Posted on 01/07/2010 1:49:44 PM PST by mike48
The Nov. 30 "Acting on Our Conscience: A Declaration of African-American Support for the Civil Rights Struggle in Cuba" by 60 prominent black Americans denouncing the deep discrimination against Afro-Cubans by the Cuban government was a surprise because none of the five dozen signers had previously been notably critical of the Castro dictatorship. More surprising, however, was how long it took for their public outrage against the chronic marginalization of black Cubans by the Cuban government.
Dr. Mark Q. Sawyer, associate professor of both African American studies and political science at UCLA, wrote in "Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba" (Cambridge University Press, 2006):
"The ongoing marginalization of Afro-Cubans in Cuban social, economic and political life" is shown by how "Castro's government consolidated its power by curtailing freedoms of organization in general and those of black organization in particular."
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The cubans acted stupidly!
Wait. They say everybody is equal in Cuba. Equally miserable, that is.
Meanwhile the Cuban immigrants in Florida are doing extremely well.
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