Latinx (noun or adjective): a person of Latin American origin or descent, used as a gender-neutral alternative to Latino or Latina. 

Author is journalist @paoramos, she embarks on a journey to find Latinx voices who have been overlooked from the beginning. Afrolatinx, indigenous, and undocumented voices who have never felt they fit in. They’re not “brown enough” to be Latinx, they’re not enough X to be labeled Y so where do they fit in?

Author interviews multiple people and tells their story. Included are families of the victims of the El Paso massacre in 2019; a crime fueled by hate against Mexicans. This hit close to home as I frequent El Paso, my husband was born there and he still has family who call it home. 

Ramos also breaks down the rise of Trumpism during the 2016 presidential election. How hate became normalized, how bullying in schools K-12 increased exponentially against immigrants.

Then to her surprise and mine she interviewed Enrique Tarrio - a Puerto Rican who is a leader for the Proud Boys Miami division. He recently was indicted for his role in the Capitol Riot. His reasons for his anti-immigrant activism are morally gray and seem more a cover to be violent. He shows up to riot removal of confederacy statues to protect American history but then leads a riot on the Capitol because he’s unhappy with the politicians who occupy it. Not sure if Tarrio hoped to garner sympathy or simply understanding for his reasons but neither was accomplished. 

I enjoyed the stories of immigrants who’ve had the odds stacked against them and they beat the odds. Such as Angel from chapter 6, an ex-con now attending law school. He’s the stories that all Latinx who’ve ever felt marginalized need to hear!