Bobby Jackson has taught students in the Aransas County school district about the Plains Indians, the Battle of San Jacinto, and Spindletop since the state celebrated its sesquicentennial. How he does it bears no resemblance to the class I took when I was stuck in middle school.
without you. we must insist you are not welcome here. leading off our discussion now is one of the signatories of that letter, jj martinez. he is a member of the el paso young democrats. also with us tonight in el paso, richard parker. he is the author of lone star nation: how texas will transform america and maria teresa cow kumar. i want to start with you in an op-ed piece in the new york times about this event in the aftermath of it, you wrote, we have invaded nothing. we were already here. please explain that to our audience. well, it s exactly that. i am the son of a mexican immigrant who is now a citizen of the united states and an american father. my mother s family has come back has come to through texas
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leading off our discussion now is one of the signatories of that letter, jj martinez. he is a member of the el paso young democrats. also with us tonight in el paso, richard parker. he is the author of lone star nation: how texas will transform america and maria teresa cow mar joi kumar. i want to start with you in an op-ed piece in the new york times about this event in the aftermath of it, you wrote, we have invaded nothing. we were already here. please explain that to our audience. well, it s exactly that. i am the son of a mexican immigrant who is now a citizen of the united states and an american father. my mother s family has come back has come to through texas and back to mexico many times. my late great uncle enlisted in
while the families of all 22 victims plan funerals, of course, and vigils, the entire community here is left to grapple with the hate that inspired the killer to carry out this act of domestic terrorism. my next guest writes beautifully about what is going on here in el paso. one of the things he wrote, he said el paso alone is over 80% hispanic. we switch from english to spanish without skipping a beat and we are fine with that, but the trump era is not. it s brought us walls, internment camps and children in cages. the massacres, the outcome i feared for years and i can t help but feel that its genesis lies with the president of the united states. joining me is the writer, richard parker. he s also the author of lone star nation, how texas will transform america. i m sorry to meet under these circumstances. you wrote a really lovely, beautiful piece that i read. just talk a little bit about what you re seeing here. every day is a little bit