On Friday 10 January 2003 10:50 am, Todd Slater wrote: > 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 In Cuba, the Government (I believe, and have many friends frrom other Caribbean Countries that enjoy traveling to Cuba) does (for the most part) try and treat everyone (not of the "Military Class") as equal. while most of the more xenophobic may have left for the USA, and thus causing the racial mixture of the island to become "more dark". However, I have more than one friend (whom has arrived in the USA in the last 3 years) that would be considered racially "african" in the USA that has told me that the prejudice he feels in the USA is not any different than what he experianced and still experiances. Really, any of the other Caribbean Countries peoples are much more racially mixed and accepting of skin color than Cuba. Mostly it is a product of history. Where Cuba was settled by Spanish and their slaves, Jamiaca was settled by run-a-way Slaves. If you want to point to a racially tolerant people, and their country, use Jamaica as the example.
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