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But when you think of d. C. , you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right . Like washington, jefferson, lincoln. Well, guess what. Latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latintinged music] in fact, Latinx Heroes Have fought in every war for the United States for centuries. This goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. American forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by A Young Venezuelan commander named fran...

of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the...

like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 his...

but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander na...

More than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocas...

"whos brown and black "and human and tender. i have you inside this body." but i stop, and i simply write down hispanic. [cheers and applause] [inspirational music] - when you think about a community, the first thing you think about for us is a greeting. - mm-hmm. - right? you walk through a neighborhood thats a neighborhood, and i say hello, you say... [together] hello. - now heres the thing. you know gentrification has taken hold when that hello becomes... when a street full of greetings gets ...

"and human and tender. i have you inside this body." but i stop, and i simply write down hispanic. [cheers and applause] [inspirational music] - when you think about a community, the first thing you think about for us is a greeting. - mm-hmm. - right? you walk through a neighborhood thats a neighborhood, and i say hello, you say... [together] hello. - now heres the thing. you know gentrification has taken hold when that hello becomes... when a street full of greetings gets invaded by silence, we...

"i have a son named john enrique "whos brown and black "and human and tender. i have you inside this body." but i stop, and i simply write down hispanic. [cheers and applause] [inspirational music] - when you think about a community, the first thing you think about for us is a greeting. - mm-hmm. - right? you walk through a neighborhood thats a neighborhood, and i say hello, you say... [together] hello. - now heres the thing. you know gentrification has taken hold when that hello becomes... when...