Rob, to let you know how ignorant I was until I was grown, I didn't even know about Black Cubans. I had never met one although I had met many white Cubans. How is it I didn't know when I knew slavery was big on the island. We gave haven to the white Cubans, but not so much to the Black Cubans. And, I have heard white Cuban racism is …
Rob, to let you know how ignorant I was until I was grown, I didn't even know about Black Cubans. I had never met one although I had met many white Cubans. How is it I didn't know when I knew slavery was big on the island. We gave haven to the white Cubans, but not so much to the Black Cubans. And, I have heard white Cuban racism is as well entrenched as that of the confederates. Just pay attention to Ted Cruz. How sad to come to a country so you can put all your hometown racism to work here too.
I had suspicions for years. Every time LIFE magazine or National Geographic did a feature on Cuba, there were lots of black ppl in the background. Since living in Miami, it is almost all white Cubans you see. Just a remnant of the ugly history of the 1960s Cold War era. I do have lots of Cuban-American friends here who are actually liberal and respect blacks & gays & other ppl out of favor in the last century. When I first got here in the '70s there were Cuban terrorists bombing anyone who did not support hard-line anti-socialist views.
We knew that many in the Cuban community want a caudillo and long for the days when they had absolute control over minorities. Thus los pendejos DeSantis and Rubio.
But I am also pissed at Blacks and other minorities for not voting. I am pissed at BLM for giving Florida to that mentality by endorsing the Cuban government over the dissidents in Cuba, who happen to be 99% Black. I am pissed at Bernie for his complete ignorance about Cuba, I am pissed at the DNC, with whom I spoke, for pulling out support for local candidates in Miami Dade. I am pissed that we didn't have viable candidates to run against Gutierrez and Mario Diaz-Balart. I'm also pissed at myself for spending time and money on dead losers' when I should have spent it on Ohio, Georgia, Nevada and Aridzona.
Rob, to let you know how ignorant I was until I was grown, I didn't even know about Black Cubans. I had never met one although I had met many white Cubans. How is it I didn't know when I knew slavery was big on the island. We gave haven to the white Cubans, but not so much to the Black Cubans. And, I have heard white Cuban racism is as well entrenched as that of the confederates. Just pay attention to Ted Cruz. How sad to come to a country so you can put all your hometown racism to work here too.
I had suspicions for years. Every time LIFE magazine or National Geographic did a feature on Cuba, there were lots of black ppl in the background. Since living in Miami, it is almost all white Cubans you see. Just a remnant of the ugly history of the 1960s Cold War era. I do have lots of Cuban-American friends here who are actually liberal and respect blacks & gays & other ppl out of favor in the last century. When I first got here in the '70s there were Cuban terrorists bombing anyone who did not support hard-line anti-socialist views.
I agree with everything Rob says.
We knew that many in the Cuban community want a caudillo and long for the days when they had absolute control over minorities. Thus los pendejos DeSantis and Rubio.
But I am also pissed at Blacks and other minorities for not voting. I am pissed at BLM for giving Florida to that mentality by endorsing the Cuban government over the dissidents in Cuba, who happen to be 99% Black. I am pissed at Bernie for his complete ignorance about Cuba, I am pissed at the DNC, with whom I spoke, for pulling out support for local candidates in Miami Dade. I am pissed that we didn't have viable candidates to run against Gutierrez and Mario Diaz-Balart. I'm also pissed at myself for spending time and money on dead losers' when I should have spent it on Ohio, Georgia, Nevada and Aridzona.