>>> GOOD EVENING.

WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES," I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ HERE IN CHICAGO.

WE CHERISH EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 5:00 AND 6:00.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT LATINOS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CHOP.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO AVOID IT.

>>> PROSTATE CANCER IS THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCER AMONG LATINO MEN.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT SYMPTOMS TO LOOK OUT FOR.

>>> A LOVE LETTER SCREENING AT AN ART GALLERY.

>>> PAYING TRIBUTE TO A COMMUNITY WHO RAISED A MAN.

>>> MORE ON THE ELECTION RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> LATINOS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP.

THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE MAKING THEM A CRUCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC FOR POLITICIANS.

LATINOS ARE INCREASINGLY THE TARGET FOR DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS.

70% USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF POLITICAL NEWS WHERE FACT CHECKING IS SPARSE AND THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO USE MESSAGING APPS LIKE WHATSAPP AND TELEGRAM.

JOINING US FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR LATINOS AND A SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS.

RESEARCH MANAGER FOR THE LATINO DISINFORMATION AND I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU, JAIME, WHAT MAKES LATINOS IN THE U.S.

SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISINFORMATION?

>> I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY RECEIVE THEIR NEWS AND CONSUME THEIR NEWS, A PEW HISPANIC CAME OUT TO SHOW INTERNET AND THE VARIOUS PLATFORMS WHETHER IT IS FACEBOOK OR YouTUBE COMPETE WITH TELEVISION FOR LATINOS RECEIVING THEIR NEWS.

AS WE KNOW, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE OR JUST VERY LACKADAISICAL OVERSIGHT OVER THOSE PLATFORMS.

LATINOS BECOME VERY SUSCEPTIBLE IN THAT WAY AND THE WAY I SEE IT IS WHEN THEY RECEIVE WRONG INFORMATION, THEN IN MANY WAYS THAT CAN LEAD THEM TO DISENGAGE WITH POLITICS.

SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S DONE ON PURPOSE PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONWIDE IN COMPETITIVE STATES.

YOU SEE THAT IS HAPPENING EITHER THROUGH PACs OR OTHER AVENUES.

THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE TRYING TO CONFUSE LATINOS.

FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN WHERE TO VOTE, HOW TO VOTE, WHAT TIME DO THE POLLS CLOSE, WHERE IS YOUR PRECINCT?

WE HAVE HEARD REPORTS WHERE LATINOS ARE GIVEN THE WRONG INFORMATION.

IT'S KIND OF A FORM OF VOTER SUPPRESSION IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

>> LAURA, LOCALLY, WHAT WAYS HAVE YOU SEEN DISINFORMATION PLAY OUT IN LATINO COMMUNITIES IN RECENT YEARS?

>> IT IS PRIMARILY IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION, SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE ALSO BECAME COVID EXPERTS IN A SENSE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO, BUT I WOULD SAY OUR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN A LOT OF FRAUD IN THE IMMIGRATION COMMUNICATION OUT THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PREDATORY ENTITIES, NOTARY PUBLICS AND ATTORNEYS MAKING FALSE CLAIMS.

EVEN COVID I THINK OFFERED A REALLY STARK HEALTH IMPLICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

>> DEFINITELY.

LISS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION AND HOW BOTH ARE A PROBLEM AMONG LATINOS WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING THEIR VOTING RIGHTS?

>> AT ITS CORE, IT IS REALLY A MATTER OF INTENT.

ALL OF US HAVE WRONG INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND WE MAY SHARE THAT AND IT MAY NOT HAVE MALICIOUS INTENT BEHIND IT.

SOMEBODY COULD POSSIBLY BE CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE THEIR POLLING LOCATION IS FOR EXAMPLE OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE.

LAURA BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT.

IT'S NOT JUST ELECTION RELATED ANYTHING THAT SOWS MISTRUST IN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AND ENTITIES CAN SOW DISTRUST IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

MISINFORMATION IS ABOUT INTENT, ANYTHING THAT TRIES TO PURPOSEFULLY SOW THAT DOUBT.

>> WHAT ARE THE RED FLAGS THAT INDICATES INFORMATION THAT IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY?

>> WHEN YOU LACK THE SOURCE.

RIGHT, SO I INVITE ALL TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS EVERY TIME YOU RECEIVE A PIECE OF CONTENT.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM?

DO YOU SEE THE SOURCE OF THAT INFORMATION?

ARE YOU SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE SOME OLD STUFF IS BEING ADVANCED AS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY?

CAN WE KNOW A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR?

IS THIS PERSON OR ORGANIZATION REALLY SPECIALIZED IN ELECTIONS FOR EXAMPLE?

IF IT IS NOT, THEN WE JUST JUST DISREGARD.

THERE ARE SOME EASY, EASY WAYS TO VERIFY CONTENT THAT ANYONE CAN DO.

>> CHRISTINA, YOUR ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY IS OFFERING A FACT CHECKING RESOURCING SPANISH.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?

>> SURE, WELL, IT IS HAPPY TO SUPPORT A BRAND NEW FACT CHECKING ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY TWO, AMAZING WOMEN.

ONE IS FROM ARGENTINA AND ONE FROM SPAIN.

THEY ARE RIGHT NOW OFFERING THIS AMAZING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL THE NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS FACT CHECKING CONTENT AND PUBLISHING FACT CHECKING IN SPANISH.

THEY ARE HAVING A BIG ALLIANCE AND BEING ABLE TO VERIFY TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF CONTENT THAT IS BEING SPREAD IN SPANISH, IN THE UNITED STATES, FOCUSING IN THE HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITY IS THE GOAL AND THEY HAVE GREAT ARTICLES.

I JUST READ ONE RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT ARE THE 10 THAT AREN'T COMING DURING THIS ELECTION PERIOD AND I THINK JAIME HAS SHARED SOME OF THEM.

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF STORIES WE KNOW ARE FALSE.

>> ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO JAIME RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY.

CAN YOU TELL US, JAIME, WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DOES SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE U.S. FOR COMBATING DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS?

>> I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME A LOT LARGER.

I THINK THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THEIR CONSUMERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THEY ARE PUTTING OUT IS ACCURATE.

WE SHOULDN'T BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE FOR EXAMPLE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS MAKING SURE THEY PUT PRESSURE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND YouTUBE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS OVERSIGHT.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR IS WHEN THAT IS DISCUSSED, IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

VERY LITTLE IS ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE.

THAT EVEN GETS MORE -- OUR COMMUNITY BECOMES MORE VULNERABLE BECAUSE PERHAPS MAYBE THERE ARE A LOT OF INCORRECT MESSAGING WHEN IT COMES TO SPANISH.

WE HAD AN EXAMPLE.

THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA WHO WROTE TO THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE HE WENT ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WENT TO THE SPANISH DIVISION WITHIN THAT AND FOUND OUT A NUMBER OF INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTIONS.

WHAT TIME VOTING PLACES CLOSE, HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE.

IT'S PROBLEMATIC.

>> SPEAKING OF SPANISH, SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE, LAURA, WHAT ROLE DOES LANGUAGE PLAY IN DISINFORMATION?

>> I MEAN, IN CHICAGO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT SPEAK PRIMARILY SPANISH.

I THINK HAVING ACTUALLY PUTTING RESOURCES FOR TRANSLATING IN SPANISH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.

I THINK ALSO HAVE SOME CULTURAL VETTING OF SPANISH LANGUAGE PRODUCTION IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

IF SOMETHING IS POPPED INTO A GOOGLE TRANSLATOR OF SORTS, YOU ALSO GET A LOT OF UNCLEAR MESSAGING.

>> DEFINITELY.

OUR TIME UNFORTUNATELY IS COMING UP.

I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS LAST QUESTION, LIZ, YOU SAY DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS PLAY IN STEREOTYPES ABOUT LATINOS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT?

WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR EXAMPLE IN SAYING I THINK THERE MIGHT BE VOTER FRAUD IN SAYING, OH, VOTES WERE LEGALLY CAST IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT REALLY PUTS A TARGET ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY VOTES WERE ILLEGALLY CAST, IT'S USUALLY SOME STEREOTYPICAL CARICATURE OF AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON AND THAT PUTS A TARGET NOT ONLY DISINFO THAT IS TARGETING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS ABOUT US SO WE HAVE TO TARGET IT AT TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS.

>> THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT JUST IN THE U.S., BUT ALL OVER LATIN AMERICA AS WELL.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA HOW DISINFORMATION IN THE U.S. IS CONNECTED WITH DISINFORMATION ABROAD?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS JUST RESEARCHING ABOUT IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST HAD ELECTION IN BRAZIL LAST WEEK.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NARRATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS LANDED THERE.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN COSTA RICA AND SAME THING HAPPENED IN COLOMBIA.

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE USING LATIN AMERICA AND GETTING THE RESULTS TO APPLY HERE.

THERE ARE NO BORDERS FOR DISINFORMATION.

>> DEFINITELY.

WE NEED TO BE INFORMED, BUT WE NEED TO GET IT FROM THE RIGHT SOURCES.

OUR THANKS TO LAURIE, JAIME, CHRISTINA, AND LIZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, IDENTIFYING PROSTATE CANCER.

STAY WITH US.

>>> IF SOME OF THE ME IN YOUR LIFE OR SOME OF THE MEN YOU KNOW ARE SPORTING A LITTLE MORE FACIAL HAIR THAN USUAL LIKE ME, THEY MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING IN NO SHAVE NOVEMBER.

A CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS.

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM THE CANCER PROSTATE FOUNDATION, IT IS THE MOST UNDIAGNOSED IN LATINO MEN.

THEY SAY LACK OF ACCESS TO CONSISTENT HEALTH CARE AS WELL AS LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE MORE THAN 17,000 DIAGNOSIS AND 2,000 DEATHS ANNUALLY AMONG LATINO MEN.

JOINING US MORE A DOCTOR WHO PRACTICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND FRANK MEDINA, A MEDICAL STUDENT AND MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION LATINOS UNITED FOR CANCER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND OUTREACH, AND DR. PATEL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF UROLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU, DR. RIVERA.

CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF PROSTATE CANCER PLEASE?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF TIMES SYMPTOMS ARE VERY VAGUE OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL.

DEFINITELY, IF SOMEBODY HAS BLOOD IN THEIR URINE OR BLOOD IN THEIR SPERM OR DIFFICULTY URINATING, IT HAVE YOU HAD AT LEAST RAISE A SUSPICION.

>> THOSE ARE SOME OF THE RED FLAGS, RIGHT?

WHAT IS A MAJOR RED FLAG THAT WOULD SAY YOU NEED TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR NOW?

>> I THINK IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE URINATING, URINATION RETENTION WHERE SOMETIMES PEOPLE PRESENT WHERE THEY ARE UNABLE TO URINATE AT ALL.

THAT WOULD BE A VERY ADVANCED STAGE.

IT COULD BE NOT NECESSARILY BE CANCER.

IT COULD BE JUST WHAT WE CALL BENIGN, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE WORRY ABOUT TOO.

>> GO TO YOUR DOCTOR DEFINITELY.

SPEAKING OF THE EXAM, IS THE DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM STILL STANDARD SCREENING?

>> NOT THE STANDARD AS OF RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW THE THERE'S MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON THE PSA PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TEST AND PLUS OR MINUS A DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM.

THE USPS WHICH IS THE UNITED STATES IS LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE BLOOD TEST AND PLUS OR MINUS THE DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM.

>> THIS IS IMPORTANT.

AS LATINO MEN, THERE'S A LOT OF TABOOS REGARDING THE PROCESS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND THE DISPARITIES IN PROSTATE CANCERS AMONG LATINO MEN?

>> GREAT QUESTION AND IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS.

AMONG LATINO MEN, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO TEST POSITIVE FOR PROSTATE CANCER, BUT MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM PROSTATE CANCER.

IT'S ABOUT 2.9% LIFETIME RISK OF DYING OF PROSTATE CANCER AMONG LATINO MEN AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISPARITIES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK MEN.

IF YOU LOOK AT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OF LATINO PEOPLE, MEN SPECIFICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 30% OF LATINO MEN DON'T HAVE NORMAL, STEADY ACCESS TO CARE OR HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IS PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CARE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE OR FROM THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS.

NOT ABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE AND PHYSICIANS THEY NEED TO AND ALSO CULTURAL BARRIERS AND DIFFERENCES IN THAT AS WELL.

IF YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH MEXICAN HERITAGE OR BORN FROM MEXICO, 30% HAVE NO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE FROM CUBA AND ABOUT 20% DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SUB GROUPS OF PEOPLE.

>> DEFINITELY.

THEN, THIS ALSO TAKES US ABOUT TREATMENT.

DR. PATEL, WHEN SOMEONE IS UNFORTUNATELY DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT?

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE VERY GOOD TREATMENTS FOR PROSTATE CANCER FOR BOTH LOCALIZED AND EVEN IF IT SPREADS.

THE STANDARD OPTIONS WOULD BE SURGERY OR RADIATION AND BOTH OF THESE THERAPIES ARE HIGHLY CURATIVE FOR MEN WHO HAVE LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER.

IF THERE'S PROSTATE CANCER THAT SPREAD OUTSIDE THE PROSTATE, WE USE HORMONAL THERAPY.

IT IS NOT A CHEMOTHERAPY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SUPPRESSES MEN'S TESTOSTERONE AND KEEPS PROSTATE CANCER CELLS FROM GROWING.

THIS FEED ON TESTOSTERONE.

IF YOU HAVE A PROSTATE CANCER THAT SPREADS, THAT'S OFTEN THE BEST WAY TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.

>> IS IT THE SAME TREATMENT FOR ANY OF THE STAGES OF PROSTATE CANCER?

WOULD IT DIFFER FOR A PATIENT WITH STAGE CANCER 4?

>> FOR A STAGE 4 CANCER, WE RELY ON HORMONAL THERAPY.

SOMETIMES DOING SURGERY RADIATION COULD HELP, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU HAVE IT SPREAD TO YOUR BONES OR LYMPH NODES, DOING HORMONAL THERAPY WILL KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.

THEY HAVE AN AGENT THAT HELP IMPROVE MEN'S LIFE AND IMPROVE THEIR SURVIVAL EVEN IF IT SPREADS TO THE BONE AND LYMPH NODES.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT NOT A CHEMOTHERAPY DOESN'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF SIDE EFFECTS, BUT THE HORMONE THERAPY IS VERY GOOD.

THAT'S THE NEWER KIND OF AGENTS THAT THEY RELY ON THE SAME MECHANISM AND SAME PRINCIPLES AS THE OLDER THERAPIES WE HAVE.

>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

DR. RIVERA, GOING BACK WITH YOU, THE APPROACH FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS, THAT HAS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS YOU KNOW.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY DOCTORS MIGHT NOT WANT TO INTERVENE WITH SOME PROSTATE CANCERS?

>> SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE OVERALL INCIDENTS OF MORTALITY IS OVERALL LOW.

THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES THERE'S AN APPROACH JUST WATCHFUL WAITING WHERE SOMEONE IS CONSIDERED AVERAGE OR LOW RISK, YOU MIGHT JUST MONITOR WITH MAYBE WHAT WE CALL SERIAL PSA TESTING.

SO, YOU MIGHT -- THAT MIGHT BE THE APPROACH FOR SOME PATIENTS.

THEN, ALSO THERE'S SHARED DECISION MAKING SO YOU DISCUSS WITH THE PATIENT, OKAY, IF WE PROCEED WITH EVEN A BIOPSY CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS AND WHAT WE CALL COMORBIDITIES.

THEY CAN HAVE ERECT TILE DYSFUNCTION AND TROUBLE URINATING AFTER BIOPSY.

THROUGH SHARED DECISION MAKING, SOME PATIENTS MAY OPT OUT OF GOING FORWARD WITH BIOPSY OR REMOVAL OF THE PROSTATE.

I THINK ALL THOSE FACTORS PLAY A ROLE IN WHY SOME UROLOGISTS WOULD NOT INTERVENE.

>> FRANK, YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR SOME OF THE PATIENTS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT PREVENT LATINOS FROM GETTING BETTER CARE?

>> YEAH, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT MACHISMO AMONG LATINO MEN ABOUT BEING STRONG AND NOT ASKING FOR HELP FROM PEOPLE.

IT COMES DOWN TO THE FAMILY.

IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OR PARENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU AND REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO GET HELP WHEN YOU ARE FEELING SYMPTOMS.

EVEN SOMETIMES WITH MY DAD, MY DAD HAS HYPERTENSION.

I'M LIKE, YOU CAN TAKE THOSE, BUT KEEP TAKING YOUR PILLS, RIGHT.

THERE'S DIFFERENT CULTURAL BARRIERS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT HOMOPHOBIA AND ALSO PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE IF I CHECK MY PROSTATE OUT, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GIVE ME A DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM.

>> IT STILL EXISTS.

>> IT STILL EXISTS, THOSE BELIEFS EXIST.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION SAYING, HEY, YOU SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL CARE IN GENERAL, RIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHERE FAMILY COMES IN.

DEFINITELY.

WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE.

I WANT TO GO BACK WITH YOU, DR. PATEL, JUST REAL QUICK IF YOU CAN TELL US THE LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED ALSO WITH PROSTATE CANCER.

WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS, DOCTOR.

>> YES, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED.

ONE IS JUST HIGH INCREASE.

RED MEAT INTAKE HAS BEEN SHOWN MORE ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTATE CANCER DEVELOPING IT.

HAVING A HEALTHY DIET IN GENERAL EVEN FOR MEN LIKE MENTIONED, EAT GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES, BROCCOLI, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, THEY ARE SHOWN TO HELP CANCERS IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO PROSTATE CANCER.

>> OUR THANKS.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHICAGO WAS ONCE THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF STEEL IN THE WORLD.

THROUGH THE 1970s AND 1980s, THEY WERE HOLLOWED OUT WHEN THE STEEL MILLS LEFT.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A GRANDFATHER AND OTHERS WHO LIVED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S RISE AND FALL, FILMMAKER STEVEN WALSH SHOWS WHAT HE SAYS IS THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE IN HIS DOCUMENTARY "SOUTHEAST."

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF THE STEEL MILLS.

WHAT INTERESTED ME MORE SO IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS ONCE THEY CLOSED.

TO ME, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE RISE OF THE GANGS.

THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE.

THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE THAT I GREW UP IN.

SO, FOR MY GRANDFATHER DESCRIBED THE SAME STREETS THAT I DESCRIBE AS HORRIBLE, HE WOULD DESCRIBE THEM AS WONDERFUL, MAGICAL EVEN.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SO FASCINATING BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A GENERATION INBETWEEN US THAT WE WENT FROM THIS PARADISE TO THIS LAND OF SACRIFICE.

>> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL HERE ONCE AND FULL OF LIFE.

THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO, SOMEWHERE TO GO.

DANCES AND BLOCK PARTIES AND FESTS AND LIGHTS AND MAGIC.

>> WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

I GREW UP AND I WAS EMBARRASSED TO SAY I WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

NOW AFTER DOING ALL THIS RESEARCH AND MAKING THIS FILM, I'M SO PROUD OF IT BECAUSE THOSE WHO DIDN'T LEAVE, THEY HAVE THE SPIRIT IN THEM THAT I THINK IS WONDERFUL AND I JUST DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.

>> "SOUTHEAST CITY WITHIN A CITY" IS SCREENING AT INTUIT CENTER FOR INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDER ART ON NOVEMBER 12.

YOU'LL FIND MORE ON THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

FOR CHICAGO, BY CHICAGO.

THAT'S HOW A LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT DESCRIBES A NEW PRODUCTION THAT ADDRESSES RACIAL AND SOCIAL BIASES.

HE SAYS HE'S WITNESSED GROWING UP AS A QUEER MEXICAN AMERICAN.

WE ARE TAKEN TO PILLTON FOR A BREAKDOWN ON THAT PRODUCTION.

>> IT WAS AFTER RICARDO RETURNED TO CHICAGO AFTER A DECADE OF TRAVEL THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF EAGER TO SHARE THE STORY OF A COMMUNITY HE FELT WAS FLEETING.

>> BEAT ME SCREAMING OVER AND OVER.

>> PART OF WHAT I WAS GRAPPLING WITH IS OUR HISTORY WAS A GHOST, THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS BECOMING A GHOST, AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER I CAME BACK TO CHICAGO, TRUMP WAS ELECTED AND SO THERE WAS ANOTHER HAUNTING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND THAT WAS THE VIOLENCE AND THE RACISM THAT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION MEANT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING ME.

THOSE TWO THINGS, RIGHT, LIKE THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP OR GENTRIFICATION SEEMED LIKE TWO DIFFERENT REALITIES.

THEY WERE ENTANGLED REALITIES.

THAT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE GENESIS OF THE PLAY WAS.

>> Reporter: SO, "THE WIZARDS" WAS BORN.

THE STORY FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF A BLACK AND BROWN QUEER COUPLE WHO RETURN TO CHICAGO AFTER SURVIVING A HATE CRIME.

AFTER CONNECTING WITH A MEXICAN AMERICAN MOTOWN COVER BAND CALLED "THE WIZARDS," THEY BECOME FACED WITH A TASK THAT FORCE THEM TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT GAMBOA SAYS HAS PLAGUED THE COUNTRY FOR DECADES.

>> "THE WIZARDS" ISN'T AN EASY PLAY.

I A HARD PLAY.

IT DEALS BLUNT WHICH WITH ISSUES LIKE RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA, VIOLENCE AND GENTRIFICATION AND WAR LIKE WHITE SUPREMACY, BUT I'M HOPING IT DOES IT IN A WAY THAT FORCES US TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FOR EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: A FELLOW WIZARD AND CHICAGO NATIVE IN THE PRODUCTION AGREES.

>> IT'S JUST NECESSARY TO STILL SEE THE STORIES THAT LIKE WE'LL TELL EACH OTHER IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT A LOT OF US ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF.

LESS AND LESS OF THOSE STORIES ARE BEING TOLD.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT ON STAGE EVEN JUST AS MUCH AS WE CAN JUST SO WE CAN STILL SHOW PEOPLE WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WERE.

>> Reporter: THE STORY GOES BEYOND THESE EVERY DAY PARALLELS.

>> THE PLAY DEALS WITH MAGIC, YOU KNOW, SUPERNATURAL TOTEMS LIKE THE OUIJA BOARD.

THOSE THINGS BECOME LENSES TO EXPLORE THESE LARGER SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE RACISM.

WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO HAVE THIS PLAY OCCUR DURING THIS HALLOWEEN SEASON AND OVERLAPPING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.

>> Reporter: "THE WIZARDS" REPRESENT MORE THAN JUST DIVERSE TUNES.

>> PART OF WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AGAIN WITH MY PARENTS' STORIES AND IDENTIFIED WITH MOTOWN WHICH WAS THE SONGS OF ANOTHER RACIALIZED POPULATION BLACK AMERICANS, SO THAT KIND OF BECAME A WAY TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RACE AND SURVIVING OPPRESSION.

>> GET A GIRL, FALL IN LOVE, HAVE KIDS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OPPRESSION DOES IS IT DEPRIVES US OF LOVE.

THE LOVE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO EACH OTHER.

THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE TO OURSELVES.

WHAT I THINK THIS PLAY FOCUSES ON IS PRECISELY THAT AND THINKING OF LOVE IN RADICAL WAYS.

LOVE OF COMMUNITY.

LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES," I'M ANGEL ITO.

>> YOU CAN SEE "THE WIZARDS" AT THE APO CULTURAL CENTER THROUGH NOVEMBER 19.

THAT WILL BE OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

TUNE INTO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING.

I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES," I'M ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

BUENO NOCHES.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD