The Other Face Of America Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future

by Ramos, Jorge

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Book description: New York: Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good shape, except for a remainder mark on the bottom edge. The dust jacket has a half-inch tear at the top of the spine, a gouge in the back of the DJ next to the spine, and some rubbing. Pages clean, white and crisp. ; 1.05 x 9.46 x 6.34; 288 pages; Ramos, makes the case that if George P. Bush can face racial and ethnic discrimination, imagine what confronts the average Latino. This book is entertaining, informative and well done. Hispanics are the emerging minority, and their contributions to American society both culturally and socially are already well established. More importantly, Hispanics are a powerful economic voice all that is left is for their political clout to catch up with their economic impact. Immigrants in America are at the heart of what makes this country the most prosperous and visionary in the world. The optimism that goes along with this sentiment was at its peak until recently, when tragedy struck at the World Trade Center. Once again, the foreign-born in America have become objects of suspicion, and instead of adopting laws that would extend our borders to them our country has suddenly swung its gates shut. Jorge Ramos, 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 as citizens of the United Starts. By telling the personal stories of the immigrants' journey to America and their subsequent effects on American culture, Ramos advances the notion that immigrants have created a country within a country. And ultimately are the soul of America's continued good fortune. 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 (war, poverty, exile, and so on) , what their dreams are, how they deal with racism, and what they believe the future hill hold for them and for their children. Not since the early twentieth century has immigration been such a transformative force in America. .

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