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Olivia Padilla
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“The Latino mind is a product of centuries of colonialism. A brutal force that engraved Christian nationalism's core tenets into our psyche.”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
“How is it possible that you can have so much hate in your heart towards your own people?”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
“The purpose of being in the U.S. is to heal; to runaway and escape from those wounds from the past. Yet, the United States have a long history of exploiting the political trauma that many Latinos carry. Particularly, those who are fleeing Communism and violence to score political points. Countless American administrations have leveraged that pain, exacerbated, and carefully weaponized it for their advantage.”
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“However, where Anthony is wrong, is in his keenness to conflate that trauma, cartel violence, and the border's humanitarian crisis with migrants' personal characters.”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
“They taught me that they were more willing to align themselves with an authoritarian leader rather than engage in the historical reckoning and civil engagement needed to liberate the United States from its dark past. In many ways, the United States own complicated of interventions in Latin America had led us to this exact point in history, conditionting generations of Latinos to opt for strong men and undemocratic belief systems.”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
Olivia’s 2025 Year in Books
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82 books
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82 books
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894 books
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825 books
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27 books
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377 books
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