When the Statue Walks
Tuesday 5 September 2006 21:00-21:45 (Radio 3)
In 2003, census takers in the United States announced that Spanish speakers had overtaken African Americans as the second biggest ethnic group. Immediately black and white commentators lined up to condemn 'the brown explosion'. But do numbers equal power?
Broadcaster Harry Allen walks the few blocks from his home in Harlem to the old latino heartland of Spanish Harlem to find out, talking to writers such as Francisco Goldman on the way.
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