Defectors: the rise of the Latino far right

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Ramos, Paola, 1987-

Ramos, Paola

Athens Drive Community
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Duraleigh Road Community
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Oberlin Regional
Wake Forest Community

Adult Non-Fiction

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"An award-winning journalist's deeply reported exploration of how race, identity, and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics. Democrats have historically assumed they can rely on the Latino vote, but recent elections have shown this to be far from the case. In fact, despite his vociferous anti-immigrant rhetoric and disastrous border policies, Trump won a higher percentage of the Latino vote in 2020 than he did in 2016. Now, VICE News reporter Paola Ramos pulls back the curtain on these voters, traveling around the country to uncover what motivates them to vote for and support issues that seem so at odds with their self-interest. From coast to coast, cities to rural towns, Defectors introduces readers to underdog GOP candidates, January 6th insurrectionists, Evangelical pastors and culture war crusaders, aiming to identify the influences at the heart of this rightward shift. Through their stories, Ramos shows how tribalism, traditionalism, and political trauma within the Latino community has been weaponized to radicalize and convert voters who, like many of their white counterparts, are fearful of losing their place in American society. We meet Monica de la Cruz, a Republican congresswoman from the Rio Grande Valley who won on a platform centered on finishing "what Donald Trump started" and pushing the Great Replacement Theory; Ralph Arellanes, a Mexican man who refers to himself as a Spaniard and opposed the removal of a statue of a Spanish conquistador in New Mexico; Dominicans in the Bronx who voted for Trump; Evangelical pastor Luis Cabrera, who is pushing to "Make America Godly Again"; and Latina members of Moms for Liberty, a conservative group at the forefront of pushing bills like "Don't Say Gay." Cross-cultural and assiduously reported, Defectors highlights how one of America's most powerful and misunderstood electorates may come to define the future of American politics"--

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2025-09-21T09:18:02.128Z

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Non Fiction

973 RAMOS

Wake County Public Libraries

Athens Drive Community
Cary Regional
Duraleigh Road Community
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community

9780593701362

2024

Pantheon Books

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Assimilation (Sociology) -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Right and left (Political science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century

Defectors : the rise of the Latino far right

Defectors : the rise of the Latino far right / Paola Ramos

Defectors

the rise of the Latino far right

Assimilation (Sociology)
Hispanic Americans
History
Political aspects
Politics and government
Race relations
Right and left (Political science)