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S01E10: Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda ChavezMichelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity very differently. In this episode we ask what it means to be Hispanic-and find that the answer lies in the tangled histories of European, Native American and African peoples. Crisscrossing Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and the Southwest, Professor Gates reveals stories of ancestral Conquistadors, Indian rebels, and "Crypto-Jews" (Spanish Jews who converted to Catholicism to survive the Inquisition, yet continued to practice their religion ...
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May 20, 2012
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60 minutes
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Skip Gates, Jr., Sammy Hagar, Danielle Brooks, Bob Odenkirk, LeVar Burton, Ciara, Sunny Hostin, Valerie Bertinelli, Iliza Shlesinger, Alanis Morissette, Jesse Williams, Wes Studi, Dionne Warwick, Brendan Fraser, Ed O'Neill
