Mexican - Journalist | March 16, 1958 -
When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.
Jorge Ramos
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What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.
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You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country.
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We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.
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It's a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America.
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You wouldn't expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it's different. We are pro-immigrant. That's our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede.
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I go out on publicity tours for my books, and, you know, Latinos, they bring everybody in the family to everything, even little kids. So I always ask the kids, 'Who wants to be the first Latino President?' It used to be no hands went up, or maybe one or two. Now, with Obama, many of the little hands go up. It will happen in my lifetime.
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The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote.
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The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set.
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I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions.
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I don't think I win most interviews. For instance, with Fidel Castro, I only spoke with him one minute and three seconds. But I think he won because I couldn't get anything from him. With the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, it happened exactly the same thing.
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When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands.
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