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Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America

Gregory Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
01:30:00
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Episode Summary

The iconoclastic Los Angeles Times columnist discusses how the mestizo legacy of Mexican-Americans, the largest immigrant group in the country's history, will forever change how Americans think about race and ethnicity.

Participant(s) Bio
Los Angeles-based Gregory Rodriguez is a journalist, a former MSNBC political analyst and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His work has appeared in such leading publications as The New York Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. He is the Director of the California Fellows Program and a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, a non-partisan public policy institute.

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