Journalist and MSNBC contributor Paola Ramos, daughter of Jorge Ramos, blamed “internalized racism” for why Latinos are leaving the Democratic Get together and supporting former President Trump.
Ramos appeared on PBS’ “Amanpour & Firm” this week to deal with the pattern lined in her new e-book, “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Proper and What It Means.”
Trump seems to be outperforming his 2020 assist amongst Latinos preferring the Republican over Vice President Kamala Harris on dealing with the economic system and immigration.
The Democratic Get together’s benefit with these voters is shrinking, based on NBC Information, whose ballot final week discovered the Democrats’ edge is at its lowest degree up to now 4 presidential election cycles.
MSNBC GUEST CLAIMS LATINOS ‘WANT TO BE WHITE’ WHILE DISCUSSING THEIR SHIFT TOWARD GOP
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 23: Supporters of former President Donald Trump watch as he holds a rally within the historic Democratic district of the South Bronx on Could 23, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Getty Photos)
In discussions with Trump-supporting Latinos for her e-book, Ramos mentioned she discovered that “tribalism, traditionalism, and political trauma” have been the three driving forces behind this rising pattern.
“Actually understanding the kind of racial baggage that I consider loads of Latinos, together with myself, and loads of us are carrying from Latin America. What it means to kind of been colonized for thus a few years, the load of colonization, that, in of itself, I consider, creates loads of internalized racism, loads of colorism, that then manifests in American politics in so some ways,” Ramos started.
“And that is then how one can clarify the truth that even somebody like Donald Trump feels so comfy going to the Bronx, speaking to a bunch of Black Latinos, and Latino Trump supporters, as a result of he believes that he can kind of faucet right into a racial and ethnic grievance that may be very acquainted,” she continued.
Ramos instructed USA In the present day that traditionalism and trauma additionally play into the pattern.
“There’s traditionalism which is simply breaking down what centuries of colonization have completed to us and has led us to be so fixated on sure gender norms and sexual norms after which additionally leads us to this slippery slope of admiring issues like Christian nationalism after which the trauma of this kind of admiration and loads of Latinos flirting with the strongman rule and the place that comes from,” she mentioned.
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NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 07: Supporters of President Donald Trump protest outdoors the Clark County Election Division on November 7, 2020 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. (Getty Photos)
Final week, MSNBC visitor Maria Hinojosa claimed Latinos “need to be White” whereas discussing the political shift towards Trump amongst Hispanics.
“And what I mentioned to you after we requested a query was, Latinos need to be White. They need to be with the cool children,” she mentioned.
Hinojosa went on to say that these voters might price Harris the election.
“However these numbers? They may price Kamala Harris the election. All the pieces that I’ve been saying that Latinos might push her excessive, these are the numbers that would additionally take her down,” she mentioned.
Vice President Kamala Harris at the moment has a 12-point lead amongst registered Hispanic voters, based on the most recent Fox Information ballot.
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Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
