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no racism in cuba?

by ana
(california)

This is a response to jineteras and no racism in cuba. As an afro cuban/american, I know first hand that racism is rampid. Further saying that racism is non existent anywhere in the world is just an ignorant statement. Racism is everywhere. Afro cubans only make up 5 percent of the tourist industry work force, which is where all the money is made in cuba. The jineteras are negros because respectable jobs are given to the whites. Also Telling people they can get laid for just a few drinks and a pair of jeans is not solving the problem. You should be ashamed of yourself. Last and again there is racism in cuba and sadly the black majority can't do anything about it because it's illegal to demand civil rights.

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Nov 11, 2011
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the game is up
by: Anonymous

Am I sensing that the Cubans are starting to realise that their game is up, through websites such as this? There certainly seems to be an increase in anger from Cubans themselves, as opposed to the poor deluded saps that usually frequent these boards, trying to defend their whore who is probably 1000s of miles away sleeping around. I can't think of any point in time where the Cubano culture of jinetero and racism has been so perfectly documented.

The tourists who never leave the resorts get spoon fed Fidel's vision of Cuba as if it's the truth. (Sure, the metal bars on everyone's windows are just for decoration right?) The rest of us know better, and can see how people who are beautiful on the outside can be so ugly on the inside.

Nov 10, 2011
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to: Racism does exist
by: Anonymous

And let me guess, you sat there, on your bony, white, uneducated butt and said nothing, right? Because none of the other white passengers on this bus had done ANY research on Cuba and knew off the bat that rations are administered by the government to everyone, as part of their communist/socialist framework?
Thanks, the world needs more people like you. SMH.

Nov 10, 2011
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All countries are racist
by: Sick and Tired

Of course Cuba is racist....like the rest of the world. The fact that you call yourself an Afro Cuban is only the beginning. Why DO they (Cubans included) call blacks "Afro" Cubans? Are you not ALL Cubans - blacks, mulattos and whites? Why don't they call the whites "Spaniard" Cuban or "Spano-Cuban"? Why is it that only white and mulattos can claim the high ranking of "Cuban"?

Anyway, I've been to Cuba a few times and have witnessed mostly mulattos/as doing this, as well as blacks. Totally understandable that some within this majority would feel that they have little other prospects than to prostitute themselves to earn more money. After all, this is what happens in all "colonized" nations, isn't it? The ruling white minority takes over and gifts itself the best jobs and opportunities after having wiped out, raped and pilaged the country. This will never change, amigos, because for the most part, Caucasians tend to beleive that they are better than anyone else. That's the sad truth.

Nov 07, 2011
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Racism does exist
by: Anonymous

There is plenty of racism within Cuba.

On my first vacation I went on a trip, which had a Cuban tour guide. At the point where he went into the 'this is because of the American embargo' speech, he slipped something else in about how the blacks all breed too much, so there isn't enough food to go around, hence the need for rationing.

Shame I didn't realise back then that all the other stuff was lies too. Don't forget to give the driver a good tip as you leave too!

Nov 06, 2011
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I have also witnessed racism in Cuba.
by: Anonymous

I agree with your comments Ana, racism is rampant in Cuba.

Walk down the street of any Cuban town, who is emptying the trash cans, sweeping the streets? Not a white or Hispanic Cuban that's for sure.

Walk into any hotel, you will rarely see an Afro Cuban receptionist. You can find them in steamy kitchens washing the dishes all day, or mopping floors.

How many AfroCuban government officials are there?. Whenever I see pictures of them I never see a black face.

However I do not agree with your anaology of them selling their bodies for a few drinks or a pair of jeans. That is robbing them of their dignity. There is no dignity in prostitution.

There is never an excuse to resort to prostitution no matter how poor you are there is always work to be found, and you will never go hungry in Cuba. You will however go hungry in America if you loose your job and your home, you are cast on the scrapheap of society, just like all the mentally wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, left to their own devices they end up on the streets. I know because I have volunteered at a soup kitchen which feeds them after the US govt. has washed their hands of them they survive on charity handouts.

So no there is not such levels of poverty in Cuna that anyone shuld stoop so low as to sell their bodies for a meal or a few drinks.

I do find distasteful however the amount of Canadian women who post on here about their 'Mulattos' as though they were a piece of prime rib.

Disgusting, vulgar and very racist.

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