Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era Audiobook (Free)

“Periodically I feel like a stranger within this country. I am not complaining and it’s not really for insufficient opportunity. But it is normally something of the disappointment. I hardly ever would have imagined that after having spent thirty five years in the United States I would be a stranger to so many. But that’s how it is”.

Jorge Ramos, an Emmy award-winning journalist, Univision’s longtime anchorman and widely regarded the “voice of the voiceless” within the Latino community, was forcefully eliminated about Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era from an Iowa press conference in 2015 by then-candidate Donald Trump after trying to ask about his programs on immigration.

With this personal manifesto, Ramos pieces out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or simply an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, using a journalist’s nose for a tale, and interweaving his own private experience, Ramos shows us the changing encounter of America while also trying to find a conclusion for why he, and millions of others, still feel just like strangers within this country.

“It is specifically this design of confrontation… which has earned Ramos the trust of so many Hispanics. They know that in many countries south of the United States, direct queries can provoke not only a loss of access but also a loss of lifestyle.” –Marcela Valdes, The New York Times