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Hyphen-Nation: Roy

"Not from here and not from there."

Aired 02/16/2017 | Rating NR

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Hyphen-Nation: Roy

Clip: Special | 1m 29s

"Not from here and not from there."

His friends in school said he wasn't American. His mother said his family in Mexico would treat him like a tourist. He wanted to prove everyone wrong.

Aired 02/16/2017 | Rating NR

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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...

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