Annotations for Sounds: Background--sounds--urban Life

Even though I couldn't fulfill what he wanted me to fulfill for him, for the most part, and with a lot of the immigrants, a lot of the undocumented in my community, I admired him so much. But he was very insistent in maintaining it all together because it wasn't complete for him to give in on one thing. He wanted the entire package, and rightly so.

Even though I couldn't fulfill what he wanted me to fulfill for him, for the most part, and with a lot of the immigrants, a lot of the undocumented in my community, I admired him so much. But he was very insistent in maintaining it all together because it wasn't complete for him to give in on one thing. He wanted the entire package, and rightly so.

First, they say hello to you, and I start to speak and they explain to you what's going on. Sometime, the person who own any store around here say, you know, they don't like drunk people around here. You know, that's why they say no. Just keep walking and everything will be okay.

Latino community could have turned out up to 70,000 voters very easily had candidates invested intelligently into the Latino community, but they chose not to.

The Latino community could not see itself in their issues. It's like looking in the mirror and seeing somebody different. So, I think the Latino community sent a message to the elected officials. "We are not for sale just because it's you. You have to show us that you care and you know us, or else, we're not going to give you our votes."