In her new book, award-winning journalist Paola Ramos explores the relationships between identity and political trauma with the growing far-right sentiment among Latinos. Defectors covers far-right Latinos across the United States, including Evangelical pastors and January 6th insurrectionists, to dissect the causes of this newfound radicalization and uncover its possible effects on American politics.
More on the Author
Paola Ramos is an American Journalist born in 1987 in Miami, Florida. She was born to a Cuban mother, Gina Montaner, and a Mexican father, journalist Jorge Ramos. She has her BA in Political Science from Barnard College and her master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Throughout her career she has worked for the Obama administration and the Hilliary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. In 2019 she became a correspondent for Vice and Vice News Tonight, in addition to hosting their docuseries Latin-X.
Ramos is an Emmy and GLAAD Media award winner who has been featured, been a correspondent, or served as an expert in Latina, Popsugar, Bustle, Los Angeles Blade, South Kern Sol, HIV Plus Magazine, and on KCRW. She currently serves as a correspondent for Vice, an on-air contributor for Telemundo and MSNBC, and a speaker for Lesbians Who Tech + Allies.
About the Event
On October 28th at 6 PM, we encourage you to join us for an engaging book talk with award winning author and journalist Paola Ramos. We will be exploring topics surrounding shifts in the Latino population’s standing in American politics, especially since the Trump administration.
Key Topics
- Intersections of Latino Culture with American Politics: Political trauma from their countries of origin is often a cause of Latinos leaning right. In Defectors, Paola Ramos covers how tribalism, traditionalism, and political trauma have been used to radicalize Latino voters who, similarly to many white Americans, have grown fearful of losing their place in the United States.
- The Latino Vote: For decades Democratic politicians have relied on the Latino vote. However, in recent years it has become less reliable for Democrats to the extent that Trump got more of the Latino vote in 2020 than in 2016, despite his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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