16,938 I mean, let's call it what it is. 304 00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:17,940 Yes. 305 00:14:17,941 --> 00:14:19,984 Other classes, -math, history. 306 00:14:19,985 --> 00:14:21,026 Uh-hmm. 307 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:23,153 Taught in their own language or English? 308 00:14:23,154 --> 00:14:25,905 No, no. They're taught in English. 309 00:14:25,906 --> 00:14:28,368 - So this class is absolutely essential. - Uh-hmm. 310 00:14:28,371 --> 00:14:31,704 Now, we're working on personal introductions. 311 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:34,289 Who's brave enough to introduce themselves? 312 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:35,250 Hello. 313 00:14:35,251 --> 00:14:36,208 My name is Omeri. 314 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,543 Hi, my name is Mr. Reed. 315 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:38,482 Nice to meet you. 316 00:14:38,483 --> 00:14:39,419 Nice to meet you too. 317 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:40,920 Now, what are the things you do? 318 00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:42,506 What do you do with your eyes? 319 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:43,841 Repeat, "eye contact." 320 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:44,758 Eye contact. 321 00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:45,781 Good, good. 322 00:14:45,782 --> 00:14:46,802 What about his hands? 323 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:47,804 You can do that. 324 00:14:47,805 --> 00:14:48,804 Grab it firm. 325 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:50,056 Firm handshake. 326 00:14:50,057 --> 00:14:51,306 It's a first impression. 327 00:14:51,307 --> 00:14:53,559 Stand up. Stand up. 328 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,769 Okay, this is side A. 329 00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:58,230 You present to side B. 330 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,774 Ready? 331 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:01,317 One, two, three, go. 332 00:15:04,529 --> 00:15:05,384 Nice to meet you. 333 00:15:05,385 --> 00:15:06,238 Nice to meet you. 334 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:07,073 Good, good. 335 00:15:07,074 --> 00:15:07,906 So it's you shake. 336 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:11,117 Look in the eye like that, okay? That's expected. 337 00:15:11,118 --> 00:15:14,204 Girls... Ana, in America, you can do it. 338 00:15:14,205 --> 00:15:17,082 It's okay to get a nice handshake. 339 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,626 What happens if it doesn't work, if they don't have this? 340 00:15:19,627 --> 00:15:22,463 What's the future looking like if they don't acquire 341 00:15:20,795 --> 00:15:22,462 language skills? 342 00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:24,256 They become a third-class citizen here. 343 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,801 What kind of work are you getting, and what are your 344 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:26,800 opportunities? 345 00:15:26,801 --> 00:15:29,135 Oh, yes, the service market in any major city 346 00:15:29,136 --> 00:15:30,136 is always there. 347 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:33,390 Landscaping, valet, car washers. 348 00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:35,893 But our students are very gifted. 349 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:37,227 They are talented kids. 350 00:15:37,228 --> 00:15:39,229 They just need opportunity to learn English 351 00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:41,607 and opportunity to learn. 352 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:44,067 These kids, when they grow up, they will be part American, 353 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:45,110 and they have kids. 354 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,863 They will pick up arms and defend this country 355 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:51,074 just like I expected to do and I expect my three boys to do 356 00:15:51,075 --> 00:15:54,244 not because someone forced me but because I believe in it. 357 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:56,830 I believe in the opportunity that it provides. 358 00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:59,207 I believe that no matter how poor you are, 359 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,294 how uneducated you are when you first come 360 00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:03,066 to the United States, if you have the will 361 00:16:03,067 --> 00:16:06,089 to educate yourself, work hard at it, you can achieve. 362 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:09,552 ♪ 363 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:17,643 Chicken sandwich and French fries, 364 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:19,895 fruit salad, carton of milk. 365 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:23,607 Welcome to America, kids. 366 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,025 I haven't had one of these in a long time. 367 00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:27,945 So what country is everybody from? 368 00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:30,697 I'm from Africa, like Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire. 369 00:16:30,698 --> 00:16:31,679 Honduras. 370 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:32,658 Iraq. 371 00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:33,410 Where in Iraq? 372 00:16:33,411 --> 00:16:34,159 Baghdad. 373 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,285 Pakistan. 374 00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:36,536 And you've been here how long? 375 00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:37,288 One year. 376 00:16:37,289 --> 00:16:38,037 One year. 377 00:16:38,038 --> 00:16:40,916 Everybody's English is pretty good. Very good. 378 00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:43,209 It took me at least two years just to be brave 379 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:46,254 enough to... to open up, you know. 380 00:16:46,255 --> 00:16:48,590 No, they're progressing very, very well. 381 00:16:48,591 --> 00:16:50,926 Mister, do you like African food? 382 00:16:50,927 --> 00:16:52,385 Yeah, I've been to Africa a lot. 383 00:16:52,386 --> 00:16:54,889 I have not been to Burkina Faso, but I love 384 00:16:54,890 --> 00:16:56,014 the food in Ghana. 385 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,391 The food in Senegal is very, very nice. 386 00:16:58,392 --> 00:16:59,601 You already been to Senegal? 387 00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:01,102 Oh, yes, fantastic. 388 00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:03,856 Your first day in school, was it frightening? 389 00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:08,401 I didn't know nobody here, and nobody here from my country. 390 00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:11,822 So I feel scared, but step by step, 391 00:17:11,823 --> 00:17:14,367 I start to learn English and then start 392 00:17:12,907 --> 00:17:14,366 to communicate with people. 393 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:18,370 So after school, when you graduate high school, 394 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,621 what do you want to do next? 395 00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:22,290 I want to be a fashion designer. 396 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:25,126 And I want to go to college. 397 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:26,294 I want to study more. 398 00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:27,754 What are you going to do? 399 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:31,341 I want to go to college, and I want to study medicine. 400 00:17:31,342 --> 00:17:33,635 I am between medicine and engineering. 401 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:34,929 What do you want to do? 402 00:17:34,930 --> 00:17:36,221 I plan soccer. 403 00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:37,974 Soccer is not a plan, my friend. 404 00:17:40,685 --> 00:17:44,104 ♪ 405 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:49,276 ♪ 406 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:55,908 Pearland is the quintessential sprawl 407 00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:57,576 of suburban Americana. 408 00:17:57,577 --> 00:18:00,663 And more and more these days, this is the quintessential 409 00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:05,083 American family, Jonathan his Salvadoran-born wife, Silvia. 410 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,335 Along with his sister, Kim and her husband, Ron. 411 00:18:07,336 --> 00:18:11,172 Jonathan's mom, Nina and Silvia's mom, Ayela. 412 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:15,032 So if you have, like, a... on Christmas or Fourth of July 413 00:18:15,033 --> 00:18:18,680 or a big holiday, how many extended family? 414 00:18:18,681 --> 00:18:20,139 How many people are coming over? 415 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:21,725 Oh, everyone. 416 00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:22,915 A lot. 417 00:18:22,916 --> 00:18:24,102 Wow, okay. 418 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,480 A lot. 419 00:18:25,481 --> 00:18:26,855 What's a lot? How many? 420 00:18:26,856 --> 00:18:27,856 Forty. Fifty. 421 00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:29,691 About 40, 50 people. 422 00:18:29,692 --> 00:18:31,651 I mean, I don't even see us as interracial 423 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:33,028 until people point it out. 424 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,738 Well, it's a typical Texan family at this point. 425 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:35,323 Yeah. 426 00:18:35,324 --> 00:18:35,906 Uh-hmm. 427 00:18:35,907 --> 00:18:38,075 ♪ 428 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:41,536 Ayela cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. 429 00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:45,123 Outside, fresh papusas are being made on a hot griddle. 430 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:47,417 Jonathan's mom, Nina, makes a dish 431 00:18:47,418 --> 00:18:50,672 of jellyfish, shrimp, and pork tossed with mint, carrots, 432 00:18:50,673 --> 00:18:53,465 red onion, and peanuts dressed with nuoc mam, 433 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,634 the pungent Vietnamese fish sauce. 434 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:58,887 And mi Quang, a rice noodle dish from central Vietnam 435 00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:02,474 made with pork ribs, shrimp, and chilies. 436 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:03,683 Very mixed-up meal here. 437 00:19:03,684 --> 00:19:04,998 Yeah. 438 00:19:04,999 --> 00:19:06,311 Awesome! 439 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:08,271 Did... did you speak English when you arrived here? 440 00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:09,357 Oh, not a word. 441 00:19:09,358 --> 00:19:10,440 I couldn't even say "hi." 442 00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:12,609 So I learned it literally within a year. 443 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:13,528 Yeah? 444 00:19:13,529 --> 00:19:14,444 'Cause I had to. 445 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:17,322 By fifth grade, this one teacher, Miss Spikes, 446 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:19,534 just made me feel like I was the smartest little thing 447 00:19:19,535 --> 00:19:20,408 in the whole world. 448 00:19:20,409 --> 00:19:22,452 She built up my confidence that I could do anything. 449 00:19:22,453 --> 00:19:24,121 You know, we learned how to speak Spanish first 450 00:19:24,122 --> 00:19:25,455 before we learned how to speak English. 451 00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:26,999 Of course. 452 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,501 So you came over in '78, did you say? 453 00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:30,691 Late '77. 454 00:19:30,692 --> 00:19:31,878 I was 10 years old, uh-hmm. 455 00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:34,695 And we literally left on... I don't even know 456 00:19:34,696 --> 00:19:35,799 if we'd call it a boat. 457 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,134 It was more like a raft. 458 00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:38,259 There was a hole in the boat. 459 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,888 We sat in water the entire time, just sit in soaking water. 460 00:19:41,889 --> 00:19:44,349 They let us come in as refugees, United States. 461 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,852 You know, we lived in government housing projects. 462 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,689 Me, my sister, and my brother all were placed in the same 463 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:50,897 category for ESL. 464 00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:54,048 We were probably one of the first wave of boat people 465 00:19:54,049 --> 00:19:55,068 resettlement to Houston. 466 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:58,780 So what was the urgency to take such a tremendous risk? 467 00:19:58,781 --> 00:20:02,242 Our parents felt we need to take a chance on freedom 468 00:20:02,243 --> 00:20:05,578 and opportunity than to live under communist rule. 469 00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:09,541 ♪ 470 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:13,503 Ain't nothing more American than Viet-bayou-style crawdad 471 00:20:13,504 --> 00:20:16,255 steamed with sriracha, orange juice, and beer. 472 00:20:16,256 --> 00:20:19,009 You got to have corn, of course, and potatoes and sausage 473 00:20:19,010 --> 00:20:20,259 and beer. 474 00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:21,887 Did I mention beer? 475 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:22,388 ♪ 476 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:30,167 Texas, we get the bad rep that we... we are 477 00:20:30,168 --> 00:20:31,646 not compassionate. 478 00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:34,107 And I think that's a wrong portrayal. 479 00:20:34,108 --> 00:20:36,776 Texans, as a whole, when the crisis come, 480 00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:39,343 are the most generous and the most compassionate people 481 00:20:39,344 --> 00:20:40,197 that I know. 482 00:20:40,198 --> 00:20:42,281 It doesn't matter if you're red or blue, 483 00:20:42,282 --> 00:20:43,783 left or right, middle. 484 00:20:43,784 --> 00:20:46,036 When... when that time come, they are very generous, 485 00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:48,414 and they... they will help out. 486 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:55,672 It's hot in Houston, so things move a little 487 00:20:55,673 --> 00:20:57,130 slower around here. 488 00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:59,465 Maybe that explains this. 489 00:20:59,466 --> 00:21:02,177 ♪ 490 00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:04,221 ♪ I wake up in the morning ♪ 491 00:21:04,222 --> 00:21:05,346 ♪ Still high from last night ♪ 492 00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:07,306 ♪ Ain't got no time to chill ♪ 493 00:21:07,307 --> 00:21:09,601 ♪ I gots to get my cash right ♪ 494 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:13,813 L.A. may have low riders, but Houston has slab, 495 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,816 its own car culture, with it's own accompanying sound. 496 00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:20,153 Its own chopped and screwed hip-hop style. 497 00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,948 ♪ 498 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,866 ♪ Born and raised in Houston, Texas ♪ 499 00:21:24,867 --> 00:21:26,785 ♪ Born and raised in Houston, Texas ♪ 500 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,370 ♪ Born and raised in Houston, Texas ♪ 501 00:21:29,371 --> 00:21:31,623 ♪ 502 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,439 This is pretty much, like, one of the most classic 503 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,835 designs of a slab. 504 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:36,878 It's the Cadillac. 505 00:21:36,879 --> 00:21:39,215 See how you got the insides custom with the stitching 506 00:21:39,216 --> 00:21:39,965 and all that? 507 00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:42,383 So, you know, this is a complete slab, you know. 508 00:21:42,384 --> 00:21:44,844 - Full reclining is... - Full reclining. 509 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:45,971 It's a laidback thing. 510 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:48,181 Houston musical artist Slim Thug 511 00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:50,664 and his friends Bone and David called some people 512 00:21:50,665 --> 00:21:52,874 to bring their cars over to MacGregor Park in the 513 00:21:52,875 --> 00:21:54,062 southern part of the city. 514 00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:56,355 If you're gonna do it, what do you have to have? 515 00:21:56,356 --> 00:21:57,566 - What are the rules? - Candy paint. 516 00:21:57,569 --> 00:22:01,153 Got to have these type of rims with the elbow swingers. 517 00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:03,529 Fifth wheel and grille is mainly, like, for slab. 518 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:05,490 That's what make it a complete, you know? 519 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,742 And the music, you know how they got the pop trunk 520 00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:09,035 with the custom music? 521 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:10,036 You got to have that also. 522 00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:10,537 ♪ 523 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:17,376 ♪ I need to stop it, but it taste so good ♪ 524 00:22:17,377 --> 00:22:20,839 ♪ Every time I stop drinkin', drank keeps callin' me back ♪ 525 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,424 ♪ I need to stop it, but it taste so good ♪ 526 00:22:23,425 --> 00:22:25,177 If you hit the block, there's not a bunch 527 00:22:25,178 --> 00:22:26,492 of dudes just standing up. 528 00:22:26,493 --> 00:22:27,804 It's a bunch of everything. 529 00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:30,473 You know, take the old and mix it with the new. 530 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,309 These two pink Cadillacs are awesome. 531 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:34,311 That's a married couple, a man and woman, 532 00:22:34,312 --> 00:22:36,229 and they have their kids with them. 533 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:38,773 Each trunk that say something, it's your autograph. 534 00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:40,859 If you see it coming and then you see the car 535 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:43,675 and the grille and then you see the 2-2 chromes, it's like, 536 00:22:43,676 --> 00:22:44,654 "Oh, my God, here comes" 537 00:22:44,655 --> 00:22:46,823 whoever the guard is of your neighborhood. 538 00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:50,035 They basically, like, legends in the streets. 539 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:52,704 Are all of these... like, are they works in progress? 540 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:55,124 - Are people constantly... - I think it's got to be - a work in progress. 541 00:22:55,127 --> 00:22:56,958 I think a slab, you gonna stay doing it. 542 00:22:56,959 --> 00:22:58,710 Yeah, always changing 'em. 543 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,128 They get expensive, real talk. 544 00:23:00,129 --> 00:23:03,299 Like, all these cars out here, they probably spent 545 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:04,381 a bankroll on all of 'em. 546 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:07,802 ♪ I wonder last year how many sweets I rolled ♪ 547 00:23:07,803 --> 00:23:10,722 ♪ I wonder last year how many cups I poured ♪ 548 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,558 ♪ Of that muddy, muddy purple I purchased by... ♪ 549 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,728 You're not eating Pizza Hut in the back of that 550 00:23:15,729 --> 00:23:16,519 are either, are you? 551 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,919 Well, really, we barely see people in the back seat 552 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:19,898 of somebody car out here. 553 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,066 He's shaking his head. 554 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:23,026 "Nobody's getting in the back seat." 555 00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,485 Because you got to lean. 556 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:25,904 You got to lean back. 557 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,947 So that mean whoever back here can't be long. 558 00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:29,782 So I'm thinking about my Lincoln now, you know. 559 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:31,993 Maybe I'm thinking, like, crocodile skin on the outside. 560 00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:33,058 I'm thinking about pony. 561 00:23:33,059 --> 00:23:34,120 Pony? 562 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:36,664 From a horse or cow skin. 563 00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:38,541 Like Palomino kind of a thing? 564 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:39,543 Palomino? 565 00:23:39,544 --> 00:23:40,543 That'd be fresh. 566 00:23:40,544 --> 00:23:41,837 It'd be evil. 567 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:43,130 Pay him no mind. 568 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:45,257 ♪ 569 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,930 Acres Homes is a predominantly black community 570 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:55,267 where many of the original slab pioneers come from. 571 00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:58,187 It's also where you can find the legendary family-run 572 00:23:58,188 --> 00:24:02,357 Burns BBQ, a place not unfamiliar to me. 573 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:05,945 I first came here 15 years ago on some long-lost 574 00:24:05,946 --> 00:24:10,240 travel program on a network far, far away. 575 00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:13,056 Founder Roy Burns has passed on to the great open pit 576 00:24:13,057 --> 00:24:16,247 in the sky since last I was here, but his son 577 00:24:16,248 --> 00:24:18,831 and his grandchildren carry on the tradition of making 578 00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:21,376 some of the best East Texas-style barbecue 579 00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:22,877 you can find around here. 580 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:23,796 It's been a while. 581 00:24:23,797 --> 00:24:25,798 I mean, last time I was here, the grandfather 582 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:26,881 was here back then. 583 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:29,466 You in the right place for some barbecue, man. 584 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:30,531 What do you do? 585 00:24:30,532 --> 00:24:31,594 You do ribs and brisket? 586 00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:32,596 They do all that. 587 00:24:32,597 --> 00:24:33,596 You do all that. 588 00:24:33,597 --> 00:24:35,704 What is that? 589 00:24:35,705 --> 00:24:37,810 Moonshine. 590 00:24:33,597 --> 00:24:37,809 "Dukes of Hazzard." 591 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,312 Boss Hogg. 592 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:42,855 Wow. I could drink a lot of that. 593 00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:45,025 Baked potato. 594 00:24:45,026 --> 00:24:47,193 Okay, that's gonna work. 595 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:50,134 A torpedo-size baked potato filled with cheddar cheese 596 00:24:50,135 --> 00:24:53,490 and chopped barbecue beef and homemade link sausage, 597 00:24:53,491 --> 00:24:58,371 slow-cooked pork ribs, big-ass beef ribs, and brisket. 598 00:24:58,372 --> 00:25:00,415 Whoa. Okay, I got a baked potato. 599 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:02,499 This baked potato is yours. 600 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:03,876 It's... it's marvelous. 601 00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:06,463 That thing is, like, gigantic. 602 00:25:06,464 --> 00:25:07,839 My mother always said, "Never eat anything 603 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,132 bigger than your head." 604 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:11,717 And that's about the size of a human head. 605 00:25:11,718 --> 00:25:13,636 That look good, though. Ain't gonna lie. 606 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,638 So everybody born here? 607 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:16,598 Born and raised. 608 00:25:16,599 --> 00:25:17,556 Born and raised. 609 00:25:17,557 --> 00:25:19,017 Has the town changed at all? 610 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:19,956 A lot. 611 00:25:19,957 --> 00:25:20,893 Yeah, in what way? 612 00:25:20,894 --> 00:25:24,063 You know, it was like a big small town at first. 613 00:25:24,064 --> 00:25:26,565 Now it's becoming like a real city, you know. 614 00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:27,693 Is that good or bad? 615 00:25:27,694 --> 00:25:28,818 Depend on what you do. 616 00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:30,320 Good and bad, kind of. 617 00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:32,947 A lot of the stuff we was really into back in the day, 618 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:35,116 these new kids or these people from out of town 619 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:37,285 really ain't into, even the music. 620 00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:40,121 Like, back in the day, Houston was so independent. 621 00:25:40,122 --> 00:25:41,998 Like, I was selling so many records out of the trunk 622 00:25:41,999 --> 00:25:44,460 - -that I didn't want a major deal. - -♪ I'm from H-Town ♪ 623 00:25:44,463 --> 00:25:46,669 ♪ So you know what I'm sippin' ♪ 624 00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:49,922 ♪ I'm from H-Town, so you know what I'm sippin' ♪ 625 00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:52,925 ♪ Hit the boulevard, got the candy paint drippin' ♪ 626 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:55,761 ♪ And I'm from H-Town, so you know what I'm sippin' ♪ 627 00:25:55,762 --> 00:25:57,096 ♪ Hey ♪ 628 00:25:57,097 --> 00:26:00,599 Is there a distinctive Houston sound? 629 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,228 Very. You know, the whole culture from the cars 630 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:06,461 to the sippin' syrup and the music itself... First of all, 631 00:26:06,462 --> 00:26:07,273 what's sippin' syrup? 632 00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:09,859 Syrup is promethazine and codeine. 633 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,027 It was a cough syrup. 634 00:26:11,028 --> 00:26:13,821 But then they mixed it with soda out here. 635 00:26:13,822 --> 00:26:15,948 Why is that the drug of choice here? 636 00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:17,658 Maybe because you just see how it is. 637 00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,494 Everything is so chill and laidback. 638 00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:21,079 In Atlanta, everything was turnt up. 639 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,582 Out here, everything is slowed down, 'cause I guess we're 640 00:26:22,873 --> 00:26:24,581 a more laidback culture. 641 00:26:24,582 --> 00:26:27,001 So at various points in your career, 642 00:26:27,002 --> 00:26:28,420 clearly, somebody said, "Well, look." 643 00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:29,672 "Why don't you move out here?" 644 00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:30,922 L.A. is good. 645 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,632 - The money's out here. - "The deals are out here." 646 00:26:32,635 --> 00:26:33,654 Right. 647 00:26:33,655 --> 00:26:34,675 But here you are. 648 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:35,719 Why stay? 649 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,180 I tried to go to I.A., and the people out 650 00:26:38,181 --> 00:26:40,870 there are so thirsty to try to be a star that 651 00:26:40,871 --> 00:26:42,141 they fake and they crooked. 652 00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:44,561 It was like I don't want to be around those type of people. 653 00:26:44,562 --> 00:26:46,312 I want to be around good, genuine people. 654 00:26:46,313 --> 00:26:48,689 Is Houston a good place to live? 655 00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,400 Yup, great place. 656 00:26:50,401 --> 00:26:51,901 Cost of living is cheap. 657 00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:53,320 It stays hot and warm. 658 00:26:53,321 --> 00:26:55,760 It's never snowing to where you got 659 00:26:55,761 --> 00:26:56,781 to shovel your driveway. 660 00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:58,450 And the food is the greatest out here, 661 00:26:58,451 --> 00:27:00,785 and... and the black women... I don't care where you go. 662 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:02,912 There ain't no better black women. And that's what it is. 663 00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:05,790 ♪ I'm from H-Town, so you know what I'm sippin' ♪ 664 00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:09,753 ♪ And I'm from H-Town, so you know what's... ♪ 665 00:27:11,838 --> 00:27:15,301 ♪ 666 00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:28,687 It's a 90-minute drive south from Houston 667 00:27:28,688 --> 00:27:31,816 to the town of Palacios on the Matagorda Bay. 668 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:34,737 And like a lot of the communities down here, the principal 669 00:27:34,738 --> 00:27:37,654 industry is fishing, shrimp in particular. 670 00:27:37,655 --> 00:27:40,116 It's also where, beginning in the 1970s, 671 00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:43,369 as the Vietnam War ground to its ignominious conclusion, 672 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:47,957 the thousands of Vietnamese found new lives and a new home. 673 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:51,107 To have remained would have meant, in most cases, arrest, 674 00:27:51,108 --> 00:27:55,381 imprisonment, reeducation camps, or worse. 675 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:57,592 So all you want is shrimp at this point. 676 00:27:57,593 --> 00:28:00,178 Yeah. 677 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:01,660 I got shrimp and fish. 678 00:28:01,661 --> 00:28:03,139 But I got enough fish. 679 00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:04,287 Shrimp, you take. 680 00:28:04,288 --> 00:28:05,433 Yup, yup. Big shrimp. 681 00:28:05,434 --> 00:28:07,727 - The small, we don't get the shrimp. - You don't want it. 682 00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:08,685 No, I don't want to. 683 00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:11,981 The shrimping has declined considerably since the 1980s, 684 00:28:11,982 --> 00:28:14,609 but the bay still provides a solid livelihood 685 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:17,925 for people like Vin Nguyen, who made it out of Vietnam 686 00:28:17,926 --> 00:28:19,780 on a tiny handmade boat. 687 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:22,033 His engine died, and he and his family were lost 688 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:25,934 in the South China Sea for nine days before being rescued 689 00:28:25,935 --> 00:28:27,372 by a cargo ship. 690 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:30,291 He became a United States citizen in 1990 691 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:32,918 and raised his family here in Palacios. 692 00:28:32,919 --> 00:28:34,462 So what year did you come here? 693 00:28:34,463 --> 00:28:36,047 How long have you been doing this? 694 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:40,218 I have been... I start for shrimp on 1985. 695 00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:42,470 And what year did you arrive in this country? 696 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:44,472 I left my country 1979. 697 00:28:44,473 --> 00:28:46,391 How old were you when you got here? 698 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:47,539 21-year-old. 699 00:28:47,540 --> 00:28:48,686 You were 21. 700 00:28:46,392 --> 00:28:48,685 So why shrimp? 701 00:28:48,686 --> 00:28:50,436 How did you come to this business? 702 00:28:50,437 --> 00:28:52,523 - Because my... my... my cousin. - Cousin, okay. 703 00:28:52,526 --> 00:28:54,024 - He was living here. - Right. 704 00:28:54,027 --> 00:28:55,900 And I work on a job first. 705 00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:58,862 But he told me... my cousin told me that it's very good 706 00:28:58,863 --> 00:28:59,737 for shrimping. 707 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:00,468 Good for shrimp. 708 00:29:00,469 --> 00:29:01,197 Make money more. 709 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:04,702 ♪ 710 00:29:19,049 --> 00:29:22,218 Back on dry land, Vince first stop is The Point. 711 00:29:22,219 --> 00:29:23,761 The town's general store. 712 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:26,619 It's owned and operated by pillars of the community 713 00:29:26,620 --> 00:29:29,767 Yen and Bryan Tran, who separately came over from Vietnam 714 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:32,811 around the same time, met, married, 715 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:34,439 and raised three children here. 716 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,857 This is fulfilling my dream. 717 00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,777 I came here with nothing, 17-years-old. 718 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,987 First job I ever worked in washing dishes. 719 00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:45,241 So my boss told me and say, "Hey, you are hard worker. 720 00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:48,661 You know, maybe one day, you gonna be the boss." 721 00:29:48,662 --> 00:29:51,372 So I have that thing in my mind. 722 00:29:51,373 --> 00:29:53,458 After I get married, I told my wife, said, 723 00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:54,314 "Open a restaurant." 724 00:29:54,315 --> 00:29:55,167 And she stopped me. 725 00:29:55,168 --> 00:29:57,503 And she say, "No. You crazy." 726 00:29:57,504 --> 00:30:01,132 So after all my kid went to college, they got a good job, 727 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:04,510 I would mention again, and she say, "Okay." 728 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:06,679 Aw, that's... that's nice. 729 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,390 ♪ 730 00:30:09,391 --> 00:30:12,728 Convenience store, bait shop, quick stop for a meal, 731 00:30:12,729 --> 00:30:15,272 The Point is, in many ways, typical in a way it's geared 732 00:30:15,273 --> 00:30:18,608 towards serving the immediate needs of its community. 733 00:30:18,609 --> 00:30:22,153 Food for Vietnamese and food for Mexicans. 734 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:25,030 Yen, Bryan, their kids Jennifer and Kimberly, 735 00:30:25,031 --> 00:30:28,159 as well as cousin TV and his son Donnie... 736 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,038 All proud citizens of the United States 737 00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,497 of America, by the way. 738 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:36,751 You know, I... I really feel fortunate we live in this town 739 00:30:36,752 --> 00:30:39,253 and we have a lot of support. 740 00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:42,674 When we went to open this store, all my friends say, "I want" 741 00:30:42,675 --> 00:30:44,300 to have Vietnamese food." 742 00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:48,805 I know that here, you have to have Mexican food. 743 00:30:48,806 --> 00:30:52,581 So I went and talked to the best Mexican 744 00:30:52,582 --> 00:30:54,477 cook in town, Maricela. 745 00:30:54,478 --> 00:30:56,354 Yeah, this is the chef right here. 746 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:57,147 Yeah. 747 00:30:57,148 --> 00:30:57,938 Good chef. 748 00:30:57,939 --> 00:30:58,816 Yes. 749 00:30:58,817 --> 00:30:59,691 Here's Maricela. 750 00:30:59,692 --> 00:31:03,654 ♪ 751 00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:10,117 The pho here is good. 752 00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:13,998 Brisket, eye round, meatball, tripe, and tendon 753 00:31:13,999 --> 00:31:15,790 just like back home. 754 00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:20,294 Ceviche made from Vin's fresh shrimp. 755 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:24,154 And of course tacos, migas style, with eggs, jalapeños, 756 00:31:24,155 --> 00:31:25,842 and tomatoes. 757 00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:28,093 The kids who grew up in this community... 758 00:31:28,094 --> 00:31:29,554 These are the kids. 759 00:31:29,555 --> 00:31:31,013 Yeah, these the kids right here. 760 00:31:31,014 --> 00:31:32,097 What are they doing? 761 00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:35,727 I was born here in '76, so I'm a natural-born citizen. 762 00:31:35,728 --> 00:31:39,127 Working with my dad, right-hand man, you know, shrimping, 763 00:31:39,128 --> 00:31:40,022 doing the boats. 764 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:41,649 Just kind of seeing what they went through, 765 00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,860 I mean, it's... I definitely appreciate life, you know. 766 00:31:43,861 --> 00:31:44,924 Jenn here is a lawyer. 767 00:31:44,925 --> 00:31:45,986 My sister's an engineer. 768 00:31:45,987 --> 00:31:47,488 I'm in the medical field. 769 00:31:47,489 --> 00:31:49,615 So there's still that... You know, your parents 770 00:31:49,616 --> 00:31:51,534 want you to have practical jobs. So... Right. 771 00:31:51,535 --> 00:31:53,452 So you came here what year? 772 00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:54,620 1975. 773 00:31:54,621 --> 00:31:57,144 So you came over in the first... Yeah, I get 774 00:31:57,145 --> 00:31:59,792 on American ship and get the hell out of there. 775 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,753 I come over here no shoe. 776 00:32:01,754 --> 00:32:04,505 I tell the truth, I don't have even penny in my pocket 777 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:05,631 when I come over here. 778 00:32:05,632 --> 00:32:07,049 No, serious. 779 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:10,471 And now I have a great business, and, you know, really, 780 00:32:10,472 --> 00:32:12,179 I say this a great country. 781 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:15,642 ♪ 782 00:32:17,477 --> 00:32:20,855 This community of Vietnamese people are very fortunate. 783 00:32:20,856 --> 00:32:24,942 We always see the generosity of people over here, 784 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:28,028 because we live in, what, 30 years of civil war? 785 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,448 Yeah. 786 00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:30,865 So no one trusts anyone. 787 00:32:30,866 --> 00:32:33,743 But when you come over here, people take you in, 788 00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:34,869 and they trust you. 789 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:39,331 And I... I always say that United States opened a house 790 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:42,334 for the immigrant and for the refugee. 791 00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:43,920 I feel this is my home. 792 00:32:43,921 --> 00:32:46,882 ♪ 793 00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:58,016 My name is Gertrude. 794 00:32:58,017 --> 00:33:00,812 I'm from Congo, Brazzaville. 795 00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:04,899 I'm married to Albert, and we have four children. 796 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:05,400 ♪ 797 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:13,991 It's my dream... my dream, I need to big boss. 798 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:16,828 I need to have my land. 799 00:33:16,829 --> 00:33:20,958 For sure, we like the weather, because we don't 800 00:33:20,959 --> 00:33:22,333 we have snow here. 801 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:25,858 On summer, I know it's very hot here, but it's good 802 00:33:25,859 --> 00:33:29,924 for planting, and people are nice in Houston. 803 00:33:29,925 --> 00:33:31,759 ♪ 804 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,970 Many of the more recent arrivals in Houston 805 00:33:33,971 --> 00:33:37,473 come from places where life is unbelievably hard 806 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:39,183 and often dangerous. 807 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:43,480 Many come from agrarian backgrounds, arriving here without 808 00:33:43,481 --> 00:33:46,566 - the skill set needed to compete for jobs - in an urban situation. 809 00:33:46,569 --> 00:33:49,401 Plant It Forward, a non-profit urban farming program, 810 00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:52,488 provides refuges like Gertrude and Albert Lombo 811 00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:54,573 access to land where they can make a living 812 00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:55,616 from the ground. 813 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:59,537 So here we are, middle of Houston, a lush, fertile plot 814 00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:02,122 where eggplant, squash, string beans, 815 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:05,501 and other produce is grown to be sold at farmers' markets 816 00:34:05,502 --> 00:34:07,962 and to restaurants around town. 817 00:34:07,963 --> 00:34:08,463 ♪ 818 00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:16,721 Fellow Congolese Houston transplants 819 00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:20,434 Gimoule and Constant Ngouala, chefs when not tending 820 00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:23,477 their crops, prepare an outdoor meal for the Lombos 821 00:34:23,478 --> 00:34:25,938 and a group of friends and fellow farmers, 822 00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:28,858 Congolese but with a definite Cajun touch. 823 00:34:28,859 --> 00:34:30,442 Or is it the other way around? 824 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:32,862 A slow-cooked stew of sausage, shrimp, 825 00:34:32,863 --> 00:34:36,532 dried mackerel, and Malabar spinach over fufu. 826 00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,702 Then Texas beef brochettes marinated in chilies 827 00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:43,540 and cilantro and Maggi bouillon with a ratatouille made from 828 00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:45,541 produce grown right here. 829 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:48,795 What did you all think when... When you heard that you were 830 00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:50,212 gonna be resettled in Texas? 831 00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:53,216 In... in my country, when... when people 832 00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:55,239 are talking about Texas, they know that is where 833 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,261 many farmer is. 834 00:34:57,262 --> 00:35:00,848 Really? And now, do you feel welcome? 835 00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:01,433 Yes. 836 00:35:01,434 --> 00:35:04,518 Do you feel the community is happy you're here? 837 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:05,686 Wonderful. 838 00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:09,023 The first challenge was the language. 839 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:10,107 It wasn't easy. 840 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:13,318 Even now, it's not easy. 841 00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:15,738 But you already speak how many languages? 842 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,823 In Congo principal, we have three languages. 843 00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:19,055 Of course. 844 00:35:19,056 --> 00:35:22,578 We have French, Lingala, and Mono Kutuba. 845 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:23,621 So don't feel too bad. 846 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:25,081 Most Americans struggle with one. 847 00:35:25,082 --> 00:35:27,625 It's okay. 848 00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:31,046 ♪ 849 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:36,258 I'm a refugee from DRC. 850 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:37,802 What did you do in Kinshasa? 851 00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:40,888 I... I did electrician and construction too. 852 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:42,161 And here? 853 00:35:42,162 --> 00:35:43,432 I was machine operator. 854 00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:46,936 After that, I decide to be farmer. 855 00:35:46,937 --> 00:35:48,646 It was my dream. 856 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:52,024 My dream, it was to get my own garden. 857 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,881 Uh-hmm. 858 00:35:53,882 --> 00:35:56,862 And when I harvest, I need to cook. 859 00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,405 What are you cooking now? 860 00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:00,491 I work at Four Seasons Hotel. 861 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:02,452 - Oh, that's not a bad gig. - Yeah, yeah. 862 00:36:02,455 --> 00:36:05,746 How African will Houston be in 20 years? 863 00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:06,748 Oh! 864 00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:07,748 A lot, right? 865 00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:12,108 I want all my family still over there... -my mom, my sister. 866 00:36:12,109 --> 00:36:13,337 And you'd like them to come? 867 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:15,089 I want them to come. 868 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:18,176 A lot of first-generation and second-generation 869 00:36:18,177 --> 00:36:19,907 African babies gonna be happening. 870 00:36:19,908 --> 00:36:20,719 Yeah. Yeah. 871 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,680 Houston is gonna look real different. 872 00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:25,016 You'll hear Lingala at the 7-Eleven? 873 00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:25,997 No problem? 874 00:36:25,998 --> 00:36:26,976 No problem. 875 00:36:26,977 --> 00:36:29,062 In 10 years? 876 00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:34,693 ♪ 877 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,780 ♪ 878 00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:46,037 The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd. 879 00:36:46,038 --> 00:36:48,122 Two teams locked in struggle. 880 00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:53,086 Take me out to the ballgame, man, though the smell wafting 881 00:36:53,087 --> 00:36:56,296 from behind the bleachers is not hot dogs, or popcorn, 882 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,589 or roasting peanuts. 883 00:36:57,590 --> 00:37:00,509 It's a hell of a lot better, actually. 884 00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:02,803 Basically, it's practically like baseball. 885 00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:05,056 First international game, believe it or not, 886 00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:06,348 was USA versus Canada. 887 00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:08,059 Really? 888 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:09,769 Yes, in 1844. 889 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:16,798 Yeah, I don't know if you knew, but cricket is second-most 890 00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:19,050 watched sport... I... I just read that. 891 00:37:19,051 --> 00:37:20,071 Yes. 892 00:37:20,072 --> 00:37:21,761 India is number one. 893 00:37:21,762 --> 00:37:23,448 USA is number two. 894 00:37:23,449 --> 00:37:25,576 I do like a sport where you can aim 895 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:26,829 at somebody's crotch, though. 896 00:37:26,830 --> 00:37:28,079 I think that's sort of awesome. 897 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,206 I'm not even gonna try and explain 898 00:37:30,207 --> 00:37:31,707 the sport of cricket to you. 899 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:35,337 There's a ball, and there's bats, and I think you run 900 00:37:35,338 --> 00:37:36,921 to, like, base. 901 00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:39,278 Go out to Sardar Patel Stadium in Houston's Richmond 902 00:37:39,279 --> 00:37:41,341 neighborhood, and ask league president 903 00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:44,200 of the Houston Indian Cricket Club, Kuldeep Patel, 904 00:37:44,201 --> 00:37:45,262 what it's all about. 905 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:48,807 He knows. He was once a big cricket star himself. 906 00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:50,143 Let's go. Let's go! 907 00:37:50,144 --> 00:37:51,476 Who's winning? 908 00:37:51,477 --> 00:37:53,187 The first team scored 120 runs. 909 00:37:53,188 --> 00:37:54,606 - Right. - They're chasing right now. 910 00:37:54,609 --> 00:37:55,503 I see. 911 00:37:55,504 --> 00:37:57,609 So we can't really say, 'cause they haven't 912 00:37:56,399 --> 00:37:57,608 had an opportunity. 913 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:58,776 Exactly, right? 914 00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:00,069 See, this is why it didn't happen. 915 00:38:00,070 --> 00:38:01,779 We need... we like winners in America. 916 00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:03,155 We like to know who's winning at all times. 917 00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:05,490 But this is very high-energetic game. 918 00:38:05,491 --> 00:38:09,328 Baseball, when we watch baseball, it's kind of slow to us. 919 00:38:09,329 --> 00:38:12,290 - When we're playing... Well, even us, it is. - It's a slow game. 920 00:38:12,293 --> 00:38:14,499 It's really all about the snacks in baseball. 921 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,877 Hot dogs. 922 00:38:15,878 --> 00:38:17,253 The shitty hot dogs too. 923 00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:18,880 And the beer's even worse. 924 00:38:23,218 --> 00:38:24,907 Now for a hot dog. 925 00:38:24,908 --> 00:38:26,595 Oh, no, right. 926 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:29,890 Now for some tandoori chicken, cooked to perfection. 927 00:38:29,891 --> 00:38:33,685 Some spicy, tender, and totally delicious curried goat. 928 00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:37,440 And made-to-order potato masala dosas. 929 00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:39,817 Are there fewer rules here? 930 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,735 The caste system, you lose that right away? 931 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:43,779 It's not right away, you got to understand, 932 00:38:43,780 --> 00:38:46,470 because when... when somebody's come from a rich, 933 00:38:46,471 --> 00:38:48,575 middle-class family, it's gonna take them a minute 934 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:51,162 to get used to that culture shock over here. 935 00:38:51,163 --> 00:38:52,579 It's going to take about two years. 936 00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:55,791 Like when I got married, back then, in the '90s, 937 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:58,543 it was like I was supposed to marry a girl from my caste. 938 00:38:58,544 --> 00:39:01,672 It was an issue then, but now it's not an issue. 939 00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:04,800 Now, you know, 20 years later, it's changed. 940 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,718 What about white Houstonians? 941 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:07,928 Welcoming? Nice? 942 00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:10,722 In my experience, I moved from Singapore. 943 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:12,309 Right. 944 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:13,433 First six months, whenever we used to go anywhere 945 00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:16,229 and say we recently moved to USA, and everybody go, 946 00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:17,021 "Welcome to Texas." 947 00:39:17,022 --> 00:39:18,252 Welcome to Houston. 948 00:39:18,253 --> 00:39:19,481 "Welcome to USA." 949 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,525 And, like, that made us very comforted. 950 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,194 I mean, that's not the stereotype. 951 00:39:23,195 --> 00:39:26,613 The stereotype is that this is an intolerant state 952 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,365 filled with, you know, right-wing cowboys 953 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:29,616 who don't like foreigners. 954 00:39:29,617 --> 00:39:30,452 Not Houston. 955 00:39:30,453 --> 00:39:31,285 Definitely not. 956 00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:33,578 In the beginning, you might feel that Texans are, 957 00:39:33,579 --> 00:39:37,792 like, not that friendly to you, but once you know them, 958 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:37,791 they are really friendly people. 959 00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:41,461 We see this is the best place to dream 960 00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:42,587 and achieve the dream. 961 00:39:42,588 --> 00:39:46,489 The same opportunities in India I get, I won't make as much 962 00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:49,136 of my life as I would over here. 963 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,473 You work hard in this country, and if you put your 964 00:39:51,474 --> 00:39:53,996 mind to something, you know, it is achievable, 965 00:39:53,997 --> 00:39:58,020 and I think so America is land of opportunity 966 00:39:58,021 --> 00:40:01,439 and best place to stay in the world. 967 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,361 Some people say, "Make America great again." 968 00:40:05,362 --> 00:40:08,364 I say America was great all along. 969 00:40:08,365 --> 00:40:11,158 Some of us just forgot why. 970 00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:13,577 It's great because your grandfather and my grandfather 971 00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:16,330 and just about everybody's damn grandfather 972 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:19,124 or great-grandfather crammed themselves, 973 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:23,087 snuck, bought their way, or was dragged onto a boat 974 00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:25,463 and one way or another allowed themselves 975 00:40:25,464 --> 00:40:28,300 eventually to dream. 976 00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:29,699 You still can. 977 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:31,095 There's still room. 978 00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:34,411 And in some places in America, apparently you 979 00:40:34,412 --> 00:40:36,474 are still welcome. 980 00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:39,312 Welcome, stranger. 981 00:40:39,313 --> 00:40:42,147 This land is your land. 982 00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:45,817 ♪ Jose can you see, how diversity in Texas is ♪ 983 00:40:45,818 --> 00:40:47,611 ♪ Don't mess with it, the best with it ♪ 984 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:50,155 ♪ It's intricate, complex with it ♪ 985 00:40:50,156 --> 00:40:52,157 ♪ Headlights is beamin' ♪ 986 00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:54,368 ♪ Twilights is gleamin' ♪ 987 00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:56,370 ♪ Broad stripes, bright stars ♪ 988 00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:57,495 ♪ Racing stripes, bright cars ♪ 989 00:40:57,496 --> 00:40:59,415 ♪ Yo, you could end up dead there ♪ 990 00:40:59,416 --> 00:41:00,772 ♪ The Houston Rockets' 991 00:41:00,773 --> 00:41:02,126 red glare ♪ 992 00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:03,460 ♪ Hardened on the hardwood ♪ 993 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:06,130 ♪ The finals, they might get there ♪ 994 00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:07,756 ♪ Thug brought the whips out ♪ 995 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:10,050 ♪ He posted at MacGregor ♪ 996 00:41:10,051 --> 00:41:11,509 ♪ Houston are go-getters ♪ 997 00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:13,553 ♪ They hustle, very clever ♪ 998 00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:15,389 ♪ Eating migas with my 'migos ♪ 999 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:17,433 ♪ I'm at Guadalupana ♪ 1000 00:41:17,434 --> 00:41:21,437 ♪ My tia make birria with tortillas chichicana ♪ 1001 00:41:21,438 --> 00:41:22,980 ♪ They can't deport us all ♪ 1002 00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:25,607 ♪ Chinga bling make the tamale good ♪ 1003 00:41:25,608 --> 00:41:27,901 ♪ Shop and get Masala Radio ♪ 1004 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:29,653 ♪ Bumpin' that Bollywood ♪ 1005 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:33,365 ♪ Sugar from my mama out in Sugar Land ♪ 1006 00:41:33,366 --> 00:41:37,119 ♪ My cousins and my family out in Sugar Land ♪ 1007 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,203 ♪ That's my hood ♪ 1008 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:39,371 ♪ Sugar from my mama ♪ 1009 00:41:39,372 --> 00:41:42,416 ♪ Out in Sugar Land molasses ♪ 1010 00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:44,251 ♪ Hanging with my homies ♪ 1011 00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:47,797 ♪ When I kick it in Palacios ♪