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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