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When Worlds Collide | The Caste System Fails | PBS

Duration: 01:21
Program: When Worlds Collide
Broadcast Date: Sep. 27, 2010

In this preview clip, Martínez describes how the Spanish caste system of the "Old World" was doomed to failure in the "New World" of Latin America.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, premiering on Monday, September 27, 2010, at 9:00 pm ET/PT on PBS, with host host Rubén Martínez, illuminates the origins of today's Latino culture in the United States through the untold story of what happened in the Americas after Columbus.

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Post Date: September 13, 2010