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The Other Face of America
Jorge Ramos
Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future
Rayo Book and CD Publisher
April 2003
288 pages ISBN: 0060938242 Trade Size (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Political
Immigrants in America are at the heart of what makes this
country the most prosperous and visionary in the world.
Writing from his own heartfelt perspective as an immigrant,
Jorge Ramos, one of the world’s most popular and
well-respected Spanish-language television news
broadcasters, listens to and explores stories of dozens of
immigrants who decided to change their lives and risk
everything -- families, jobs, history, and their own culture
-- in order to pursue a better, freer, and
opportunity-filled future in the United States. In his
famously clear voice, Jorge Ramos brings to life the tales
of individuals from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the
Dominican Republic, among other countries, and explains why
they first immigrated, what their dreams are, how they deal
with American racism, and what they believe their future in
America will hold for them and their children. From the Vieques controversy to the "Spanglish" phenomenon
to the explosion of Latino creativity in the arts, Ramos
shows that there is a new face in America -- one whose
colors and countries of origin are as diverse as the country
it has adopted as home.
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