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Book SynopsisWilliam D. Lopez details the incredible strain that immigration raids place on Latino communitiesand the families and friends who must recover from their aftermath. 2020 International Latino Book Awards Winner First Place, Mariposa Award for Best First Book - Nonfiction Honorable Mention, Best Political / Current Affairs BookOn a Thursday in November 2013, Guadalupe Morales waited anxiously with her sister-in-law and their four small children. Every Latino man who drove away from their shared apartment above a small auto repair shop that day had failed to returnarrested, one by one, by ICE agents and local police. As the two women discussed what to do next, a SWAT team clad in body armor and carrying assault rifles stormed the room. As Guadalupe remembers it, The soldiers came in the house. They knocked down doors. They threw gas. They had guns. We were two women with small children . . . The kids terrified, the kids screaming.In Separated, William D. Lopez examines the lasting damag
Trade ReviewLopez's book is one of the most powerful examples to date of an academic using deep study and radical empathy to indict a profoundly evil system.
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New RepublicLopez's style is revolutionary. He demonstrates that an alleged criminal can be a complex human with complex human connections. His book short-circuits narratives at the root of racist policies—about good vs. bad immigrants, legal vs. illegal people—by honoring the complex web around the sinners. When brown sinners are outlawed, their loved ones become prey, too.
Separated is the result of hours of interviews with those affected, offering gumshoe FOIA-heavy journalism and a deep, empathetic understanding of community.
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RemezclaNo social issues collection, particularly those strong in community makeup and immigration challenges, should be without this hard-hitting survey.
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Donovan's Literary ServicesTable of ContentsIntroduction
1. Guadalupe, Fernanda & Hilda
The Raid: Before
2. Un día común y corriente
The Raid
3. The last night he ever nursed
4. Se rompe la comunidad
The Raid: The hours and days after
5. I hate to see them die unnecessarily
6. Conclusion
The Raid: The months and years after
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