As the entrenched racial labels “white” and “black” become less and less meaningful, Richard Rodriguez sees a definite future for a new one: “brown.” In this program, Bill Moyers talks with the acclaimed memoirist, journalist, and social critic about the ways race, culture, class, and religion are reshaping the concept of identity in America today. Rodriguez’s discussion with Moyers exposes many of the contradictions and convergences that make being a 21st-century American so complex and yet so compelling. Topics include bilingual education, affirmative action, Spanish Catholicism, and the implications of what it means to be brown. Three of Rodriguez’s books—Hunger of Memory, Days of Obligation, and Brown—are featured as well. (40 minutes)