We Are Home, Ray Suarez
We Are Home, Ray Suarez
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We Are Home
Becoming American in the 21st Century: an Oral History

Author: Ray Suarez

Narrator: Ray Suarez

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2024


Synopsis

From a veteran broadcaster and historian comes a richly reported portrait of the newest Americans, immigrants from all over the globe who are living all across the country, filled with their own voices. We are a nation of immigrants, never more than now. In recent decades, the numbers have skyrocketed, thanks to people coming from many continents—especially Asia, Africa, and South America. Just like their predecessors, they face countless obstacles, including political hatred. And yet, just like their predecessors, they work hard. They persist. And they become us. The newest Americans are poorly understood and frequently presented only in stereotypes. Veteran journalist, broadcaster, and interviewer Ray Suarez has criss-crossed the country to speak to new Americans from all corners of the globe, and to record their stories. This portrait of our newest citizens is full of their own, compelling voices. It’s a story as old as the country, yet each new wave of arrivals tells that classic story in new and crucially important ways.

About Ray Suarez

Ray Suarez is cohost of the public radio program and podcast World Affairs. He was chief national correspondent for PBS NewsHour and the host of Talk of the Nation on NPR. He is the author of several books, including Latino Americans, as well as Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About A People's History.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tarryn on February 29, 2024

4.5 RTC......more

Goodreads review by Tine on October 06, 2024

Short stories of some of the myriad immigrants in the US. Where they came from, why they left, and how they have settled.......more

Goodreads review by Sue on December 27, 2024

I don’t usually write reviews. So this will be short. I absolutely loved this book.having worked with immigrants I am very interested in the life of our new American neighbors. What I found so gripping about this book is how he goes into the individual lives of different people from different lands.......more

Goodreads review by Rafael on February 20, 2024

I wrote this book as a pushback against the lazy critiques of immigration and immigrants in American discourse. It is a pretty good book, I think. I can guarantee (unless you’re already an expert in the field) that you will learn things you didn’t know before about the history of immigration and the......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 24, 2024

This is a decent book. Offering case studies and oral histories of a wide swathe of people and their immigration stories. It's meant for a general audience and reads as such. It's politics is from a centrist liberal perspective. Suarez, has a wealth of knowledge from many years as a host on public r......more