Our friendship and our partnership but rather a new beginning. And just as we did 15 years ago, we intend to bet on colombias success. Were united by a common vision. A future that is more just and more equitable, more prosperous for all of our people. You know, one of my most memorable experiences in colombia was when i accompanied president santos as he granted land title to two afrocolombian communities. And it was a wonderful day. Not just because we were hanging out with shakira. [ laughter ] there in the Plaza De San Pedro we watched as the descendants of slaves laid claim to their piece of a new colombia, and it was a reminder of what peace really means in peoples daily lives. Whats possible when people are empowered, no matter what they look like or where they come from. And thats a vision that president santos believes in. Thats a vision that we share, that this is not just an abstract exercise at the highest levels of government. This is something that has to affect ordinary
Mla, thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Otto santa ana, author of juan in a hundred come it takes look at the latinos on the news. This is about half an hour. In now on booktv, we want to introduce you to ucla professor, otto santa ana. Professor santa ana, what do you teach at ucla . Guest ironman chicano and chacon of studies. Host what courses are you teaching . Guest i teach courses in language and media, linkage in the classroom. I teach a course on political humor. I teach courses on language all aspects of language that are socially relative. Host your book that we want to talk about on booktv is juan in a hundred the representation of latinos on network news. Here is the cover of the book. Before we get started, i want to ask you what does the word latino name . Guest latino. The team now with all the people who are of latin american origin who are noncitizens of the United States. Host and you are professor of chicano chicano studies. Guest chacon that in chicano means
Host reza aslan company probably rocks the world comes the christian world with zealot the life and times of jesus of nazareth. But you do right this in your book. He said the most obvious reason not to dismiss the disciples resurrection experiences out of hand at the cell messiahs before and after them. It was precisely the fervor with which the followers believed in the resurrection that performed this time is that into the largest religion. While the resurrection itself is an ahistorical phenomenon. Another was something historians have no business talking about one way or another. The claim to the resurrection by the disciples is an historical phenomenon reason unquestionable historical phenomenon. It is just a fact that very soon after jesus death, his disciples believed and preached he was risen again. I personally estimate he believes in god so im not going to deny jesus was raised from the dead. Ill just say its not my business as an historian. What cannot be denied is whatever
Host set five, salman rushdie, one of your favorite books and authors. Guest thats right. Satanicber the first time i rad i heard about it and never got around to reading it. Think. I had heard about it obviously never got around to reading it. I thought only friends bookshelf and i thought was a big deal. Lets read this thing. It was incredible. The idea you could write about the deep spiritual ideas in a work of fiction to make it come alive in the narrative that he did, it really and what to me as a writer. Probably a lot with Garcia Marquez are the three sort of authors i thought this is what i want to do. This is who i want to be. Host guest itd save hook by not a very wellknown political philosopher who teaches at iowa. It is a book about the way we can start thinking about money as a secret day, the way it used to be. He makes a very important argument, which is the creation of what we call money arose to facilitate gift exchange. In other words, the idea was before money if i h
Amendment argument that the possession of which was the application of curfew, mass. For mobile and subsequently incarceration directed only as people of japanese ancestry and beaten by racial myself, i might add applied to people that were half of japanese ancestry from a quarter down to an eight i believe ancestor was enough to get you into one of these camps. They felt that was profoundly unconstitutional and gordon sincerely believed the Supreme Court justices are going to agree with him about that. They absolutely did not, but because of the relationship between the conviction in the time he was going to have to serve, he asked at one juncture, i think of is that the seattle local court level that his sentences for opposition to curfew and opposition to removal be combined and lengthened out a little bit so he would be able to serve in a Penal Institution that allowed him to be outside. So he got this concurrent sentence and bus when it came out to the Supreme Court and i believe