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Cuba: Race & Identity in the News Archive: 1/10 - 4/10 Cuba: Race & CONCIENCIA RACIAL Y LUCHA CONTRA EL RACISMO 4/27/2010 Blog de Esteban Morales Identity in the News, Archive: Queloides: la cicatriz renovada del racismo en Cuba 4/16/2010 CubaEncuentro: "El día 16 de abril se inaugura en el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, de la Habana, la exposición Queloides: Raza y Racismo en el Arte Cubano Contemporáneo (www.queloides-exhibit.com). La exposición reúne a doce 5/10-6/11 artistas que, durante años, han proyectado, desde su obra, una preocupación sostenida acerca de la persistencia del racismo en la sociedad cubana y que han 1/10 - 4/10 intentado discutir públicamente los efectos culturales y sociales de esa llaga, infamante e incómoda, de la cubanidad." 5/9-12/9 10/03-4/09 Queloides/Keloids: Raza y Racismo en el Arte Cubano Contemporáneo 4/10/2010 Negra Cubana 7/93-9/03

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Anthology on Race & Racism 4/3/2010 Havana Times: "...the book was presented for the first time on December 8, 2009 at the headquarters of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), coinciding by sheer chance with the publication in the Miami Herald of news concerning a letter by US Black intellectuals accusing the Cuban government of racism. I’m not being sarcastic when I use the phrase “by chance.” This anthology is the result of a compilation of texts that appeared in the magazine Caminos, in two complete issues devoted to the issue of race and racism, and in other writings that now appear in book form. One of the most attractive aspects of this anthology is that the authors of the individual segments are people of diverse generations and fields; and accordingly, they approach the issue from different perspectives." Los avatares de la literatura oral de origen africano en Cuba 4/1/2010 Temas: "Las manifestaciones de la discriminación racial toman complicados y sutiles caminos en la vida de las sociedades, mucho más intrincados en el mundo contemporáneo. Ese es el caso del tratamiento que presenta la rica e irrepetible literatura oral de origen africano en Cuba. A pesar de los llamados de alerta de los pocos especialistas que han atendido la triste realidad de su estudio, este tipo de literatura es prácticamente ignorado en el panorama de los estudios literarios cubanos. Tal situación, inadmisible para una valoración adecuada de nuestra identidad nacional, ha motivado las ideas que expondremos en el presente ensayo acerca de la importancia y la necesidad de aceptar, como parte de la literatura cubana, las expresiones más autóctonas de la etnoliteratura." Katrina Browne estrenará en Cuba documental sobre trata de esclavos 3/25/2010 Radio Guantanamo: "La periodista, que viaja en la goleta Amistad de visita en Cuba, dijo a la AIN que cuando descubrió que su familia fue una de las que más negros esclavos introdujo en los Estados Unidos, decidió emprender la investigación que la llevó a la costa oeste de Africa y a Cuba." CUBA: Replica Slave Ship Drops Anchor amidst Debate on Racism 3/24/2010 IPS: "The issue is gaining visibility, which gives us hope that progress will continue to be made," Norberto Mesa, founder of the Cofradía de la Negritud (CONEG), a "brotherhood" or association of black people aimed at raising awareness about the problem, told IPS. According to CONEG, racial inequality is a growing problem in Cuba, where the latest census, from 2002, indicates that of a total population of 11.18 million, 7.2 million were white, 1.13 million black, and 2.78 mixed-race, based on self-identification. However, scholars estimate that the Cuban population is actually around 60 to 70 percent black or mixed-race. "We foment debate at the community level because we know that solutions will start to emerge, as a result of citizen participation," Mesa added, after a day of cultural activities organised by the Casa Comunitaria (community centre) in the Havana neighbourhood of La Ceiba. During the activities that day, the Cofradía awarded its annual prize to Eric Corvalán, a Cuban filmmaker who filmed the first documentary on racial discrimination in this country, "Raza" (Race). The 2008 film helped launch the fledgling debate on racism. "That was the message, the idea, but I am not satisfied. The debate should be at a national level," Mesa commented. CONEG wants a Cuban parliament commission to focus on the question of racism. It is also pushing for the issue to be included on the agenda of the next congress of the Young Communist League (UJC). "What could divide us is precisely the failure to deal with this problem," said Mesa, referring to the socialist government's official stance in the 1960s, when the Cuban revolution considered the issues of racism and discrimination solved, and saw any discussion of the matter as a threat to unity and social cohesion." Vessel Amistad already in Cuba 3/23/2010 Cuba Headlines: "The impending Amistad visit seems to have been virtually unknown in Cuba before this week's formal announcement to the press. Still, it has triggered deep curiosity in the country, where many residents feel deep and close personal connections to ancestors who were enslaved (Cuba did not outlaw slavery until 1883) and where even an explicitly non-political interaction with a U.S. organization like the non-profit Amistad America provokes questions about the future of Cuba's fraught relationship with the United States." CUBA: Goleta Amistad con vientos contra discriminación racial 3/23/2010 IPS: ""El tema va logrando mayor visibilidad, lo cual nos da esperanzas de que se puede seguir avanzando", dijo a IPS el fundador de la Cofradía de la Negritud, Norberto Mesa. Se trata de un proyecto que busca crear conciencia del "creciente proceso de agravamiento" de las desigualdades raciales. "Promovemos el debate en las comunidades porque sabemos que las soluciones irán saliendo a la luz con la participación ciudadana", añadió Mesa, tras una jornada social y cultural convocada en la Casa Comunitaria del barrio capitalino de La Ceiba. En esa ocasión, la Cofradía entregó su premio anual a Eric Corvalán, realizador del documental "Raza", que sirvió de soporte para promover la discusión en diferentes espacios. "Ese fue el mensaje, la idea, pero me siento inconforme. El debate debe ser a nivel nacional", comentó. Su iniciativa, comentó, aspira a que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (parlamento unicameral) se ocupe del racismo en alguna de sus comisiones y que ese asunto sea también parte de la agenda del próximo congreso de la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas. "Lo que nos puede dividir es justamente no tratar estos problemas", consideró, en referencia a las posturas oficiales de los años 60, cuando la triunfante Revolución Cubana consideró resueltos el racismo y la discriminación racial y que hablar de ellos podría resquebrajar la unidad y cohesión social." EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA LUCHA CONTRA EL RACISMO: 21 DE MARZO. 3/20/2010 Afrocubanas: Por: Tomás Fernández Robaina - "Al igual que ya existe el Día Internacional de la Lucha Contra el Racismo, debemos apreciar la conveniencia de que tengamos también El Día Nacional de la Lucha Contra el Racismo en Cuba, que bien podría ser la fecha de la fundación del Partido Independiente de Color, o la de la muerte de Aponte, o la del comienzo de la columna y página Ideales de una raza, desde el Diario de la Marina, como las tres principales, pero no descartando otras posibles." “Raza y Racismo” hace su debate desde la Casa del Caribe 3/20/2010 Casa del Caribe: "El destacado académico cubano de las ciencias sociales, doctor Fernando Martínez Heredia, presentó este viernes en la Casa del Caribe el libro “Raza y Racismo”, una compilación de artículos publicados en un segundo volumen de “Antología de Caminos” en alusión a Revista del Centro Martín Luther King especializada en pensamiento sociológico. El primer volumen recoge los primos cuarenta números de la referida publicación." La Mujer Afrolatinoamericana y la Afrocubana 3/19/2010 Afrocubanas: "Entrevista a Inés María Martiatu, ensayista, crítica cultural y narradora. Por: Patricia Grogg." Cuba, the corporate media and the suicide of Orlando Zapata Tamayo 3/4/2010 Links, Australia: "Curiously, AI has never mentioned the alleged political activities that landed Zapata in prison. The reason is relatively simple: Zapata never carried out any anti-government activities prior to incarceration. Instead, the organisation recognises that he was convicted in May 2004 and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "contempt, public disorder and resistance".[4] This sentence is relatively minor compared to the sentences, ranging up to 28 years, that were handed down to the 75 opposition figures convicted in March 2003 of "having received funds or materials from the US government to carry out activities that the authorities consider subversive and damaging to Cuba", as recognised by AI is a serious crime in Cuba and any country in the world. Here AI cannot escape an obvious contradiction: on the one hand these people qualify as "prisoners of conscience" and on the other it admits they committed the serious crime of accepting "money or materials from the US government". Unlike the 75, the Cuban government has never accused Zapata of accepting funds from a foreign power and has always considered him a common convict. Zapata had a serious criminal record. Since June 1990, he had been arrested and convicted several times for "disturbing the peace, two counts of fraud, public exhibitionism, injury and possession of non-firearm weapons". In 2000, he fractured the skull of Leonardo Simon using a machete. His criminal record does not involve any political actions. It was only after his imprisonment that his mother, Reyna Luisa Tamayo, approached government opposition groups, but she has never been bothered by the authorities.[6] " Cuban dissident on hunger strike rushed to hospital 3/4/2010 Miami Herald: "Iglesias said he and dozens of other dissidents, as well as the four government doctors who have checked on Fariñas over the past week, also have urged him to abandon the hunger strike." Cuba says dead hunger striker was common criminal 3/4/2010 Reuters: "Behind bars, he was recruited by dissidents to join their cause and did so in part because of "material advantages" bestowed upon Cuba's political opponents by "foreign embassies," Granma said." Second Cuban Hunger Striker, Guillermo Farinas, On the Verge of Death 3/2/2010 Huffington Post: "Like many dissidents, 'Coco' Farinas used to believe in Fidel Castro's revolution. He risked his hide fighting in the isolated villages of Angola during the 1980s civil war in that African country. He was a member of Castro's elite troops, but in 1989 when General Arnaldo Ochoa was shot, accused of drug trafficking, Farinas began to have second thoughts and unanswered questions. He has a degree in psychology, and better than anyone else in Cuba, he knows the methods of the political police for breaking those who dissent. Since 1997 this big-eyed mestizo has been one of the heavyweight dissidents on the island. He writes as a freelance journalist, and an independent library is located in his house." Miami manipuló el agradecimiento de la madre de Orlando a los médicos cubanos 3/2/2010 Kaos en la Red: "Paralelamente, en una conversación telefónica entre Yaniset Rivero, miembro de la organización contrarrevolucionaria, con sede en Miami, Directorio Democrático cubano, y el contrarrevolucionario Juan Carlos González, miembro de un grupúsculo en Cuba, se percibe la evidencia de que estaban más preocupados de cómo utilizar a la madre de Orlando en una campaña anticastrista antes de la preocupación de la salud del hijo. En la conversación Juan Carlos explica la dicotomía que le iba a proponer a Reina, “o hacer una conferencia o ir a ver a Orlando”, situando lo político por delante de lo humanitario. Los contrarrevolucionarios jamás han hecho público, dado que no pueden hacer uso político de ello, las afirmaciones de Reina sobre el excelente cuidado que tuvo su hijo en todo el periodo de huelga de hambre por el personal médico cubano que emitió por teléfono a la misma Yaniset Rivero. Como se puede ver en el video de Cuba TV, la Madre de Tamayo declaró a Yaniset como los médicos cubanos “vinieron a analizar la salud de Zapata y nos explicaron que era muy crítica, crítica, y que están haciendo todo lo posible para salvar a Zapata, que ya tenían preparado un riñón por si acaso le fallaba el suyo, que ellos van a luchar hasta lo último. Y estaban los médicos del CIMEQ, los mejores médicos, tratando de darle la vida a Orlando "." Orlando Zapata: un delincuente convertido en mártir por los estrategas de la guerra contra Cuba 3/2/2010 Kaos en la Red: "El 23 de febrero fallecía el preso cubano Orlando Zapata tras 88 días en huelga de hambre. Los grandes medios de comunicación internacionales, sirviéndose de su control casi absoluto de la información, han llevado a cabo una gigantesca campaña de culpabilización del gobierno cubano, ocultando elementos informativos muy relevantes.En primer lugar, el motivo de su huelga de hambre: conseguir lo que los medios han calificado como “mejoras carcelarias”, en realidad privilegios sobre el resto de reclusos, como tener televisor, cocina y teléfono en su celda, algo impensable en cualquier centro penitenciario del mundo.En segundo lugar, su perfil personal. Frente al personaje fabricado por los medios -un humilde albañil y pacífico preso de conciencia- Orlando Zapata fue un violento delincuente común procesado, entre 1993 y 2002, por delitos como violación de domicilio, estafa y por las graves lesiones a un ciudadano tras un ataque con machete.En 2003 fue condenado a 3 años de cárcel, pero esta sentencia se amplió a 24 años por diversos cargos de agresión violenta a funcionarios de prisión.Al contrario de lo afirmado por los medios, Zapata no formaba parte del grupo de 75 personas detenidas en La Habana en marzo de 2003 por sus vinculaciones con el gobierno de EEUU. De hecho, este gobierno no incluyó su nombre en la lista de supuestos “prisioneros políticos” presentada a la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la ONU." Comprender la problemática racial cubana 3/1/2010 Tercera Informacion: de Estaban Morales - "Los contactos con la economía de mercado, la reemergencia de las desigualdades y todo el deterioro económico y social, consecuencia de la crisis de los años 90, propiciaron su reemergencia. Podemos decir que hasta mediados de los años ochenta se había logrado tener acceso a niveles de igualdad social que enorgullecían a todos los cubanos, pero la crisis económica produjo retrasos y trajo serias consecuencias sociales que todavía no han podido ser resueltas; ello se junto con el débil e inespecífico tratamiento dado a la cuestión racial, diluida dentro de la lucha contra la pobreza, por lo que se presento la situación propicia que la hizo resurgir con la virulencia propia de un problema que dado como resuelto, en realidad no lo estaba." Declaración del CIR sobre el fallecimiento de Orlando Zapata 2/28/2010 CIR: "La muerte el pasado 23 de febrero del defensor de derechos humanos y prisionero de conciencia Orlando Zapata Tamayo, tras una prolongada huelga de hambre en reclamo de sus derechos y del de los restantes prisioneros en Cuba tiene una connotación múltiple para la sociedad cubana. Ella merece también esta reflexión; más allá de la posición obvia de consternación y espanto de toda persona civilizada, consciente de que vivimos en el siglo XXI, ante el frío desprecio por la vida humana de las mentalidades autocráticas." Blacks bear the brunt of Cuba's brutality 2/28/2010 Miami Herald: "Zapata's ordeal is being spun from the other side of the coin, too -- the predominantly white and U.S.-based, right-wing anti-Castro opposition who clearly stand to score political points from the case of a black martyr. Righteous declarations can be expected from organizations such as Democracy Movement, the Cuban American National Foundation, the Cuban Liberty Council and, especially, the Cuban Democratic Directorate. Many Cuban civil-rights activists accuse these groups of working to corral and control the new internal opposition forces on behalf of interests linked to Cuba's former Jim Crow oligarchy. That's why they see U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart's ``indignation'' over Zapata's death, as much as president Raúl Castro's ``regrets,'' as a double farce. A staunch supporter of the tiny, white elite of wealth that was overthrown in 1959, Diaz-Balart can cry crocodile tears, but during his time in Congress his right-wing, pro-embargo agenda has only hindered the ability of black Cubans to improve their lot." [Some observers credit Alberto Jones and Claude Betancourt's articles for this historic turn against the Miami Plantocracy, unprecedented, to our knowledge, in any statements by Black Cuban dissident groups.] The shamelessness of the United States government 2/26/2010 Granma: "ONE out of every four prisoners in the world is in a U.S. penitentiary. The composition of these prisoners is profoundly racist: one out of every 15 black adults is incarcerated; one out of every 9 is aged 20-34 years; and one out of every 36 Hispanics. Two-thirds of those serving life sentences are African Americans or Latinos, and in the case of New York state, only 16.3% of prisoners are white. Every year, 7,000 people die in U.S. prisons, many of them murdered or suicides. For example, U.S. prison guards routinely use Taser guns on prisoners. According to a recent report, 230 U.S. citizens have died as a result of the use of these weapons since 2001. The report refers to the case of a county jail in Garfield, Colorado, accused of regularly using Taser guns and pepper spray on prisoners, and then tying them to chairs in extreme positions for hours at a time." Dissident’s Death Ignites Protest Actions in Cuba 2/26/2010 NYT: "Freedom House, an organization that ranks countries on their level of freedom and considers Cuba “not free,” called Mr. Zapata the first prisoner in Cuba to die by starving himself since Pedro Luis Boitel, a student leader and poet, did so in 1972." [Freedom House is a CIA related organization which former director James Woolsey joined after his retirement.] CUATRO SIGLOS DE INFAMIA (2) 2/25/2010 UNEAC: "Nota: en los slave auctions --venta de esclavos--, a menudo se situaba a la venta una familia, digamos, el padre, la madre y dos hijos pequeños. Cuatro esclavistas que llegaban a las ciudades costeras de este país desde colonias distintas compraban a los cuatro por separado y no volvían a verse jamás. Esa bestialidad sólo existió en este país. En los demás, la familia esclava con hijos pequeños tenía que que ser comprada como una sola unidad." Death of Cuban prisoner of conscience on hunger strike must herald change 2/24/2010 Amnesty International: "He was subsequently tried several times on further charges of "disobedience" and "disorder in a penal establishment", the last time in May 2009, and was serving a total sentence of 36 years at the time of his death. "Faced with a prolonged prison sentence, the fact that Orlando Zapata Tamayo felt he had no other avenue available to him but to starve himself in protest is a terrible indictment of the continuing repression of political dissidents in Cuba," said Gerardo Ducos." Commentary: Against the hijacking of a Cuban martyr 2/24/2010 McClatchy: "Certainly, I do not claim to speak on behalf of Cuba's majority. But I am surely not far from that majority's truth by stating that it can hardly be struggling for the re-empowerment of the tiny, white elite of wealth that was overthrown in 1959. It is that segregationist exiled elite that these so-called anti-Castro groups so distinctly represent. Orlando Zapata Tamayo is dead. He is now a people's martyr. But those who struggled with him and shared his aspirations must not allow this brave and principled man's legacy or memory to be hijacked; certainly not by those who before 1959 despised him for being black and continue to do so in spite of their hypocritical tears. Zapata's legacy belongs to Cuba's future, and not to that of its neo-colonial, segregationist and subservient past." [A historic turn against the Miami Plantocracy, which, to our knowledge, has never hitherto been rejected by any of the Black Cuban dissident groups.] Me siento afortunado de haber vivido 2/22/2010 Tania Quintero: Entrevista con Carlos Moore. Mujeres, raza e identidad caribeña. Conversación con Inés María Martiatu 2/20/2010 Negra Cubana Disentir vs desacreditar: A propósito del tema racial 2/17/2010 Negra Cubana ¿QUIÉN SE OCULTA TRAS EL RACISMO? 2/17/2010 UNEAC CUATRO SIGLOS DE INFAMIA 2/17/2010 UNEAC Raza, racismo, racialidad: encore une fois, again, wieder einmal 2/15/2010 Negra Cubana Only in Miami: Omara Portuondo Compared to the Ku Klux Klan 2/13/2010 Cuba Now: 'It seems that Mr. Prieres’ “school of thinking” does not admit that a Cuban figure as Omara Portuondo can freely sing in the United States. I guess that Mr. Prieres’ “environment” excludes the over 11 million Cubans living on the island. It seems to be an institution of poor education and thinking. According to Miami New Times magazine, the organization Vigilia Mambisa declared that Omara “is accomplice of the regime,” and anti-Cuban activist Emilio Izquierdo Jr. made this incredible comparison: “Brinign Omara Portuondo to Miami is like taking the Ku Klux Klan to Liberty City”. Perhaps Izquierdo does not know, or means nothing for him, but the Ku Klux Klan is a racist, terrorist organization founded in the US to kill, torture, or intimidate black, Jewish or other groups, including Catholics, peace activists, and unionists. Omara Portuondo is a Cuban woman of mixed race with unique voice and international prestige resulting from her huge talent. Comparing her to the Ku Klux Klan is like comparing Luis Posada Carriles to Bola de Nieve." Me, Afro-Cuban? 2/6/2010 Havana Times: [See also the discussion threads.] Programa de la Jornada Maceísta 2/6/2010 Negra Cubana tenía que ser Jerarquizar la identidad cultural 2/2/2010 Bohemia: "Según informó la musicóloga Cary Diez, vicepresidenta de la Uneac, las comisiones permanentes de trabajo de la organización han logrado construir un espacio de atención al cumplimiento de los acuerdos del VII Congreso, celebrado en abril de 2008, “tejiendo puentes entre instituciones y creadores, con altibajos en dependencia de cada temática y período”. Reconoció como “un importante suceso en el reciente período, la creación de la comisión contra el racismo y la discriminación racial”, entidad que conmemoró el aniversario 116 de la desaparición física de Mariana Grajales, la heroica caída en combate del lugarteniente Antonio Maceo, y presentó el libro Raza y Racismo, de la editorial Caminos. Un paso esencial para el próximo semestre, será la constitución de grupos de trabajo de dicha comisión en todas las provincias." SOCIEDAD–CUBA: Racismo, un tema inconcluso 2/1/2010 Cuba a la Mano Race and Class in Cuba 1/24/2010 Jamaica Observer: "As luck would have it, my home in Kingston, Jamaica, was right next to the Cuban embassy, so I went there often. When I informed them excitedly that I wanted to study blacks in Cuba, I was told that I should go to Oriente, the Eastern part of the country, as that was where all of the blacks were. I would come to learn that this was an expression of the white Cuban tendency to claim that all blacks were descendants of Jamaican and other West Indian immigrants to Oriente. When I would protest that the Spanish had lots of slaves and that all of the blacks could not possibly be descendants of West Indian immigrants, known derogatorily as pichones (literally blackbirds), I was told that all of the ones who had come as slaves had intermarried, as the Spanish were so much less racist than the British. White Cubans expressed sympathy for the Jamaicans who were under the British, who did not mix with them, supposedly, and so the black population there was not able to dilute itself and move up the racial hierarchy." Declaración de doce personalidades cubanas sobre racismo y sociedad en la Isla 1/22/2010 CIR: "Firman la declaración, Víctor Manuel Domínguez, Juan Antonio Madrazo, Lucas Garve, Jorge Olivera, Manuel Cuesta Morúa, Leonardo Calvo, Eleanor Calvo, Yusnaimi Soca, Víctor González, Juan Antonio Alvarado, José Idelfonso Vélez e Hildebrando Chaviano." Malcolm X and Fidel: 1990 Symposium in Havana 1/17/2010 www.brothermalcolm.net: With audio and video tracks. Includes presentations by Nancy Morejon, Kwame Toure, Rogelio Martinez Fure, Osvaldo Cardenas, and many others as well as a video of of Fidel talking to the delegates. Photogallery of Fidel - Malcom X meeting in 1960. La educación para ser blancos en Cuba 1/9/2010 Blog de Esteban Morales: "Pero si al educar, dentro de una sociedad mulrirracial, multicolor, dejamos el color fuera de la educación, en la práctica estamos educando para el color que aun ostenta la hegemonia: el blanco. Sobre todo si tomamos en consideración, que aun existen otros asuntos que conspiran contra una educación equilibrada en cuanto al color." El negrito retinto 1/9/2010 El Pais: "Sin himno, sin bandera y sin patria. Considerado como un provocador, el escritor Carlos Moore desvela en Pichón sus desencuentros con la burocracia comunista cubana." ¿Cubano de origen africano o afrocubano? (+ Videos) 1/7/2010 CubaDebate It’s Time to Address Racism in Cuba 1/7/2010 IPS: "In 50 years (since the revolution), women’s issues and homosexuality have been debated: why hasn’t racism?” asked the filmmaker. “It’s a revolutionary topic that concerns everyone, because there are black women, black homosexuals and black men.” “I think silence is worse. The longer nothing is said, the more the racism fermenting underground is rotting the entire nation,” singer/songwriter Gerardo Alfonso says in the documentary. According to Roberto Zurbano, head of the Casa de las Americas publishing house, to carry on “hiding” the issue would lead black people to think that “they belong to another country, and that there are two Cuba’s as there were in the 19th century, a black Cuba and a white one.” Another possible implication is that “the issue could become a political football, outside and inside the country.” Racismo: El secreto sucio de los Castro 1/6/2010 Libertad Digital: de Nat Hentoff, Cato Institute NEGRA CIMARRONA: La Tertulia de Juana 1/6/2010 Negra Cubana: "A principio de diciembre fui convocada a participar en la Tertulia de Juana (cuyo nombre procede de Juana Borrero), espacio de debate y reflexión que a propósito del género organizó mi amiga Yulexis. Un grupo de mujeres negras, entre las

que se encontraban Daisy Rubiera, historiadora; Norma Guillard, psicóloga; Georgina Herrera, poeta; se encargarían de presentar, desde sus experiencias, la convergencia de la racialidad y el género. No se trataba de hablar de cómo las mujeres negras son discriminadas, lo cual es más que cierto, sino los puntos de contacto entre ambas aproximaciones teóricas. El propósito era tratar de evidenciar cómo el género tiene expresiones diferentes, en un mundo patriarcal hegemónicamente blanco, para las personas de una y otros expresiones fenotípicas." Blasfemia: Ser afrocubano y patriota 1/5/2010 CIR: por Pedro Dupre MUJERES, RAZA E IDENTIDAD CARIBEÑA 1/3/2010 UNEAC: Conversación con Inés María Martiatu. Cuba speaks from its depths 1/1/2010 Islas: by a collection of dissident authors. Movement in the Americas who Condemn Racism in Cuba 1/1/2010 Islas: by Darsi Ferrer Racial Discrimination in Cuba: An Open Secret 1/1/2010 Islas: Islas is supported by NED funds. This article is by Jorge Olivera Castillo, Writer and journalist, Havana, Cuba The Juan Gualberto Gómez Movement for Racial Integration 1/1/2010 Islas: Islas is supported by NED funds. This article is by José I. Vélez Hernández, National Coordinator, Havana, Cuba

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