It will be good for us to become less and less xenophobic.

"Being Latino doesn’t make voters immune from 'racism or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-Blackness,' she said, as many have been taught to 'idolize and romanticize whiteness.'

'That racial baggage is one that we’ve carried in this country and through American politics for a long time,' said Ramos, referencing the glorification of white identity in Latin America. 'And I think [that] has now been finally revealed in very clear ways through Trumpism.'

Many Latino voters may have a more distant relationship with immigration, and hold xenophobic beliefs themselves, said the producer and author Dash Harris.

'We cannot act as if the Dominican Republic isn’t deporting thousands of Haitians right now,' she said, referencing the ongoing removal of Haitian immigrants from the country by Dominican officials, a practice that has received international outcry. 'If Latin Americans are migrating from fascist countries, they are going to support fascism in their new space. It’s a continuum of interest convergence.' The rise in far-right leaders in Latin America and the continuation of 'Nazism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, misogynoir: is unbroken 'in the western hemisphere,' she said.

Trump’s xenophobia was also intertwined with an economic message that resonated for some, Ramos said. 'In every single message: ‘[Immigrants] are taking your jobs. They are coming after you.’ … Inevitably, particularly if you’re part of certain ecosystems, you’ll start believing that rhetoric.”

~ Gloria Oladipo

"Why Trump’s racism isn’t an issue – or enough of one – for some voters of color"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/trump-racism-people-of-color-voters