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When Luis A. Miranda, Jr.decided to sit down and write his opinions on the Latin influence in United States politics, he began doing so as a response to the countless columns and essays by supposed experts on the Latin American vote in American newspapers and magazines. Having dedicated almost his entire life to politics, Miranda knows a thing or two about the subject, and he gave his complaints about these “analyses” to friends and acquaintances.
This is how he received the challenge that would lead him to want to shape a book. They asked him why, instead of complaining, he would do something about it. It was at that moment that Miranda realized that she had a great opportunity on her hands. As he began to shape the ideas that his book would contain, he knew almost immediately that he could not transmit them without connecting them with his own life story, which is so similar to that of the millions of immigrants and Puerto Ricans who have decided to make a new life. in United States.
“Tireless: My story of the Latin force that is transforming the United States” is a book that seeks to portray many of the modern realities that Latinos face in the North American political landscape, but it is also the attempt of one of the men who has spent the most time working behind the scenes of that scene for portray part of his legacy.
“The process of being in the United States teaches you, quickly, how in your surroundings you think that you are lesser. So I began to understand how a community that is born and raised in New York City or in the United States can begin to feel like they are less than the rest of the population,” said Miranda, prior to the official presentation of his book, this Wednesday.
The activist and political organizer, who has worked with countless candidates and officials, said that his entry into United States partisan politics was a slow process and that this is part of the adaptation process of any Latino before feeling called to participate in the process. democratic.
“I remember when people started moving to Orlando because of Hurricane Maria, people said ‘we have to get Puerto Ricans to vote for Biden.’ And I said, ‘those people are learning how to enroll their kids in Orlando schools.’ To think that, somehow, you arrive and there is a magic wand that turns you on to political reality, is not true. That is the reality of the immigrant. Take a while to connect”he explained.
In her book, Miranda tells part of her life, starting from her origins and her move to New York, and how, little by little, she forged a career trying to give a voice to minorities who were often on the corners of power.
“Being part of should not be linked to silence and complicity. And that is something that I have been clear about in my life. You can work within the structure, always making your voice count for what you believe is right. But as in any democratic process, there are some who rule and others who rule less, there are some who decide how the process is done and others who criticize and try to change it.“, said.
Miranda also presents an analysis of how he understands Latino power works in American politics and offers his aspirations for what he would like it to look like in the future, betting that it won’t be long before the election of the first Latino president.
(Vanessa Serra Diaz)
Regarding the experience of presenting his book, Miranda said that he feels a little strange, since for almost his entire career he has worked behind the scenes, although he acknowledged that it feels good to be in front sharing his own ideas.
“It is like a new experience to be sitting in the chair answering, because in politics, where I have helped dozens and dozens of candidates, if I am in front of the camera, the candidate did something wrong and I am cleaning up what happened. . “This is a new experience,” he explained.
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