Fotiyeva, Izolda Ashby, Wally Nnamdi, Kojo DeMeo, Marisa Aviles, Pedro J

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The guests talk about discrimination towards Hispanic American community a decade after the Mount Pleasant riot (Washington, D.C. on 5/5/1991) and if this event accounts for the fact that while Hispanic population has increased, representation and political power has not. The guests talk about legal and political actions that are being taken to counteract the discrimination. [NOTE: This is part of a longer episode that included two other segments not contained in this video file.]

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