On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:10:33AM -0500, et wrote:
> <snip>
> > Cuba, from what I understand, is pretty multi-racial, too. Most other
> > Latin countries seem to have a "clasismo" like the US; there may be
> > Indian, African, and European, but they don't much mix and one can
> > pretty much guess the social and economic status of a person by the
> > pigment of his or her skin.
> 
> I have lived most of my life in New Havana (Miami, and the Keys) and I FIRMLY 
> believe that next to the Japanese, Cubans (as a group, of course not 
> everyone) are some of the MOST xenophobic people around. The entire Caribbean 
> (and eastern Caribbean even more so) are a very welcoming and race neutral 
> sociality, but in the Caribbean, Cubans stand out as very xenophobic.  this 
> explains why after two or three generations, most of the Cuban Families 
> living in the USA have not spread out but still live in a few (segregated 
> based on language) communities.

Do you know if this applies to Cubans living in Cuba? Things I have read
suggest that Cuba recognizes and values all its peoples. Of course, I've
never been to Cuba . . .

Todd


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