Welcome, everyone to the seventh annual festival which is the Signature Program of the Public Library foundation. My name is abby and i run the project up the Columbia Journalism School and im thrilled to be here today with our prizewinners steve luxembourg and helen thorpe. Before i give a formal introduction to the panelists, i want to encourage the attendees to share your experience on social media using the hash tag both fast and there will be a signing of the books at the end of this session at the barnes and noble tend. There will be time to ask the authors to request an. Please join me in welcoming the work in progress winners. The author of separate the story of plessy versus ferguson from slavery and segregation, which has been called absorbing and a story that was written with energy and elegance and i can confirm that myself. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed a journey into a family secret. A longtime editor of the Washington Post he was the 2016 lucas work i
Welcome, everyone to the seventh annual festival which is the Signature Program of the Public Library foundation. My name is abby and i run the project up the Columbia Journalism School and im thrilled to be here today with our prizewinners steve luxembourg and helen thorpe. Before i give a formal introduction to the panelists, i want to encourage the attendees to share your experience on social media using the hash tag both fast and there will be a signing of the books at the end of this session at the barnes and noble tend. There will be time to ask the authors to request an. Please join me in welcoming the work in progress winners. The author of separate the story of plessy versus ferguson from slavery and segregation, which has been called absorbing and a story that was written with energy and elegance and i can confirm that myself. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed a journey into a family secret. A longtime editor of the Washington Post he was the 2016 lucas work i
That. But what i wanted to ask, i wanted to ask you kind of the opposite argument that i hear a lot is that yes. Maybe its the democrats that are the racists because theyre constantly using the race card every year and trying to drum up hatred for white people with the black lives matter and all that stuff. But, and in addition to that, of course, the open borders which i constantly hear democrats and liberals like you say by 2050 whites will be a minority, isnt that great . And you get big applause. Its youre the racists. You want to displace the white population by 2050 if we continue these immigration policies. How is that not racism . You are the racists. [inaudible conversations] so, first, just one little piece of evidence. When you see marchers in charlottesville, some of them wearing white hoods and chanting racist and antisemitic slogans and the president says there are a lot of fine people there and says nothing after a bunch of people are murdered in a church in charleston,
[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would not take place each and every year without the cooperation, the collaboration, the passion, and the volunteerism of many people in our community. Namely, the students, faculty, staff of Miamidade College. [applause] and really hundreds of high school students, middle School Stunts and others in the community. So we truly thank everyone for coming together and unifying behind this Miami Book Fair.
[inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you for coming. We are going to get started. I want to thank everyone for being here at the last events of the year. We are honored. Thank you for coming. We are happy to welcome the bestselling author and if you havent read her works of art or others are soldier girls and just like us and the newcomers of what youre celebrating this evening. Shes able to bring together all the answers to make global citizens out of all of her readers. Tonight her story is one of a world issue that takes place in the backyard in denver. It follows 22 refugees in the United States speaking 14 languages all in the same classroom in denver. It is a gripping heartfelt powerful story so without further ado, please join me in welcoming helen thorpe. [applause] [applause] im thrilled to be back at one of my favorite bookstores. I love with nicole and the entire staff here have done. My local independent bookstore is like home away from home, so i am attached to