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'The Great Progression'

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'The Great Progression'

Published: Fri, 28 Aug 2009

Description: Geraldo Rivera details new book on role of Hispanics in America

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" From Elvis Presley's overdose that bill shields is -- problem button he's covered at all this curious thing has more than four day. Decades yet the style and strengthen his mustache remains unchanged. Coincidence I doubt -- his new book details how Hispanics are revitalizing our crappy economy. Energizing our distress troops and invigorating our government. It's called the great progression. How Hispanics will lead America to a new era of prosperity and it stores September 1 I urge you -- we're as pleased as punch that got the program or other American piazza or those around to a large Saturday's incentives that Andy. -- and Fox News Channel he knows our news like kind of Jimmy Houston based true I would love -- Whether I'm not God's path around okay it's good for morale -- to that's pretty. That we cover all the bases and I -- it is fairly high so they can't tell the I don't know what is it then absolutely they I don't know really what -- appreciate your life -- yeah. I asked him about how -- he -- the great -- how Hispanics will lead America to a new era of prosperity. Got asked that question how will it well."

" I think I'll give -- very quick example my social security and in Europe. Including Russia he had an aging population and diminishing population but also -- obviously an aging population we have in the majority -- the same thing here -- average age of white Americans it's forty. -- average age of Hispanic Americans. The vast majority for -- citizens is 27 yet so -- a best guess so you do the math who's gonna be doing the heavy lifting -- Social Security guard."

" Oh yeah it's it's it's it it's it it's a sensitive area but. I was look at as a compliment that -- they're very family oriented show get a large -- very religious. These are people that aren't very patriotic about. Didn't matter what are -- what can I always say exactly living in new York and and they're all a lot of expansion work really hard I don't think they have the word sick days in their language --"

" I've and I've never had what I'm. But at the the point is if you watch cable news on a regular basis your impression. Malveaux Latinos is us fence jumper yeah you know it's someone who's here without. Or authorization who's stealing taking from society. And it's just not true yeah I mean obviously it is part of the reality of the United States that allowed you wanna come and live here but it's also the reality the United States -- more than 15% of our citizens. Our Latino so what I'm trying to do this book. Is being kind of the biographer of a coming of age of entire. Ethnic group and they weren't corridor. They're much more about church and look at Sonia Sotomayor thank goodness. Our latest Supreme Court nominee. We had the background that she had she. Graduated number one and -- cardinal Spellman up in the Bronx then Princeton and Yale editor of the law journal there some commodity at Princeton a brilliant jurist who worked in the -- off. I mean that's -- potential -- I think that justice shows you that you know this stereotypes that you continue to Stewart just pops."

" We'll see if I mean -- eat when you look at that that need the big controversy over immigration and it adds about legal immigration with illegal immigration will understand. We've got to make it easier for people who want appear to be here because they're risking their lives. And they should have a big there should be way to getting their existing normal babies that all people go through yeah that's newcomers yeah they're always treated poorly when they get here. And then over time somebody else."

" I'm -- Irish Germans Italians. European Jews and they can't exactly the same kind of resistance and and slanderous kind of the stereo tie game. Gradual assimilation some of the driven by it into marriage but they write about. As happened in my own family and you know eventual acceptance and I think that it will happen here Q yeah you'll have a let my -- Barack Obama the first Latino press stop a Bill Clinton becoming the first African American -- Barack Obama would not be president but for the Latino surge we've got so sick and tired of hearing. I think the tone of the conversation on immigration. Mostly coming from the GOP that just deserted that would George Bush ran he got. 44% of Latino vote in 2000 reports that it and and the Republicans could have increased to accept that they. I was such absolute Asus about the immigration debate that."

" I've got to ask again I got tied for one more quick little this quote baseball was peanut butter that you could spread around to other aspects of community life what does that mean perhaps. Yeah idiotic but."

" That it I think that there isn't the assimilation of the recognition of the potential of the Latino community it happened first among baseball scouts right they saw -- promised. Just over the horizon to the south. They saw that that was had a reenergize the major leagues they started drafting dozens scores of players now they have I think like 25% in the majors and it could easily field. And also -- team with all Latinos yeah. And that's what I mean I wish that the success of the Latinos in baseball could spread to other aspects of society look at -- this it's that great progression and and you and you often do a lot of very important out of this anxiety -- end up to check it out okay."

" Picture of them are fighting until September 1 that's this veterans -- yeah that are -- I'm lying there is how to get. Next may help time."

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