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A Word with Paola Ramos
In the get up of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, journalist Paola Ramos ’09 set out on a cross-country quest to attempt to understand what binds and defines the Latin American community — and her own place in it. Ramos, who grew up between Madrid and Miami and is now a correspondent for VICE News, MSNBC, and Telemundo, traveled to all corners of the nation to perceive from overlooked Latino voices, from California’s lush Central Valley to the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed in 2019. Ramos distilled her observations in her illuminating new book, Finding Latinx: In Hunt of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity, which was released just two weeks before Election Time 2020. For Ramos, who is homosexual, the word “Latinx,” a gender-neutral word for people of Latin American heritage, got to the heart of her pursuit — “It captured the stories of all these people under one umbrella, spanning so many separate identities,” she writes. We caught up with Ramos, who had just returned to Brooklyn after many months on the road.
Paola Ramos Discusses New Book 'Finding Latinx: In Find Of The Voices Redefining Latino Identity'
Paola Ramos is the author of a new novel named "Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity."
Ramos is also a host and correspondent for VICE and VICE News.
Ramos traveled across the U.S., “ to find the communities of people defining the controversial term Latinx.”
TPR’s Reynaldo Leaños Jr. spoke with Ramos about her book, what Latinx actually means, her time operational for the Hillary Clinton campaign and the current election. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
RL:You start your publication by saying that you never really came out until recently and that upon reflection, you hadn't come out as your entire self until you essentially heard the word Latinx and it basically was able to roll off your tongue. Can you chat to me a little bit about that? Why did Latinx resonate so much with you and what does it actually mean?
PR: I think about when I was younger and I grew up in a household where telenovelas were on the background all the time. My dad's a news anchor for Univision and so, you know, the portrait of the Lati
Jorge Ramos receives support from his eldest daughter and his ex-wife, after his departure from Univision
Jorge Ramos made one of the toughest decisions of his career on Monday, September 9, when he chose to step advocate and leave Univision after 40 years at the network, which he considers his "second home." The journalist has already spoken about his departure, and his closest circle has shown help with messages of encouragement. His partner, Chiquinquirá Delgado, expressed her solidarity, while his eldest daughter, Paola Ramos, dedicated an sentimental post on social media, stating she is "more than haughty of her father." Even Gina Montaner, Paola's mother, and Ramos' first ex-wife, joined in with well wishes for the communicator as he embarks on a new professional journey.
"I am beyond proud of my father @jorgeramosnews. Today, after 38 years of co-anchoring the Univision newscast, @jorgeramosnews announced that he will be leaving the network at the end of the year," reads the first part of Paola's post, who has followed in her father's footsteps as a journalist.
"For de
Journalist Paola Ramos dives into Latinx identity issues with new book
Paola Ramos // Photo courtesy Paola Ramos
Paola Ramos is a political operative and journalist who has spent the last few years working with Vice, Telemundo, MSNBC, and just wrote a publication Finding Latinx: In Find of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity. Here’s our chat about the express of America and Latinx issues.
Can you tell people about your journey and where you are now, what sort of labor you’ve been doing, why journalism has been active for you?
Yeah, so I’ve been very heavily focused for two to three years on understanding the Latinx community. Truly drilling into this idea that we’re not a monolith and seeing what that means on the basis. I’ve spent a lot of time talking to young Latinos about mental health and other taboos. I’ve talked to Latinos on the border and what it means to be waiting on the other side of the border when you expand up thinking that the American Dream is achievable and yet the current government has completely closed its doors on you. I’ve spent time in the Central Valley, not covering immigration but covering this huge met