Will I love Defectors?

This is a fascinating, if painful breakdown of the far right swing of US Latino voters. The history of colonialism and how it affects identity is illuminating and frankly, heartbreaking. The writing is unbiased and the reporting is profound and personal.

This book was a discovery for me, as I know very little about Latino culture, but it’s super well-written and argued. Paula Ramos presents us with the whole spectrum of Latino figures who rallied to the Republican Party and their reasoning behind this, but she also adds a lot of personal introspection to it.

As a European émigré in the US, I could relate to many of her stories about what it means to embrace American national identity and the issues immigrants and second and third generations have to address.