Richard Rodriguez, an essayist for the "PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," talked with Diana a few weeks after the Sept. 11th disaster about people coming across borders with their ideas, their religions and their customs. In his new book "Brown: The Last Discovery Of America," Rodriguez discusses the changing nature of ethnicity, culture and class. The book goes on sale April 1st.

Interview: Essayist Richard Rodriguez

[Originally aired 10/5/2001]