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but what about us latinos? weve been here in this city, and weve got every kind of latino. you want your puerto ricans? wepa. you want your cubans? dale! dominicans? que lo que tigre. colombianos? todo bien, todo bien. mexicanos? no manches, guey. and this is where i grew up, too. and when i was a kid, i dont know what the streets were paved with, but it damn sure as hell was not gold. but that didnt stop latinx new yorkers from making big contributions. basquiat, rita moreno-- puerto ...

Basquiat, Rita Moreno Puerto rican. Cardi bdominican. Supreme Court Justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. Even the very first nonindigenous person to live and work in the island of manhattan in the 1600s was juan rodriguez, a dominicano. Mira eso, right from the start, weve been here making this city great. Now, i dont know what new york would be without latinos, but it sure as hell wouldnt smell as good, it wouldnt taste as good, and it definitely wouldnt sound as good. Thats right, cause s...

And got a case of el vuelo blanco-- thats right, white flight. - theres quite a lot of changes around here. it has deteriorated, very much so, due to the influx of undesirables. - well, it was their loss because theres nothing like a new york city melting pot to create culture and just magic. [light music] ♪ right here, this is the building i grew up in on apartment 4a. and it was incredible cause the subway is, like, right there. so wed be watching tv, like a murder mystery, and be about to t...

Thats right, white flight. - theres quite a lot of changes around here. it has deteriorated, very much so, due to the influx of undesirables. - well, it was their loss because theres nothing like a new york city melting pot to create culture and just magic. [light music] ♪ right here, this is the building i grew up in on apartment 4a. and it was incredible cause the subway is, like, right there. so wed be watching tv, like a murder mystery, and be about to tell you, you know, and the murderer,...

And i would hear-- [subway passing] so thats how i learned how to write cause i used to have to make up my own stories. my parents were immigrant parents, so i had to earn all my christmas presents. i had to read the encyclopedia from a to z. otherwise, i wouldnt get my bicycle. so i got my bicycle, and i brought it out here. and i got jumped by this kid named johnny. he had my same name. anyway, that was my life growing up, but it made me who i am today, right? ♪ manhattan was like oz, you kn...