Writer Paola Ramos visited San Antonio to debate her latest ebook “DEFECTORS: The Rise of the Latino Far Proper and What It Means for America” as a part of the San Antonio E book Competition’s Get Lit Writer Collection.
San Antonio Report’s Managing Editor Laura Garcia moderated the Oct. 7 dialogue at Texas Public Radio, which was hosted in partnership with Alamo Faculties District.
Copies of the ebook have been bought by Nowhere Bookshop earlier than the packed occasion, which Ramos signed for attendees after the dialog.
The ebook launched in September is a deeply reported exploration of how race, id and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment amongst Latinos, and how this group can form American politics.
Ramos is an Emmy award-winning journalist who contributes for Telemundo Information and MSNBC; she was additionally the Deputy Director of Hispanic Media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential marketing campaign, a political appointee through the Obama Administration, and served in President Obama’s 2012 re-election marketing campaign.
She’s additionally the daughter of famed Spanish-language information anchor Jorge Ramos.
Watch the total dialog adopted by an viewers Q-and-A session right here.
