‘I am not a racist’: Cubans debate prejudice against blacks
HAVANA — Half a century after Fidel Castro’s revolution claimed to have done away with racism, Cubans are publicly debating a stubborn strain of discrimination and prejudice that associates blacks here with quarrels, crime, sex and rum. “I am not racist, but I don’t want my daughter to have a black boyfriend. No way!” said Celia, a 52-year-old former teacher of mixed race. “When she became a young lady, I told her: ‘I married your father to go forward, not backwards.’” Source: The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100216com3.html |
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