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Philip Hernandez is a Boulder native whose family immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 1960s. He discusses implications of immigration for his own family and for Mexcian Americans in the United States in general, noting that some families have been here so long that there is a saying that "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us". The interview explores issues of inclusiveness, diversity, and discrimination, including such subjects as Latinos who fought in the Vietnam War, segregation, lynching, elitism, and working for social change. He talks about his own involvement with social change action, including representing interests of the Latino community on non-profit boards, serving as the State of Colorado affirmative action director, and working to document Latino history.