1 00:00:09,277 --> 00:00:09,777 ♪ 2 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:07,434 ♪ I took a walk through this ♪ 3 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:10,137 ♪ Beautiful world 4 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:15,308 ♪ Felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ 5 00:01:15,309 --> 00:01:18,811 ♪ Found something good in this ♪ 6 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:21,814 ♪ Beautiful world 7 00:01:21,815 --> 00:01:27,654 ♪ I felt the rain getting colder ♪ 8 00:01:27,655 --> 00:01:28,855 ♪ La, la 9 00:01:28,856 --> 00:01:30,823 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 10 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:32,992 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 11 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:34,361 ♪ Sha la, la, la 12 00:01:34,362 --> 00:01:36,829 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 13 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:41,935 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la 14 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:47,040 ♪ 15 00:02:10,298 --> 00:02:13,533 Los Angeles, maybe the most filmed, 16 00:02:13,534 --> 00:02:18,239 most televised, most looked at place on Earth. 17 00:02:20,374 --> 00:02:25,345 It's the landscape of our collective dreams. 18 00:02:25,346 --> 00:02:28,248 36 hours of steady rainfall have left many... 19 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:30,049 But what if we look at LA from the point of view 20 00:02:30,050 --> 00:02:32,886 of the largely unphotographed... 21 00:02:35,556 --> 00:02:38,725 The 47% of Angelinos who don't show up 22 00:02:38,726 --> 00:02:44,431 so much on idiot sitcoms and superhero films, 23 00:02:44,432 --> 00:02:45,732 the people doing much, 24 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:47,334 if not most, of the hard work 25 00:02:47,335 --> 00:02:49,570 of getting things done in this town. 26 00:02:52,573 --> 00:02:53,073 ♪ 27 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:05,918 One in ten Angelinos are undocumented. 28 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,189 One in ten. 29 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,058 Think about that number for a while. 30 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:14,861 That's who's here now. 31 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:16,296 Contemplate, if you will, 32 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:19,098 what would happen if anywhere near 10% 33 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:21,434 of the workforce were no longer here, 34 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:23,536 particularly since they're rather 35 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:25,238 over represented in those fields 36 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:28,908 that most of us are in no hurry to enter. 37 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:29,409 ♪ 38 00:03:33,281 --> 00:03:35,882 Los Angeles, like much of California, 39 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,750 used to be part of Mexico. 40 00:03:37,751 --> 00:03:40,953 Now, Mexico, or a whole lot of Mexicans, 41 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:44,224 are a vital part of us. 42 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:55,668 Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda is a processor 43 00:03:55,669 --> 00:04:00,640 of Chicano studies at UCLA. 44 00:04:00,641 --> 00:04:03,476 Gish Bac on Washington Boulevard serves specialties 45 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:05,177 from the city of Tlacolula de 46 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:09,249 Matamoros in Oaxaca, Mexico. 47 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:15,021 So, bro, you know about so Tlacolula, right? 48 00:04:15,022 --> 00:04:17,324 I mean... The market, isn't it? 49 00:04:17,325 --> 00:04:19,759 Tlacolula is this village, okay, 50 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,261 in the middle of a valley, 51 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,997 the oldest valley where agriculture was invented 52 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:26,866 in the word. 53 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,468 These people who live here 54 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:30,503 lived there for about 10,000 years, 55 00:04:30,504 --> 00:04:32,271 so there's archeological evidence 56 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:35,174 of the seeds actually being manipulated... 57 00:04:35,175 --> 00:04:39,011 - All the way back that far. - All the way back then. 58 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:41,781 And that's where the core of the moles 59 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:47,186 that we're gonna eat tonight are from. 60 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:50,323 Mole negro, or black mole is an incredibly old 61 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:52,559 and sophisticated, near-magical substance 62 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,828 containing over 30 different ingredients. 63 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:58,665 It's an old sauce from an old culture 64 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:00,700 used as either a base to build a stew, 65 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:03,703 or as a sauce to be poured over meat, 66 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:05,137 but unlike most sauces, 67 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,707 the point of mole is the mole itself. 68 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:09,208 The flavor is unique: 69 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:12,011 roasted, sweet, bitter, and spicy, 70 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:14,747 all at the same time, and deep. 71 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:17,984 Very, very deep. 72 00:05:17,985 --> 00:05:20,420 Maria Ramos is the owner and chef. 73 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:22,188 The third generation of a family 74 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:24,391 of barbacoa specialists, 75 00:05:24,392 --> 00:05:27,259 barbacoa being the barbequing of lamb and goat 76 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:30,096 until it's falling apart perfect. 77 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:31,731 She started out cooking at age 78 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:36,769 ten at the Sunday market in Tlacolula. 79 00:05:36,770 --> 00:05:39,005 This family goes back a number of generations 80 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:40,172 to that area, yes? 81 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,274 Exactly, and they got here 82 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,877 because they were migrant workers 83 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:46,613 in the fields of LA, 84 00:05:46,614 --> 00:05:48,768 and that's where they started working in the restaurants. 85 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:55,522 This show will air long after the election. 86 00:05:55,523 --> 00:05:58,725 There is actually a national conversation now, 87 00:05:58,726 --> 00:06:00,359 unthinkable in my lifetime, 88 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,596 where the notion of rounding up 89 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:06,699 however many millions of undocumented workers 90 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,034 in this country, 91 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:10,069 all at once, or in short order, 92 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:13,239 and then kicking them all out. 93 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,574 I mean, it seems unthinkable. 94 00:06:14,575 --> 00:06:16,609 - It, it... - But, I mean, you know, 95 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:18,811 they said that in Europe in the '30s. 96 00:06:18,812 --> 00:06:22,248 Right, right, no, I think from just a military, 97 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:23,650 logistical point of view, 98 00:06:23,651 --> 00:06:25,151 there's no way you're gonna move the people 99 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:26,619 out of California and out of Los Angeles. 100 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:29,822 I mean, they tried that in 1954, Operation Wetback, 101 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:32,825 mostly from the fields moving a million people out, right? 102 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,226 - And they did. - Yes. 103 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:36,563 - And what happened? - Well, first of all, 104 00:06:36,564 --> 00:06:39,632 a huge amount of U.S. citizens were picked up one day 105 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:42,469 and never came home, and families were torn apart, 106 00:06:42,470 --> 00:06:44,971 and then the most ironic thing about it 107 00:06:44,972 --> 00:06:46,305 and the most tragic thing 108 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,907 is the next couple of years they said, 109 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,642 "Well, you know what, we have to open the borders again 110 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:51,110 "to bring them all back," right? 111 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:53,179 - Mm-hmm. - The problem was we never 112 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:56,983 stopped wanting the workers. 113 00:06:56,984 --> 00:07:00,419 California's the number one agricultural state, 114 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:02,455 and approximately about 70% 115 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:04,657 of the labor force is undocumented. 116 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:06,092 Stuff would rot in the fields, 117 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:08,260 to start with. Yeah, right. 118 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,962 Number one, who'd grow it and bring it here? 119 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:13,265 Who'd grow it, picking it, packing it, 120 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:16,002 to a great extent processing it, 121 00:07:16,003 --> 00:07:17,604 cooking it and serving it? 122 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,271 And serving it. Cleaning up after you. 123 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,840 Cleaning up after it. 124 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:23,175 I mean, there would not only be no restaurant business, 125 00:07:23,176 --> 00:07:25,344 but there would be the worst economic crisis 126 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:27,681 in the history of California and the United States. 127 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:48,535 ♪ 128 00:07:48,536 --> 00:07:50,570 Estevan Oriol is a respected 129 00:07:50,571 --> 00:07:53,573 and highly sought after photographer 130 00:07:53,574 --> 00:07:58,410 and director, known for his street portraits. 131 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:00,713 He started his career as a night club bouncer, 132 00:08:00,714 --> 00:08:03,015 pivoting nicely to tour manager for Cypress 133 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:04,817 Hill and House of Pain, 134 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,887 taking beautiful photographs along the way. 135 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:09,589 Now, nearly 20 years later, 136 00:08:09,590 --> 00:08:12,559 he's famous for capturing perfectly both the glamour 137 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,830 and grit of his hometown, Los Angeles. 138 00:08:18,566 --> 00:08:22,569 Mister Cartoon is a very famous tattoo artist and designer. 139 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:25,037 Cartoon began airbrushing T-shirts 140 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:26,739 and lowriders before adopting 141 00:08:26,740 --> 00:08:31,343 and excelling at the legendary fine-line style tattoo art. 142 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:33,680 His work is sought after by the biggest names 143 00:08:33,681 --> 00:08:35,582 in the music industry and well, 144 00:08:35,583 --> 00:08:39,552 anyone who loves truly superb skin art. 145 00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:43,355 ♪ 146 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:44,757 La Reyna on East 7th 147 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:46,593 is a late-night thing down the street 148 00:08:46,594 --> 00:08:48,861 from where Cartoon and Estevan used to live. 149 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:54,433 Run by Abigail and her team, the place serves mulitas. 150 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:57,069 Not quite a taco. Not a quesadilla. 151 00:08:57,070 --> 00:08:58,571 More of a taco sandwich. 152 00:08:58,572 --> 00:09:00,306 First the tortilla on the grill, 153 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:03,242 then marinated meat, cheese, 154 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:06,879 then another tortilla, flip and serve. 155 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,949 La Reyna is located in the downtown arts district, 156 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:11,550 but it's right across the bridge 157 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,319 from Boyle Heights, a working class, 158 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,423 densely packed neighborhood of about 100,000 residents. 159 00:09:17,424 --> 00:09:21,629 Nearly 95% are Mexican or Central American. 160 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:27,767 How Mexican is LA? I mean, how deep does it go? 161 00:09:27,768 --> 00:09:29,769 Mostly Mexico, you know what I mean? 162 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:30,803 Yeah. 163 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,571 All the names. All the people. 164 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:35,274 I mean, it's... and you can go into certain in East LA 165 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:38,477 in the harbor area, the Hollywood area, 166 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:40,813 and see nothing but Latinos. 167 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:44,183 A lot of other areas in LA are... they're mixed, you know, 168 00:09:44,184 --> 00:09:46,152 but on this side where we're at, 169 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:47,486 you go over that bridge, 170 00:09:47,487 --> 00:09:50,456 it's pretty much all Mexican people. 171 00:09:50,457 --> 00:09:52,324 And LA's mixed with Salvadorian, 172 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:54,794 Guatemalan people, Central America too. 173 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:57,196 So they just get called Mexicans anyways. 174 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:59,498 You know, like, we're Chicanos, so, you know, 175 00:09:59,499 --> 00:10:01,033 we know we're from here. 176 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,703 We know we were born here on this side of the line. 177 00:10:03,704 --> 00:10:05,504 Our family relatives are from Mexico, 178 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:07,039 and we're proud of that, 179 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,843 and we celebrate it our style. 180 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,946 We live in unbelievable times right now. 181 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,214 People are talking about, you know, 182 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:18,117 mass deportations of Mexicans. 183 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:19,451 What's the problem here? 184 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,721 Where does this fear and loathing come from? 185 00:10:21,722 --> 00:10:23,522 It's just racism is still alive 186 00:10:23,523 --> 00:10:26,025 and kicking in America, you know? 187 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:28,327 We really don't hear it from people we're around. 188 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:31,397 We're around artistic, laid-back people, you know? 189 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:32,899 - Right. - Some idiot said, you know, 190 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,301 he said, "We got to do something about this situation." 191 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:36,869 "When all these Mexicans come over, 192 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,470 we're gonna have a taco truck on every corner." 193 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:39,972 And I'm thinking, "Is this a bad thing?" 194 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,407 Where would all these food trucks be, you know? 195 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:43,976 There was only taco trucks ten years ago. 196 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:45,978 - It's a prototype for, yeah. - There wasn't 197 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,848 an Asian fusion truck here, this kind of truck, 198 00:10:48,849 --> 00:10:51,317 an Indian food truck or this truck, you know, 199 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:54,987 Taco truck, I mean, you opened the door. 200 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,057 We kicked the door down, yeah, 201 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:02,494 White America loves Mexican food, I mean, 202 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,064 probably more than any other food at this point. 203 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:06,332 - Yeah. - You know... 204 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:07,934 they sure like cheap Mexican labor 205 00:11:07,935 --> 00:11:09,668 because they can't live without it. 206 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:12,038 - Right. - Why... why are they 207 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:14,506 so freaked out about Mexicans? 208 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,575 You know, nobody's talking about building a wall, 209 00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:19,078 you know, across the Canadian border. 210 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:20,913 Who's gonna help them build the wall? 211 00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:23,883 You got to have some Mexican power to do that. 212 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,753 That's exactly what I thought. 213 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:38,397 I was at a taco truck in Eagle Rock, 214 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:39,766 it's one I go to, 215 00:11:39,767 --> 00:11:42,034 and I just overheard the guy's conversation. 216 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:44,470 He was finishing up his order and the guy goes, 217 00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:45,938 "Oh, bro, my mom told me 218 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,974 "not to eat the cilantro if it's from Mexico 219 00:11:47,975 --> 00:11:53,213 because they're shitting in it to get back at Trump." 220 00:11:54,815 --> 00:11:56,415 And I said, "Well, don't get me wrong. 221 00:11:56,416 --> 00:11:57,950 "I'm all for a good Trump takedown, 222 00:11:57,951 --> 00:12:00,619 "but I'm not sure if they've got that level 223 00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:04,091 of organization going on in a Mexican cilantro field." 224 00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:07,293 "All right, everyone gather round. 225 00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:11,297 "Let's all start brainstorming. 226 00:12:11,298 --> 00:12:15,267 "No idea is a bad idea. 227 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:18,838 Yes, Crazy Eddie." 228 00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:21,740 "Okay, 229 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:25,077 "this a little outside the box, 230 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:28,581 but I say we shit in the [...] cilantro." 231 00:12:31,819 --> 00:12:36,322 All right, thank you very much, everybody. 232 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:37,990 How Mexican is Mexican? 233 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:40,292 How Mexican can you be, or should you be, 234 00:12:40,293 --> 00:12:41,928 if you grew up in California 235 00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:45,597 with a Mexican name and of Mexican heritage? 236 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,099 Al Madrigal is a comedian. 237 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:51,838 Gustavo Arellano is the editor of "OC Weekly." 238 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:53,605 We discussed such weighty matters 239 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:56,843 over taquitos at Cielito Lindo on Olvera Street, 240 00:12:56,844 --> 00:12:58,344 which has been serving the kind of stuff 241 00:12:58,345 --> 00:13:01,047 that made Americans fall in love with Mexican food 242 00:13:01,048 --> 00:13:02,982 since the 1930s. 243 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:06,152 ♪ 244 00:13:06,153 --> 00:13:07,619 Beans with machaca, 245 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:10,189 spicy shredded beef, sauce and cheese, 246 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:14,861 I believe they call these things a burrito. 247 00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:19,832 But what they're known for here is their taquitos. 248 00:13:19,833 --> 00:13:24,203 Rolled up, fried, smothered in avocado sauce, 249 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:25,571 topped with chile guero, 250 00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:28,808 garlic, tomatillo and cilantro. 251 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:33,079 Oh, yeah. Oh, man, I'm loving the sauce already. 252 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,083 Oh, this is legendary sauce going back to 1934. 253 00:13:37,084 --> 00:13:38,550 Guacamole, you don't think it's gonna work, 254 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:39,718 but it absolutely does. 255 00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:40,987 Wow. 256 00:13:40,988 --> 00:13:42,989 Gives it a little spice on the end. 257 00:13:42,990 --> 00:13:44,423 I love it. 258 00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:46,225 You, by your own admission, 259 00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:50,596 you're sort of a sorry excuse for a Mexican. 260 00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:51,998 You... you don't... How's your Spanish? 261 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:53,765 Not so good. Spanish is horrible. 262 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:57,937 I mean, I've always been given a hard time about my Spanish. 263 00:13:57,938 --> 00:13:59,671 - Mm-hmm. - And that's okay. 264 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:01,573 Every Mexican in history has always given shit 265 00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:03,409 to another Mexican about their Spanish. 266 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:04,710 "You don't know this lingo. 267 00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:06,078 You don't know this pronunciation." 268 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:07,914 But yeah, you should know Spanish better. 269 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:10,749 Well, that's what I learned. This has been an age-old thing 270 00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:13,953 where everyone's trying to out Chicano each other, 271 00:14:13,954 --> 00:14:15,521 and I shouldn't feel that bad about it. 272 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:18,257 Right, what's the expression for a bad Chicano? 273 00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:19,525 - Pocho. - Pocho. 274 00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:21,427 Is there a literal translation there? 275 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:22,962 Rotting. So if you say "pocho," 276 00:14:22,963 --> 00:14:24,796 you're basically saying, "You're a rotting Mexican. 277 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:27,566 "You're completely fake, you've lost all your culture, 278 00:14:27,567 --> 00:14:29,101 therefore you should be hated." 279 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:30,769 - That's harsh. - I know. 280 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,138 When you hear, like, 281 00:14:32,139 --> 00:14:34,406 about rounding up Mexicans left and right, 282 00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:35,774 sending them all... all off to camps, 283 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,743 and then putting them across the border, 284 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:39,745 scary, angry? 285 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:41,247 I actually think it's good. 286 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:45,484 I think Latinos need this to rally together to excite. 287 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:46,885 The world needs aliens to land 288 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:49,088 till it'll actually come together. 289 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:53,292 Is there anybody who could rally all Mexicans, you know? 290 00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:56,595 - Like a spokesperson, yeah. - No, like a Mexican Reagan. 291 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:59,098 The last big leader was Cesar Chavez, 292 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:01,800 and that was, God, what, 25 years ago at this point. 293 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:04,470 I mean, you have to have almost a messianic figure. 294 00:15:04,471 --> 00:15:05,972 - I have the answer. - Who? 295 00:15:05,973 --> 00:15:07,606 - Danny Trejo. - Oh, Wow. 296 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:10,909 - Danny Trejo. People love him. - Danny Trejo would be the man. 297 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,979 He would be... that's the guy. I would vote for him. 298 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,413 - Machete. - Machete for president. 299 00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:17,316 - I would totally vote for him. - He's ancient. 300 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:18,985 He looks good with his shirt off. 301 00:15:18,986 --> 00:15:20,486 Donald Trump can't say that. 302 00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,021 Bill Clinton can't say that. 303 00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:25,191 Danny Trejo's still peeling that shirt off. 304 00:15:25,192 --> 00:15:28,761 He's the baddest dude in the history of badass. 305 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:34,333 Look up "badass" in the dictionary. 306 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:35,467 It says "Trejo." 307 00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:37,303 ♪ 308 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:39,271 "Danny Trejo." 309 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:41,840 ♪ 310 00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:43,609 Born in Echo Park in LA, 311 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,945 he spent much of his early life in and out of prison, 312 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,847 including a stay in San Quentin 313 00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:50,482 where he managed to straighten shit out, 314 00:15:50,483 --> 00:15:53,852 join a 12-step program and rethink his life. 315 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:56,288 He came out of the joint as a drug counselor. 316 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,690 This led directly, if unexpectedly, 317 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:03,029 to a storied career in film. 318 00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:06,398 Danny Trejo is known and loved for iconic tough guy roles 319 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:07,699 in such films as "Heat"... 320 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,035 There's cops all over me, man. 321 00:16:09,036 --> 00:16:10,402 They're on me like a cheap suit. 322 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:11,537 "From Dusk Till Dawn-" 323 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:13,072 Get out! 324 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:16,708 And, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." 325 00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:18,744 But he finally rose to the action hero 326 00:16:18,745 --> 00:16:20,179 leading man status 327 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:23,215 he always deserved playing Machete... 328 00:16:23,216 --> 00:16:25,917 - This is the boss. - A character who grew out 329 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,886 of a fake trailer from the Robert Rodriquez, 330 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:29,388 Quentin Tarantino film, 331 00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:32,524 "Grindhouse," which soon became its own awesome 332 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,260 and gore-heavy franchise. 333 00:16:34,261 --> 00:16:38,064 If you haven't seen "Machete," its follow-up "Machete Kills," 334 00:16:38,065 --> 00:16:41,367 or a soon to be released "Machete in Space," 335 00:16:41,368 --> 00:16:43,235 it's like missing the "Citizen Kane" 336 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:46,173 of violent, family friendly fun. 337 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:55,447 Trejo's Cantina on Cahuenga Boulevard, 338 00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:59,918 because, of course. 339 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:01,753 Grand opening is still a few days away, 340 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:03,355 but I thought, since I'm in town, 341 00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:05,124 I'd help advise Danny on the new menu. 342 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,293 Give him the benefits of my tasting notes. 343 00:17:07,294 --> 00:17:09,428 And I've got to be honest, I was thinking, 344 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:10,929 "How good could it be? 345 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:14,766 Can Machete run a good restaurant, and why?" 346 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,568 So are we gonna see Trejo's Tacos 347 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,137 all across America at some point? 348 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:23,075 Oh, that would be awesome. Taco truck on every corner. 349 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:26,113 - This is delicious. - Awesome. 350 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:32,618 On the menu tonight, jidori chicken 351 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,453 with chipotle cream sauce, 352 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:36,822 some charred branzino with summer squash 353 00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:39,057 and sautéed poblano peppers, 354 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,627 and crispy pork tacos with black garlic mole 355 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:44,062 and some fat sacks of uni, 356 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:47,466 and lots of healthy greens. 357 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:48,800 Why healthy? I mean... 358 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,936 Because we have such an obese problem 359 00:17:50,937 --> 00:17:53,405 in the United States, especially Latinos, 360 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:57,943 so we had to find a way to make it tasty but healthy. 361 00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:00,747 Healthy food can taste good. 362 00:18:02,149 --> 00:18:04,082 Green, healthier, lighter, 363 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,485 locally sourced versions of Mexican street classics 364 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:08,987 are not exactly what I'd expected, 365 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:11,657 and I sure as shit ain't making no rude cracks 366 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:13,259 about vegan tacos. 367 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,261 Not to this man. Though to be fair, 368 00:18:15,262 --> 00:18:18,798 Danny Trejo is, like, the nicest guy in the world. 369 00:18:21,468 --> 00:18:24,370 Here's something I discovered that completely shocked 370 00:18:24,371 --> 00:18:27,005 and surprised me, so I have to ask you. 371 00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:29,341 Are you a Morrissey fan by any chance? 372 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:31,510 - Morrissey? - Like, from this band, 373 00:18:31,511 --> 00:18:33,111 The Smiths. 374 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:34,846 Apparently, it's like a British rock band 375 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:36,482 of the late '80s that is 376 00:18:36,483 --> 00:18:39,451 apparently hugely popular in the Chicano community. 377 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,688 So you have not been touched by this, this... 378 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:45,624 I'm gonna tell you something right now between me and you. 379 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:49,528 I listen to no music that came 380 00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:53,400 after the 1968. 381 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:57,203 I'm, like, the oldies guy. You know what I mean? 382 00:18:57,204 --> 00:19:00,672 So I know your parents were born in Texas. 383 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:02,241 Yeah. 384 00:19:02,242 --> 00:19:05,211 But can you trace your people back to one area in Mexico? 385 00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:06,645 Monterrey. 386 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:08,880 My grandmother and grandfather were born in Monterrey. 387 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,216 Did you speak Spanish at home, or... 388 00:19:10,217 --> 00:19:12,050 Yeah, yeah, we spoke, we spoke, 389 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:16,188 I spoke Spanish until I was about nine, ten, and then, 390 00:19:16,189 --> 00:19:18,724 usually you stop speaking Spanish 391 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,392 when you go to grammar school, 392 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,761 especially in the '50s because they wouldn't let you. 393 00:19:22,762 --> 00:19:24,596 "No, no, you don't speak Spanish," you know? 394 00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:25,997 So you kind of forget. Right. 395 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:28,033 So then... but then when you start going 396 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,237 to juvenile hall and jail, 397 00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:32,671 you pick it up again so the guards 398 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,406 won't know what you're talking about. 399 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,208 Did you get in a 12-step 400 00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:37,543 while you were still in prison or after? 401 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,711 When I was in prison. That was 1968. 402 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:41,913 Cinco de Mayo in 1968. 403 00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:44,950 That was where I just kind of like made a vow. 404 00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,285 I'm... you know, I'm done, you know? 405 00:19:46,286 --> 00:19:49,255 When you get out, you became a drug counselor. 406 00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:51,923 I dedicated my life to helping other people. 407 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:53,792 Everything good that has happened 408 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,894 to me has happened as a direct result 409 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:57,396 of helping someone else, everything. 410 00:19:57,397 --> 00:20:01,967 Well, for example, you were called to a film set 411 00:20:01,968 --> 00:20:05,971 to counsel somebody, and you bump into, 412 00:20:05,972 --> 00:20:07,539 of all the people in the world, Edward Bunker. 413 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,609 - Eddie Bunker. - The sort legendary ex-con 414 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,744 turned writer and, 415 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:14,780 I guess, screenwriter as well. 416 00:20:14,781 --> 00:20:18,450 I... I knew Eddie in prison, you see. 417 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:20,151 And so when he saw me, "What are you doing here?" 418 00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:21,620 I said, "I'm working with this kid." 419 00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:23,889 And then he asked me, "Are you still boxing?" 420 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:25,291 because I held the lightweight 421 00:20:25,292 --> 00:20:26,725 and welterweight champion of every joint I was in. 422 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,827 I said, "I'm training. I still train", 423 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:30,629 but I don't want to get hit in the face anymore." 424 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:32,331 And he said, 425 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:35,302 "We need somebody to train one of the actors how to box." 426 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,272 The movie was the awesome "Runaway Train." 427 00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,441 Trejo trained and fought against the actor, 428 00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:44,743 Eric Roberts, who, along with Jon Voight, 429 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,346 earned Academy Award nominations for the film. 430 00:20:47,347 --> 00:20:50,949 For Danny, it was the start of a long and glorious career. 431 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:52,651 He never looked back. 432 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:54,420 I'll never forget, Andrei Konchalovsky, 433 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:57,188 the director, a Russian aristocrat, right, he says, 434 00:20:57,189 --> 00:21:00,759 "You fight Eric in movie. 435 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,160 You be my friend." 436 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:05,697 Now, if you come out of the penitentiary 437 00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:07,165 and somebody says, 438 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:10,168 "You be my friend," it's kind of a red flag. 439 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:12,438 Right. 440 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:14,205 And then how many films since then, man? 441 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:15,541 A whole hell of a lot. Oh, yeah, they've got to be 442 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:18,043 at about 320 or something, you know? 443 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,512 You moved from there to serious bad guys... 444 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:24,450 - Yeah. - To now action hero franchise. 445 00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:26,518 How do you stay nice in a business basically 446 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:28,320 full of [...]holes? 447 00:21:28,321 --> 00:21:30,556 Eddie Bunker, the first time when I started getting, 448 00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:33,792 like, a little recognition, he told me something. 449 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,528 He said, "Try to remember" 450 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:40,031 "that the whole world can think you're a movie star, 451 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:41,667 but you can't." 452 00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:43,835 And I've watched movie stars, right? 453 00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:45,036 I hate them. 454 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,638 You know, nobody likes them. 455 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,375 And if you, like, if you're, like, on a movie set 456 00:21:49,376 --> 00:21:50,842 and the movie star comes in, 457 00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:53,044 then after he leaves, this is how everybody talks, 458 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,713 "That guy's an ass. I hate that guy. 459 00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:58,149 Man, he's rude." So I don't want to be that guy. 460 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,718 - Right. - You know what I mean? 461 00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:01,052 One if the things I've learned, actually, 462 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,388 making television really early on, 463 00:22:02,389 --> 00:22:04,222 if, like, you show up to, like, 464 00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:05,891 shoot and the people, like, 465 00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:07,659 with the cameras and the crew say, 466 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,227 "Oh, the talent is on set," 467 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:11,863 what they really mean is the [...]hole is on set. 468 00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:13,599 You know, when somebody calls me the talent or refers 469 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,501 to me as the talent, it's, like, time to go back 470 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:18,438 and take a long look in the mirror, right? 471 00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:32,051 ♪ 472 00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:53,906 ♪ 473 00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,745 They ain't from LA, but from time to time, 474 00:22:59,746 --> 00:23:01,246 you'll find them here, 475 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,715 and when you do, you best play nice. 476 00:23:03,716 --> 00:23:06,284 Gilbert Melendez, 477 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:10,456 Nick Diaz, and Nate Diaz, 478 00:23:10,457 --> 00:23:13,792 three of the greatest mixed martial artists 479 00:23:13,793 --> 00:23:17,095 to ever fight in an octagon. 480 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,497 Gilbert holds the distinction 481 00:23:18,498 --> 00:23:20,298 of being one of the few MMA fighters 482 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:22,634 to be ranked number one in the world 483 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,302 in two weight classes. 484 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:25,737 Nate and his older brother Nick 485 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:29,441 are both vicious strikers and grapplers, 486 00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:33,144 and about as tough as it gets in a professional setting 487 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,814 or on the street. 488 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:38,349 Neither particularly likes to fight they say, 489 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:40,619 but should the situation call for it, 490 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:45,024 well, let's put it this way, they will. 491 00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:51,329 Nick and Nate grew up in Stockton 492 00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:53,832 and still live there and train there. 493 00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:55,501 Conor McGregor mocked Nate 494 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:58,537 for teaching kids jujitsu in his hometown. 495 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:01,306 That was before Nate chased him around the octagon 496 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:06,011 like a little deer in his last close decision. 497 00:24:06,012 --> 00:24:09,014 In one of the greatest fights in UFC history, 498 00:24:09,015 --> 00:24:11,149 Nate Diaz shocked the world 499 00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:12,551 when, on very short notice, 500 00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:15,787 he stepped in and submitted McGregor 501 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:16,722 in two rounds. 502 00:24:16,723 --> 00:24:18,957 Nate Diaz. 503 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:21,226 He lost the second bout by decision, 504 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:23,529 but there will surely be a third, 505 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:25,296 and no matter what happens, 506 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:29,200 Nate Diaz always brings it. 507 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:34,173 Mariscos Chente on South Centinela. 508 00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:40,912 What did you... what do you eat growing up? Like, what do you- 509 00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:42,413 in your house, when you were little kids, 510 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:44,716 what kind of food were you eating? 511 00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:46,484 What's lunch? 512 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,053 Macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. 513 00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:51,256 Yeah, man, hot dogs, right. 514 00:24:51,257 --> 00:24:52,891 That was basically, like, Top Ramen. 515 00:24:52,892 --> 00:24:55,326 Every day. 516 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,195 - Yeah. - Hot dogs, mac and cheese? 517 00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:58,564 - Some ghetto juice. - What about you? 518 00:24:58,565 --> 00:25:00,566 You know, rice and beans and some sort of Mexican dish. 519 00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:02,167 Some sort of protein with it and everything, you know. 520 00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:03,569 - Right. - I'm not vegetarian, 521 00:25:03,570 --> 00:25:05,336 but I learned a lot from them though. 522 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:09,207 I was, like, pretty much vegan for... 523 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:11,442 For years really. Even as a kid? No. 524 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:13,278 Like, I stopped eating land animals period. 525 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:14,746 Like, I was... I'm a vegetarian, 526 00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:16,748 but I've been eating seafood on and off, 527 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:18,917 but I've been a vegetarian since I was, like, 528 00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:20,518 since I was 18 years old. 529 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,554 I just would be better cutting weight when I would just go 530 00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:24,623 on [inaudible] vegetarian diet. 531 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:26,391 - Right. - I end up, you know, 532 00:25:26,392 --> 00:25:28,627 nice and light, and then I get stronger. 533 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:31,429 And then once he started fighting pro too, 534 00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:34,099 I think he kind of started doing the same type of thing. 535 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:37,769 When you eat in LA, if you're going out for food, 536 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:39,270 what are you going out for, Asian? 537 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,772 You're going out for Pad Thai food... 538 00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:42,540 Good food's pretty convenient around here, of course. 539 00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:45,110 I go to... I go to Venice Beach. 540 00:25:45,111 --> 00:25:48,914 I go to Café Gratitude, and that's a really good place. 541 00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:50,749 What do you eat there? 542 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:53,619 It's, like, vegan, vegetarian all the way. 543 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:56,989 I get off the plane, I go right to In-N-Out Burger. 544 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:00,325 And the last thing I do while I'm in town 545 00:26:00,326 --> 00:26:01,761 is I stop at In-N-Out Burger. 546 00:26:02,829 --> 00:26:04,295 That stuff is like crack for me. 547 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:06,265 I got to have it. 548 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,501 Oh, it's so good. 549 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:13,138 Mariscos Chente serves shrimp. 550 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:15,406 Lots and lots of shrimp. 551 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,076 The house special, camarones borrachos, 552 00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:19,611 or drunken shrimp, 553 00:26:19,612 --> 00:26:22,447 sautéed in butter and garlic over high heat. 554 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:24,916 Add cilantro, and crushed peppers, 555 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,918 and finish with tequila. 556 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:27,419 ♪ 557 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:40,131 So when was your first fight, like, in school? 558 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:41,332 Like, what grade? 559 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:42,367 - First. - First grade? 560 00:26:42,368 --> 00:26:44,970 - Just kidding. - No. 561 00:26:44,971 --> 00:26:47,605 Yeah, [inaudible] my first fight, right? 562 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:49,641 One time I was in sixth grade, 563 00:26:49,642 --> 00:26:51,509 and I went down to the baseball field 564 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,144 waiting for foul balls 565 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:55,113 because when you catch a foul ball you get free soda 566 00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:56,948 or a bag of chips or something. 567 00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:59,785 And I caught the ball, and one of the baseball players was mad 568 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:02,320 because a littler kid was trying to run up and get it. 569 00:27:02,321 --> 00:27:04,455 Like, "What's up? Why didn't you let him get the ball?" 570 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:07,025 I'm like, "Shut up. I've been waiting all day for this ball." 571 00:27:07,026 --> 00:27:08,526 You know what I'm saying. I was a little kid. 572 00:27:08,527 --> 00:27:10,195 And he tried to get in a fight with me, 573 00:27:10,196 --> 00:27:12,030 but I'm with these guys and they're all hard core. 574 00:27:12,031 --> 00:27:13,665 And I'm in my head like, "Man, why they gonna make me 575 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:17,368 fight this guy, because..." in my head, right? 576 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:19,204 I was, "Man, they're making me fight this guy." 577 00:27:19,205 --> 00:27:20,706 And we're, like, going at it, 578 00:27:20,707 --> 00:27:22,640 and I've never been punched in my face 579 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,209 so many times in my life, right? 580 00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:26,144 I was just a little kid. He used to swing kind of wide 581 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:27,545 back then. I was all heart. 582 00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:29,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why you make me fight? 583 00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:31,718 That's mean. Why you make me fight this guy? 584 00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:48,734 Street tacos are a not guilty at all pleasure for me, 585 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:53,939 something of an obsession, they always make me happy. 586 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:56,341 But Mexican food has been redefining itself 587 00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:58,409 in significant ways for years, 588 00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:00,211 here and in Mexico. 589 00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:03,414 Across the city, young, extremely talented chefs 590 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:07,753 are taking Mexican traditions to the next level and beyond. 591 00:28:07,754 --> 00:28:13,058 Maybe the most exciting new frontier of modern cooking. 592 00:28:13,059 --> 00:28:15,460 Chef Ray Garcia, a native Angelino 593 00:28:15,461 --> 00:28:18,263 is one of those pioneers. 594 00:28:18,264 --> 00:28:21,599 Located in the heart of downtown is Broken Spanish, 595 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:22,934 a higher-end, 596 00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:24,602 higher-priced Mexican restaurant 597 00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:27,939 than most are accustomed to. 598 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:31,576 Chef Eddie Ruiz and Robin Chopra are childhood friends 599 00:28:31,577 --> 00:28:33,644 who opened the wonderful, but short-lived 600 00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:36,081 Alta California Gastro Pub 601 00:28:36,082 --> 00:28:37,983 Corazon y Miel, 602 00:28:37,984 --> 00:28:41,152 which put them both on the map in LA's burgeoning, 603 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:44,823 modern Mexican dining scene. 604 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:47,959 I absolutely believe that the next big thing 605 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:53,064 is a re-evaluation of Mexican flavors and ingredients, 606 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:56,467 and a re-evaluation of how much you should pay. 607 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,237 I mean, people love it, but their expectations is, 608 00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:00,471 Mexican food should be cheap, 609 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,739 and the fact is there's always 610 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,641 gonna be new arrivals from Mexico 611 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:05,443 who are perfectly willing to sell you, 612 00:29:05,444 --> 00:29:07,412 unfortunately or fortunately, 613 00:29:07,413 --> 00:29:10,481 really good Mexican food for very cheap, 614 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:13,318 but not the kind of deep flavors 615 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:14,652 that, you know, you find, 616 00:29:14,653 --> 00:29:17,122 or I've found in my travels there. 617 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,990 Well, sometimes in the Mexican world 618 00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:21,026 the only thing that's passed down, 619 00:29:21,027 --> 00:29:23,094 it's not a home, it's not a necklace, 620 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:25,430 what it is is a recipe passed down 621 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:27,032 from generation to generation. 622 00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:30,268 It all comes from these rustic dishes that our grandmothers 623 00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,170 and grandpas cooked for us. 624 00:29:32,171 --> 00:29:35,841 Do you have any responsibility to preserve 625 00:29:35,842 --> 00:29:37,542 and protect the traditional flavors 626 00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:39,210 and ingredients of Mexico 627 00:29:39,211 --> 00:29:40,478 or do you- or not? 628 00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:41,646 Yeah, of course. 629 00:29:41,647 --> 00:29:42,981 Everything that you see here 630 00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:44,349 in front of you is inspired 631 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:45,817 by something that we had as a child, 632 00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:48,954 but how do we present that with our training, 633 00:29:48,955 --> 00:29:51,189 and how do we present that with our experience 634 00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:54,993 that's gonna give people value to want to pay more for it? 635 00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:57,963 I think that Los Angeles is kind of a stage 636 00:29:57,964 --> 00:29:59,630 for that next level, 637 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:03,534 and Chef Ray is doing a really good job of that. 638 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,470 He's presenting stuff like this, 639 00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:07,305 and that's what's gonna elevate people's mind-set 640 00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:10,877 in terms of what you can do with this food. 641 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,748 Chicharrones, skin on pork, cured and salted, 642 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:19,717 cooked sous vide for 36 hours, 643 00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:21,419 then deep fried and served 644 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:24,923 with elephant garlic mojo and radish sprouts. 645 00:30:24,924 --> 00:30:27,825 ♪ 646 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,727 Tamales of slow-cooked lamb neck 647 00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:33,532 with oyster mushrooms and queso Oaxaca. 648 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:39,704 Camote, an Okinawan sweet potato filled with pork, 649 00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:42,607 the ears, tails and snout, 650 00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:47,212 topped with a drizzle of piloncillo syrup. 651 00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:48,779 I got one more present for you guys here. 652 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:50,181 A little pre-dessert, Eddie. 653 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:51,416 I know it's your favorite, Eddie. 654 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:52,783 It's my favorite. 655 00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:54,886 We have the foie gras rebanada here. 656 00:30:54,887 --> 00:30:56,554 So it's sort of like a pre-dessert. 657 00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:58,023 It's my take on a very traditional 658 00:30:58,024 --> 00:31:00,191 and simple Mexican pan dulce. 659 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:02,627 Which is, like, a brioche with butter 660 00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:04,595 and sugar is just the basic pan dulce. 661 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:06,231 So this here, we have foie gras in our butter, 662 00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:08,566 we kind of up the ante a little bit, 663 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:10,235 and then some piloncillo. 664 00:31:10,236 --> 00:31:11,602 Sweet. Thank you. 665 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,538 Man, I am loving... I am loving this meal. 666 00:31:13,539 --> 00:31:14,639 - Thank you. - I mean, big-time. 667 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,942 Thank you so much. Thank you. 668 00:31:16,943 --> 00:31:19,644 This is the most nostalgic dish 669 00:31:19,645 --> 00:31:21,279 I've ever had at a restaurant in Los Angeles. 670 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,450 In Mexican panaderías, this is called rebanada. 671 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:27,785 - Wow. - Nothing says my childhood 672 00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:31,222 like this dish right here. 673 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,458 I've worked in French and Italian restaurants 674 00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:34,392 my whole career. 675 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:35,893 Right. 676 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,096 But, I mean, really, if I think about it, 677 00:31:38,097 --> 00:31:41,266 they're Mexican restaurants and Ecuadorian restaurants 678 00:31:41,267 --> 00:31:43,234 because the majority of the cooks 679 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:46,071 and the people working with me were from those countries. 680 00:31:46,072 --> 00:31:48,673 That's who, you know, picked me up when I fell down, 681 00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:50,308 who showed me what to do when I walked in 682 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:53,278 and didn't know anything, and nobody knew my name. 683 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:56,081 Right, it's just the way our culture is. 684 00:31:56,082 --> 00:32:00,318 We're so family oriented that that's what matters to us. 685 00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:03,521 At the same time I feel like our job as chefs 686 00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:06,157 is to bring in our unique, 687 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:10,261 Latin American experience to dining, 688 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:14,165 family, tradition, food, culture, 689 00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:15,766 and LA's the heart of that right now. 690 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,035 It really is. 691 00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:18,636 And hopefully that resonates 692 00:32:18,637 --> 00:32:20,639 throughout the rest of the country. 693 00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:34,319 Gang violence has been part of LA's story 694 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,622 for the better part of a century now. 695 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:39,224 Also part of the story, 696 00:32:39,225 --> 00:32:42,494 police corruption and brutality. 697 00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:49,067 Former police officer Alex Salazar was a bad cop. 698 00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:52,670 By his own admission, very bad. 699 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,672 Like a lot of once good police, 700 00:32:54,673 --> 00:32:55,906 the streets changed him. 701 00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:57,675 He saw a lot of ugliness, 702 00:32:57,676 --> 00:32:59,644 the lines became blurred, 703 00:32:59,645 --> 00:33:01,346 the job ground him down, 704 00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:05,550 and he crossed the line... repeatedly. 705 00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:07,085 To quote Nietzsche, 706 00:33:07,086 --> 00:33:09,854 "Those who chase monsters need to be careful 707 00:33:09,855 --> 00:33:11,656 that they don't become monsters." 708 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:14,225 I thought I was gonna arrest the bad guys. 709 00:33:14,226 --> 00:33:17,163 I never thought I would become a bad guy myself. 710 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:24,835 - Did you become a bad guy? - Oh, I did, yes. 711 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:27,938 - How bad? - I became very aggressive, 712 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,840 beating people, losing control, 713 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,442 and using excessive force 714 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:34,245 when there really wasn't any need for me to do that. 715 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:36,914 I mean, I worked the most infamous police station 716 00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:39,016 ever known. It was called Rampart. 717 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,386 Won best picture for Denzel Washington 718 00:33:41,387 --> 00:33:44,622 for his betrayal of this really bad police officer. 719 00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:45,890 I'm the police. 720 00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:48,559 I run shit here. You just live here. 721 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,560 Was that an understatement? 722 00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,096 Were there cops that bad? 723 00:33:51,097 --> 00:33:52,563 Yes, there were, yes, there were. 724 00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:53,931 I was one of them. 725 00:33:53,932 --> 00:33:55,933 The problem was very systemic. 726 00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:58,103 We don't have so much that problem anymore. 727 00:33:58,104 --> 00:34:00,037 It does happen. Is it not the nature of 728 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,940 the job when you're asked to every day go in 729 00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:04,609 and look at people 730 00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:06,811 at their most desperate and ugly 731 00:34:06,812 --> 00:34:09,880 that you become desensitized 732 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,049 and maybe even turn into a monster? 733 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,784 Just think about it. 734 00:34:13,785 --> 00:34:16,287 Every day they're looking at the worst of society, 735 00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:19,590 and maybe they have a partner that gets killed or shot. 736 00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:21,959 It's all very overwhelming. 737 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:26,564 Many turn to alcohol and drugs to medicate. 738 00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:28,999 And I'm not trying to be an apologist for the police, 739 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,303 because, you know, they do need to be held accountable, 740 00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,672 but, you know, we need to help them, we really do, 741 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:38,075 because they are out there, 742 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:42,113 and they're the ones that are gonna show up at your home. 743 00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:44,649 Mexican American, living in East LA, 744 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:47,818 and a victim of a crime, 745 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,019 you calling on the police 746 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:52,123 expecting a sympathetic response? 747 00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:55,660 I mean, generally speaking, what do you think the... 748 00:34:55,661 --> 00:34:58,329 I think most police officers show up 749 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:00,131 being ready to help out. 750 00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:02,099 They certainly have to do their job, take a report. 751 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,934 But, I mean, what do you think the victim thinks 752 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,170 when they place a phone call? 753 00:35:05,171 --> 00:35:06,471 Do you think they have high hopes that, 754 00:35:06,472 --> 00:35:08,873 "I believe, like, my call is gonna be handled 755 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,842 "with the same fervor 756 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,479 as somebody calling from Beverly Hills?" 757 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,982 Well, there are good officers that come in, and they do help. 758 00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:21,786 There's also many who lose that empathetic feeling 759 00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:23,954 of looking at someone with brown skin 760 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:26,357 or very dark skin and they say, 761 00:35:26,358 --> 00:35:27,792 "Well, you know, why am I helping out this person? 762 00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,360 This is a stupid Mexican," 763 00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:33,798 and I saw that being projected upon these people 764 00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:35,867 who all they wanted was help. 765 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:39,370 ♪ 766 00:36:01,427 --> 00:36:05,396 Elisa Sol Garcia grew up in Boyle Heights 767 00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:07,265 and is no stranger to the challenges 768 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,901 facing the Latino community. 769 00:36:14,105 --> 00:36:15,606 The Boyle Heights Running Club 770 00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:18,776 started as a safety in numbers project. 771 00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,411 The small group of community members 772 00:36:20,412 --> 00:36:22,913 starting running the bridges of Boyle Heights, 773 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:25,182 making their presence known, 774 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,918 and simply by being there, by being a presence, 775 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:29,920 taking their streets back from the gangs 776 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:32,257 and the criminals who too often 777 00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:36,027 are the default company in a one-company neighborhood. 778 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:44,635 ♪ 779 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:49,440 Tacos Indiana Street Cart on 4th and Clarence Street... 780 00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:51,208 What are you guys having? I'm gonna do a asada. 781 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:52,877 - You're gonna do a asada? - Yeah. 782 00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:55,380 Frequented by Elisa and fellow Running Club member 783 00:36:55,381 --> 00:36:57,282 Rolli Cruz. 784 00:36:57,283 --> 00:36:59,250 Carne asada, the slow-grilled, 785 00:36:59,251 --> 00:37:01,118 marinated beef classic served 786 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,288 as a burrito with rice and beans, 787 00:37:03,289 --> 00:37:05,823 or simply on a tortilla as a taco. 788 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:08,058 - Gracias. - Tacos lengua, 789 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:12,897 beef tongue braised with garlic and onions. 790 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:14,332 And tacos al pastor, 791 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:16,301 stacked guajillo chili rubbed pork 792 00:37:16,302 --> 00:37:18,969 shoulder slices with your choice of toppings. 793 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:22,640 Oh, hell, yeah. 794 00:37:22,641 --> 00:37:26,477 Cheap, yet supremely satisfying, street taco trucks 795 00:37:26,478 --> 00:37:29,013 like this one have served the Latino community 796 00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:33,484 of Boyle Heights for years, 797 00:37:33,485 --> 00:37:35,986 but the neighborhood is changing. 798 00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:39,457 Let's say, it's diversifying. 799 00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:41,992 Well, first come the coffee shops, 800 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:44,929 a couple of smart, like, hip restaurants, 801 00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:47,532 hipsters arrive, the rents go up. 802 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:49,166 How do you stop that? 803 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:51,336 Well, that, what you explained in a nutshell 804 00:37:51,337 --> 00:37:55,373 is what has been going on throughout Los Angeles. 805 00:37:55,374 --> 00:37:58,876 The gentrification of downtown, it's spreading here, 806 00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:02,179 and in a neighborhood like this, gentrification, 807 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,382 not to be dramatic, but the population of families 808 00:38:04,383 --> 00:38:06,183 that are homeless is growing. 809 00:38:06,184 --> 00:38:08,519 Little by little, like, the block is the security. 810 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,822 Whether it's deportation, whether it's gentrification, 811 00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:14,625 you know, it's barely now coming to the forefront, 812 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,861 but for the people that live and work here every day 813 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:19,464 it's been a reality. 814 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:21,298 There's a lot of struggles here that, 815 00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,133 if you're gonna be a part of the of this community, 816 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,403 like, you have to recognize that struggle. 817 00:38:25,404 --> 00:38:28,138 I think that the reality is that LA 818 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,407 is always changing, right? 819 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:32,377 So, like, we are in the battle of LA, 820 00:38:32,378 --> 00:38:35,179 and who's gonna win in this has yet to be determined, 821 00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:37,549 but the fight is still gonna go on. 822 00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:48,994 One, two, three... 823 00:38:50,396 --> 00:38:52,062 There has been, since the beginning, 824 00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:53,764 a tradition of Mexican rock 825 00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:56,734 and roll with its own unique sound. 826 00:38:56,735 --> 00:38:59,269 Richie Valens, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, 827 00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:02,239 Cannibal and the Headhunters, Las Cruzados, 828 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,509 and Question Mark and the Mysterians. 829 00:39:04,510 --> 00:39:06,444 It should come as no surprise 830 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:09,046 that rockabilly is enjoying a resurgence of sorts 831 00:39:09,047 --> 00:39:10,449 in the Chicano community. 832 00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:17,755 ♪ Someone else is always to blame, baby ♪ 833 00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:21,226 ♪ 834 00:39:23,395 --> 00:39:25,095 There is a long and glorious tradition 835 00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:27,197 of Chicano rock, garage, 836 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:28,966 and punk boiling away under 837 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:31,268 and over the surface for years, 838 00:39:31,269 --> 00:39:33,938 and egregiously overlooked. 839 00:39:33,939 --> 00:39:36,407 ♪ 840 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:39,410 But what is it with the Morrissey thing? 841 00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:41,912 What is it about Morrissey, 842 00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:43,648 the Irish singer via England 843 00:39:43,649 --> 00:39:46,751 who sang melancholic, pathos-filled ballads 844 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:49,587 that were a backdrop for a million post-breakups 845 00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:53,123 during the '80s that so speaks to the Chicano soul? 846 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:55,626 ♪ 847 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:58,328 I asked musicians and concert promoters 848 00:39:58,329 --> 00:40:02,633 Oscar Agrecho and Albert Gamboa. 849 00:40:02,634 --> 00:40:05,135 Oscar thrives in the rockabilly world, 850 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:08,439 while Albert is all-things punk. 851 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,608 What's up with the Morrissey thing? 852 00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:14,011 In the Chicano community, like, Morrissey is, like, huge, huge. 853 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:15,813 It's a matter of the heart. 854 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,815 It's a matter of the heart, man. You've got to admit it. 855 00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:19,316 Why... why of all the bands 856 00:40:19,317 --> 00:40:22,687 in the world did Morrissey 857 00:40:22,688 --> 00:40:25,422 and The Smiths resonate in this community? 858 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:29,259 It was a convergence of music 859 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:32,196 and people that did not connect 860 00:40:32,197 --> 00:40:34,599 to what was being said. 861 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,266 He connected with his lyrics, 862 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:40,037 and I think everything was going so pop 863 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:42,640 and so mainstream, 864 00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:44,475 and he was the alternative to that. 865 00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:47,344 And I think there is a lyrical element 866 00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:50,615 to his words that resonated with the Latino community. 867 00:40:50,616 --> 00:40:53,450 And people said that his lyrics, 868 00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:54,852 his songs resonated 869 00:40:54,853 --> 00:40:58,022 with traditional mariachi in that sense. 870 00:40:58,023 --> 00:40:59,524 - Right. - And the songs are so much 871 00:40:59,525 --> 00:41:02,292 about finding something beautiful or even funny, 872 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:04,194 about getting relentlessly [...] over 873 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,897 and having shit go wrong; I mean... 874 00:41:08,567 --> 00:41:10,668 I think Morrissey really speaks... you know, 875 00:41:10,669 --> 00:41:13,638 it's so odd, he's this white guy... 876 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:17,241 About, like, displacement and this longing for, like, 877 00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:19,009 for a mythic home 878 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,678 because when I go to Mexico, 879 00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:22,146 I'm like a sore thumb there, you know? 880 00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:24,148 My Spanish is horrible, 881 00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:25,382 the way I dress, the way I talk, 882 00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,351 but there's just something about it. 883 00:41:27,352 --> 00:41:31,055 Like, Morrissey really articulates that experience. 884 00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:32,757 He himself is an immigrant. 885 00:41:32,758 --> 00:41:34,024 He is Irish. 886 00:41:34,025 --> 00:41:35,926 You know, he feels displaced. 887 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:39,263 ♪ Irish blood, English heart 888 00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:41,398 ♪ This I'm made of 889 00:41:41,399 --> 00:41:44,401 This is the thing about being a Mexican in the States. 890 00:41:44,402 --> 00:41:47,171 You're never white enough for this country, 891 00:41:47,172 --> 00:41:49,574 and you're never brown enough for Mexico. 892 00:41:49,575 --> 00:41:53,043 It is a big issue about that pocho and all that, 893 00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:55,946 but I know that we are... 894 00:41:55,947 --> 00:41:59,416 Californians inherently, 895 00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:01,285 and I am Los Angeles. 896 00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:06,456 ♪ I've been dreaming of a time when ♪ 897 00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:13,097 ♪ To be English is not to be baneful ♪ 898 00:42:13,098 --> 00:42:20,037 ♪ To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful ♪ 899 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:22,773 ♪ Racist or partial 900 00:42:22,774 --> 00:42:26,777 ♪ Forever 901 00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:28,614 ♪