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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.88,0:00:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[clip from Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents II", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead{\u1}Presidents{\u0}%28song%29]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.06,0:00:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was illegal in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.19,0:00:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I arrived in this country, I arrived as an illegal immigrant.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.80,0:00:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I got older, I recognized that, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.40,0:00:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brother, my adopted brother and I could be deported at any time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.06,0:00:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This after our family had been in North America
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.66,0:00:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the advent of the California gold rush in 1849.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.07,0:00:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet it is only my children,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.92,0:00:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were born in '73 and '75,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.83,0:00:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the first in our family to be born in North America,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.15,0:00:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's after a hundred years, a hundred some odd years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.68,0:01:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That tells you what exclusion and head tax and racist immigrant policies can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.85,0:01:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my grandparents suffered that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.01,0:01:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother and grandfather
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.92,0:01:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were seperated for 25 years by racist law.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.49,0:01:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather paid a head tax,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.91,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the equivalent of two houses when he came here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could buy two houses for $500.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.94,0:01:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I got involved in these issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these issues changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.65,0:01:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rearranged my life so I could, so I could
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.74,0:01:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to participate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.43,0:01:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, and, and, if you want to call sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.89,0:01:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being one of the leaders in the movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.17,0:01:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became self-employed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.65,0:01:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned skills to be a media producer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.41,0:01:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned skills to be a community organizer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.25,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things I had to do when I got involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So y'know, for young people I would say that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.41,0:01:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, this is your world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.49,0:02:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, you're the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.95,0:02:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.39,0:02:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but get involved with the idea of contributing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.58,0:02:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get involved when you have your bases covered.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.47,0:02:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.91,0:02:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't count on the movement or what you're getting into to provide your basics.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.35,0:02:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, the two campaigns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.02,0:02:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, that i've put about 25, 30 years into is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.52,0:02:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Redress campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.16,0:02:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also community television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.86,0:02:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined the redress campaign in '83, and community television in '86.