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Black Lives Matter Support for Socialism Creates Sharp Divide with Cuban
Americans 8/4/2021 Newsweek: "Cubans, Mohl wrote, injected "new life" into
the city, but "also brought in the wake of their invasion a host of grave social
and economic problems." Those problems included competition for jobs, housing,
schools, and government services. "The Cubans are slowly taking over the
business of Dade County," complained the Miami Times, the city's Black weekly
newspaper, in 1966."
Florida Democrats See Familiar Storm Cloud in Spanish-Language Cuba Coverage 7/22/2021 Newsweek: "The
narrative is that we as Democrats are trying to do something to favor the
regime, instead of supporting the freedom of the Cuban people, so that really
pisses me off," said Democratic strategist Evelyn Pérez-Verdía, an expert on
Spanish-language disinformation efforts. "We have the same intentions for the
Cuban people, but this narrative BS does not help them."
Florida students required to register political views with the state to promote
'intellectual diversity' 6/23/2021 Alternet: "DeSantis and the bill's
sponsor, state Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero), suggested funding could be cut as
punishment for colleges and universities found to be "indoctrinating" students
under the measure, which goes into effect July 1."
Florida Democrats shouldn’t be punishing internal dissent | Bill Cotterell 6/17/2021 Talahassee
Democrat: "The Palm Beach County Democratic Executive Committee voted
overwhelmingly on June 3 to censure four of the county’s school board members
for voting to remove the words “white advantage” from a policy statement. The
statement said Palm Beach County schools are “committed to dismantling
structures rooted in white advantage and transforming our system by hearing and
elevating under-represented voices, sharing power, recognizing and eliminating
bias and redistributing resources to provide equitable outcomes.”"
Florida Board of Education adopts rule banning ‘critical race theory’ in public
schools 6/11/2021 News 4 Jax: "The original rule change proposal, which
bars teachers from attempting “...to indoctrinate or persuade students to a
particular point of view,” did not mention “critical race theory” specifically,
but the language was added in an amendment offered by Board member Tom Grady
during Thursday’s meeting at FSCJ’s downtown campus in Jacksonville."
'Unacceptable': Only 7 percent of vaccinated Florida residents are Black 5/12/2021 Politico: “Gov.
DeSantis and the folks around him need to move heaven and earth to get vaccines
to the black community, and as they do this I don’t want to hear them blame
their inability to equitably distribute the vaccine to people of color on
vaccine hesitancy,” he said."
Miami-Dade’s wealthiest areas are almost fully vaccinated. Black communities are
at 31% 4/26/2021 Miami Herald: "Politicians have been quick to blame the
disparity on vaccine “hesitancy.” But residents of under-vaccinated communities
interviewed by the Herald described a far more complex range of emotional
reasoning and logistical hurdles. There was never just one thing that kept
someone from getting vaccinated but rather a compounding and often fluid set of
circumstances: lack of information from trusted sources, a complicated
appointment sign-up system that privileged white-collar workers with more
flexible schedules and paid time off, difficult-to-reach vaccination sites that
required access to a car, and doctor’s note requirements that disproportionately
hurt underinsured Black and brown communities that have less access to doctors."
Miami’s Republican Cuban Americans need to soul search and confront their racism 4/7/2021 Miami
Herald
Residents defend Robert E. Lee High: 'Jesus himself never condemned slavery' 3/25/2021 CNN: "A
school board in Jacksonville, Florida, proposed changing the name of its Robert
E. Lee High School and held community hearings on the issue. Comments made in
support of the name outraged many at the hearings."
The
Batistafication of Florida 3/1/2021 Wayne Madsen Report: "The Euro-Cubans,
as a voting bloc, must be written off as unobtainable. They are far too rooted
in the fascism of their old hero, Batista, and new hero, Trump, to be of
political use to a progressive political party. Instead, the Democrats should
concentrate their voter registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts on the
Afro-Cubans, many who arrived in Florida in the El Mariel boatlifts in 1980, as
well as working class Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Haitians, Bahamians, Jamaicans
(America has a Vice President of Jamaican descent), Trinidadians,
Afro-Colombians and Afro-Venezuelans, and Amerindians from Latin America"
Over 50% of the elected Democratic Party legislators from Miami-Dade are Black 2/18/2021 Miami-Dade
Democrats: "Did you know that over 50% of the elected Democratic Party
legislators from Miami-Dade are Black? Does anyone know the number for
Miami-Dade Republicans?"
‘The last straw’: the US families ending love affair with grocery chain after
Capitol riot 2/15/2021 Guardian: "But now the decades-long love affair is
over. After a member of Publix’s founding family donated $300,000 to the Donald
Trump rally that preceded January’s deadly Capitol riots, Mize is pulling out of
what she says has become “an abusive, dysfunctional relationship”, and joining
others in a boycott of the Florida-based grocery chain that operates more than
1,200 stores across seven south-eastern states."
Where is Florida Democrats’ Stacey Abrams? 2/10/2021 Orlando
Sentinel: "Since Election Day, the Florida Democratic Party has been trying to
recover from the disastrous cycle. Their first reaction was to choose a Miami
Cuban American, former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, to lead the party out of the
wilderness. Poor performance among Latino voters, especially South Florida’s
Cuban Americans, was cited as a key factor in the Democrats’ anemic showing.
However, in the wake of Georgia’s success, party leaders should be asking:
Where’s our Stacey Abrams?"
Leilani Bruce’s Candela Book Club Explores Afro-Cuban Experiences 2/9/2021 Start
Up Cuba TV: "Candela, an eloquent acronym that stands for Cuban-American
Narratives and Dialogue for Equity, Liberation and Allyship, found its roots
over the summer amidst the tragedies of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud
Arbery. Along with the Cuba One Foundation, the Miami Freedom Project began a
dialogue about systemic racism in Cuban-American communities. This dialogue
expanded to a Whatsapp conversation, virtual meetings, and finally blossomed
into the birth of the Candela book club, which is meant to highlight black
voices and Afro-Cuban stories."
The Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter clashed in this Florida town — and only
BLM faced charges: report 2/3/2021 Alternet: "On January 27, Florida-based
activists offered testimony against the DeSantis-supported anti-protest bill.
One of them, Arlinda "Tray" Johns, testified, "We just want to know: was it
written on the same parchment paper that the slave codes were written on?
Because to us in the Black Community, this feels very Jim Crowish.""
Rogue Florida Guv’s Next Pandemic Fiasco: Vaccine Rollout 12/16/2020 Daily
Beast: "But, as is the case in most states, none of Florida’s early doses are
going to essential workers such as grocer -store staff, transit workers,
pharmacy employees, and teachers. What makes Florida’s plan so controversial is
that, unlike many other large states, Florida authorities have declined to
restrict businesses and schools or to mandate mask-wearing. Those policies have
left Floridian essential workers no choice but to work among an especially
infective public and risk exposure. Likewise, DeSantis has not detailed a plan
to rush vaccines to communities of color that, owing to structural disadvantages
going back generations, are uniquely vulnerable to the virus. In Florida as in
many other states, there’s significant overlap between essential workers and
communities of color, further underscoring the importance of vaccinating these
groups as fast as possible."
What Florida Democrats have to learn from Stacey Abrams 11/28/2020 Tampa
Bay Times: "Ossoff said the culture war issues don’t ultimately matter to most
voters. In Georgia, he said, Democrats have broken through by focusing on local
issues. “Solving these problems, improving the quality of daily life for
people,” he said. “That’s how we have mobilized this movement.”"
Brevard County: Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda Executes Black Teen for Driving
Past Him 11/22/2020 Cop Blaster: "Brevard County Deputy Sheriff's Office
(BCSO) Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda executed two black teenagers for trying to
drive past him. The shooting was caught on his dash camera where you can clearly
see that the vehicle he shot at was turning right in an effort to drive past him
(see video below). The vehicle was obviously going to great lengths to evade the
officers without actually hitting them."
Miami-Dade's 'Republican Cuban establishment' regains power in Florida,
Washington 11/16/2020 Miami Herald: "The results also may indicate
complications for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, who has said he plans to
restore former President Barack Obama’s Cuba policies “in large part” after
Trump restricted travel to the island and ended remittances. Though Republicans
are in the minority in the U.S. House, the new Cuban American Republican
coalition in Miami-Dade County is sure to put up more resistance than one that
would have included Mucarsel-Powell and Shalala."
As Trump Gained Latino Support in Florida, Biden’s Campaign Ignored Warnings 11/10/2020 New
Yorker
Florida’s reeling Democrats struggle to reclaim the Sunshine State 11/6/2020 Sun
Sentinel: "Tuesday exposed a litany of problems for a divided party:
insufficient voter registration; lack of on-the-ground campaigning; a dearth of
young, charismatic candidates; neglect of the minority population; an unfocused
message to voters; and the inability to counter Trump’s socialist branding — all
of this complicated by the paralyzing environment of COVID-19."
Salsa in the streets of Florida's Little Havana: How American-Cubans' fear of
'socialists' Biden and Kamala and backlash against Defund the Police and BLM
helped seal crucial Sunshine State win for the Republicans 11/4/2020 Daily
Mail: "American-Cubans were seen celebrating in the streets of Miami after
Donald Trump secured the state of Florida in the election - with exit polls
suggesting 55% of the demographic voted for the president. Miami Democrats
blamed their Florida defeat on backlash from Hispanic and Latino voters over the
Black Lives Matter movement and their 'extreme' efforts to defund the police, as
well as Republican claims that Biden is a 'socialist'."
Florida's Latino voters being bombarded with right-wing misinformation, experts
and advocates say 10/20/2020 ABC
Voter intimidation looms as a concern. Here’s how South Florida will fight it. 10/17/2020 Sun
Sentinel: "The Center for Public Integrity reported that supporters of President
Trump in Virginia temporarily blocked an entrance to an early voting site,
forcing officials to offer voters escorts to cast ballots. In Minnesota, a
private security company is recruiting former military members to guard polling
places, alarming election officials with the prospect of unofficial armed guards
who could intimidate or harass voters. And Michigan, wanting to curb
intimidation, won’t let people openly carry guns near polling sites."
Armed Militias And Poll Watchers: Know The Laws In Florida 10/11/2020 Patch: "Second,
call Election Protection at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) to report what you see.
Assistance in also available in Spanish at 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888- 839-8682), in
Arabic at 844-YALLA-US (844-915-5187), and Asian languages at 888-API-VOTE
(1-888-174-8683). A video call number for American Sign Language is available at
301-818-VOTE (301-818-8683)."
Donations From Michael Jordan, LeBron James To Help Felons Vote 10/6/2020 MSN
At least one person arrested during St. Augustine protests outside Flagler
College 10/4/2020 MSN: "The altercation happened as protesters and
counter-protesters gathered in front of Flagler College on King Street. Both
gatherings centered around Mark Bailey, a member of the Flagler Board of
Trustees. Protesters led by the Reverend Ron Rawls accuse Bailey of using his
wealth and influence to "hinder social justice progress in St. Augustine by
attempting to sway a government ruling on removing and relocating the
Confederate monument," according to a Facebook post."
Proud Boys try to assimilate into Florida GOP as Trump denies knowing extremist
group 10/2/2020 Miami Herald
John Legend
Helps Returning Citizens Restore Their Voting Rights 9/25/2020 Now
This: "John Legend is helping restore voting rights for thousands of Floridians
with felony convictions by paying off their outstanding court fines and fees."
Republican Senator Proposes Bill That Would Make It Illegal to Count Votes 9/24/2020 Slate: "On
Thursday, Florida Sen. Rick Scott proposed a bill that would change election
laws with less than six weeks to go until November’s election, causing complete
mayhem and ensuring that untold numbers of otherwise valid votes would not be
counted. Scott’s proposal is simple and entirely unworkable. His Help America
Vote Act of 2020 would require that mail-in ballots be counted within 24 hours
of when voting closes on Election Day."
Review shows objectionable content routinely appeared in columns in el Nuevo
Herald insert 9/20/2020 Miami Herald: "The columnist wrote that Michelle
Obama reminds him of a “black monster” in Dante’s Inferno. Other times, he wrote
that Islam is “filth,” Native Americans “primitive” and Africa the “ass of the
world.” On another occasion still, he called George Floyd “ugly,” a “common
criminal” and the protests over his death at the hands of police “racial
whoremongering.” And then there’s the time that he wrote, in all apparent
seriousness, that Black Lives Matter protesters should summarily be put to
death."
Trump thanked 'great people' shown in Twitter video in which a man chants 'white
power' 6/28/2020 CNN
WHEN LIBERTY BURNS 6/19/2020 Miami Film Festival: "On December 17, 1979,
Arthur McDuffie failed to stop for a traffic light, and police officers gave
chase. After realizing he could not escape, McDuffie surrendered. He was beaten
until he lost consciousness, ultimately causing his death. The shocking
acquittal of the offending officers charged in the murder sparked a civil
disturbance in Miami’s urban core. The “McDuffie Riots” that followed in May
1980 caused the deaths of 18 people, millions of dollars in destruction, and
became a symbol of the city’s struggle to contend with race relations and its
sordid history during the Jim Crow era. The documentary engages family members
and friends of Arthur McDuffie, retired police officers, eye witnesses,
historians and contemporary community activists in interviews and it chronicles
McDuffie’s life and his rich relationships with his family and his community. It
traces, with brilliant insight, the dynamics of race relations in the City as it
manages increasingly diverse ethnic populations, growth and change. And yet, 40
years later, this seminal Miami reckoning is in danger of disappearing from
public consciousness – something that Alexis’ timely and important film seeks to
redress."
Hallan muerta a activista de marchas contra el racismo en Florida 6/17/2020 Ruda: "La
policía de Tallahassee informó del arresto de un sospechoso, Aaron Glee Jr., de
49 años. Éste ya había sido detenido en mayo pasado acusado de agresión agravada
a una mujer y liberado bajo una fianza de 2 mil 500 dólares. En varios mensajes,
la joven dijo que fue asaltada, que llamó a la Policía y que escapó. Salau se
unió a las marchas de Black Lives Matter, en las que recitaba los nombres de
hombres afroamericanos que murieron a manos de la policía, entre ellos George
Floyd, según se ve en varios videos."
Marco Rubio called them ‘extremists.’ They’re really Miami rappers. They want a
retraction. 6/10/2020 Miami Herald: "When cops arrested Marco Antonio Lopez
on allegations that he vandalized patrol cars during a protest in downtown
Miami, the arrest report noted he was part of a group known as the “Southern
Slaves,” which “actively recruits people to violently protest the government.”
That drew the attention of U.S. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who tweeted the arrest
was evidence of “extremist groups” organizing to cause mayhem at protests over
the death of George Floyd and police brutality. But the Southern Slaves aren’t
an extremist group. And they are not monitored by the FBI or listed by
hate-group trackers like the Anti-Defamation League or the Southern Poverty Law
Center. They’re a group of aspiring hip-hop musicians from Miami’s Flagami
neighborhood, buddies uploading their music online, doing shows at open-mic
nights and spreading a message of what they consider government overreach.
“We’re not terrorists. We love America. What we don’t love is systematic
oppression and police brutality,” said Alonzo Martinez, 23, whose stage name is
“Zo The Atlantean.”"
Florida Ousts Top COVID-19 Data Scientist 5/19/2020 NPR: "In a statement
later to The Miami Herald, DeSantis' communications director, Helen Aguirre
Ferré, said, "Rebekah Jones exhibited a repeated course of insubordination
during her time with the department, including her unilateral decisions to
modify the Department's COVID-19 dashboard without input or approval from the
epidemiological team or her supervisors. "The blatant disrespect for the
professionals who were working around the clock to provide the important
information for the COVID-19 website was harmful to the team. Accuracy and
transparency are always indispensable, especially during an unprecedented public
health emergency such as COVID-19. Having someone disruptive cannot be tolerated
during this public pandemic, which led the department to determine that it was
best to terminate her employment.""
State senator sounds the alarm about Florida’s concealment of COVID-19 death
statistics 5/11/2020 Alternet: “Recently, it was reported that the death
count tallied by the Medical Examiners Commission was at one point 10% higher
than the number released by the Florida Department of Health,” Berman explains.
“Shortly after this discrepancy came to light, state officials cited privacy
concerns to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the agency providing
support to the Medical Examiners Commission, and blocked the report from further
release.” Berman adds, however, that a list from medical examiners “never
contained the names of COVID-19 victims” but rather, “contained demographics,
cause of death, and case summaries — far from private information.”
There could be 22 emerging COVID-19 hotspots in small cities or rural areas in
eight states that are lifting lockdown restrictions, analysis of social media
coronavirus posts reveals 4/29/2020 Daily Mail: "There could be up to 22
emerging coronavirus hotspots in small cities and rural counties across eight US
states that are lifting lockdown restrictions, data researchers have found. An
analysis conducted by data firm Dataminr used artificial intelligence to examine
social media posts related to coronavirus and predicts the smaller areas where
infections are set to increase. The firm identified the areas based on clusters
of public social media posts that directly referenced, among other things,
firsthand accounts of symptoms, relatives who have been infected and testing
supply shortages."
CDC director: Agency sent guidance to Florida weeks before gov ordered some
residents to stay at home 4/13/2020 The Hill: "If true, Redfield's remarks
would mean that the state had received advice from federal officials on
necessary steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus weeks before DeSantis
publicly alluded to a lack of guidance from the White House coronavirus task
force while facing criticism for his decisions not to shutter state beaches or
issue a statewide stay-at-home order."
‘Officials in Florida city say they face ‘unimaginable’ potential death from
COVID-19: ‘Recipe for disaster’ 4/8/2020 Alternet: "Officials in the
Florida city of Hialeah are warning that they are uniquely vulnerable to the
COVID-19 pandemic and face the possibility of “unimaginable” death from the
disease. In interviews with The Daily Beast, the officials explained how their
large population of senior citizens is at grave risk if Hialeah erupts as a
major COVID-19 hotspot."
DeSantis order relaxes rules for churches, freeing megachurch pastor to resume
services 4/2/2020 Fox: "The pastor canceled his upcoming in-person services
after being arrested for hosting hundreds inside his megachurch despite a
Hillsborough County "safer at home" social distancing order, banning gatherings
of 10 or more to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. But Governor Ron
DeSantis issued his own, statewide order Wednesday, which says the rules will be
different for places of worship. Under his new order, church services are
considered "essential" and there is no clear indication social distancing rules
must be followed. This new executive order is giving leaders at the local level
whiplash."
The best politician in America today is a city commissioner who chewed out the
worst mayor in Florida 3/22/2020 Alternet: "The Mayor broke all kinds of
protocol in this meeting trying to prevent Hardy from speaking, of which he
skillfully called her out on. The Mayor then broke the rules to recess the
meeting, walk away, and dismissively tell him “he was done”. That’s when all
hell broke lose.Hardy accused city manager Michael Bornstein of “turning off
people’s lights during a global health pandemic”. He said Mayor Triolo was more
concerned with her relationship with Bornstein and was complicit because she
refused to call an emergency meeting on measures the city could take."
Videos show Miami Beach arrests of black spring breakers slammed as racist by
NAACP 3/17/2020 NBC: "The Miami-Dade chapter of the NAACP is calling for
the removal of the Miami Beach police chief and city manager in response to
videos showing police interactions with black spring breakers last week. In one
of the viral videos, a Miami Beach police officer appears to grab a young woman
by the throat after she falls onto the street following a collision with an
officer. That video was uploaded to social media and has been viewed more than
390,000 times."
STACEY ABRAMS DISCUSSES HOW TO HELP YOUNG FLORIDIANS VOTE AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE 2/5/2020 Florida
Dems: "“In 2018, almost 60,000 people voted at the 12 college campus polling
locations around Florida — over half of those that voted on campus were under
the age of 30. Your vote will not just determine your future, but the future of
America. When Florida’s young people vote, Florida wins.”"
Cuando los bebés negros eran usados como cebo para cazar cocodrilos en Florida 11/18/2019 Strambotic
Haitian, Jamaican or American ... If you’re black in Miami, odds are you’re
struggling 2/25/2019 Miami Herald: "A new study sheds light on the yawning
gap in wealth in the Miami area between white households and households of
color. Among non-white groups, it is Miami-area households identifying as black
that continue to suffer most, according to the authors of the study, “The Color
of Wealth in Miami.”"
11-year-old arrested after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance 2/17/2019 NY
Post: "The classroom kerfuffle happened when a substitute teacher, Ana Alvarez,
ordered the boy to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. When he told her he
believed the flag was racist and the anthem was offensive, Alvarez asked him
“why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live,” the teacher
said in a statement to the school district. The teacher said he replied, “they
brought me here.” Alvarez then told him, “Well you can always go back, because I
came here from Cuba and the day I feel I’m not welcome here anymore I would find
another place to live.”"
Prosecutors Meet With Florida Teens Over Possible Hate Crime 1/26/2019 Atlanta
Black Star: "Bartlett is charged so far with illegally carrying a concealed
weapon, which is a felony. “We know what we saw in the video, but it goes beyond
that,” said Don Horn, chief assistant Miami-Dade County state attorney. “We’re
going to do everything we can to see that justice is done in this case.”
How was
Miami’s Overtown neighborhood chosen as the place to expand I-95? 1/15/2019 The
New tropic: "“By 1961, Overtown families began receiving surprise letters
telling them they were expected to uproot and relocate from their homes within
six to eight weeks,” Fields said in an email. “No mention was made of any appeal
process, and ‘the rest is history.’” "
Mockery of Justice: Criminal justice in Jacksonville is tainted by racism and
civil rights violations 12/26/2018 Folio: "The self-proclaimed Bold New
City of the South is neither bold nor new when it comes to criminal justice.
Racism and civil rights violations pervade Jacksonville, as they have in the
past. I focus now on several abuses that are systemic and continuing. Elected
officials bear the blame for doing nothing about racist arrest policies and
abuses of the rights of defendants and the public."
Black Florida State Representative Proposes Law to Prevent the Erasure of
Confederate Monuments 12/22/2018 Atlanta Black Star: "The Florida
Panhandle’s first Black representative since the Civil War just proposed a bill
that would make it a crime to remove Confederate memorials, names and symbols in
the state, not to mention that any intentional damaging of said memorials would
be treated as a third-degree felony. Rep. Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) insists Gen.
Robert E. Lee was more than just “some racist” and lauded him as “a gentleman, a
Christian, and a man of great valor who” deserved to be revered, as should all
Confederate leaders, the Broward Palm Beach New Times reported."
Video: Forget what you think you know about Overtown 12/17/2018 The New
tropic: "Once considered “The Harlem of the South,” it was the gathering place
for musicians such as Duke Ellington, Sammy Davis Jr. and Billie Holiday. But
when the construction of I-95 divided the neighborhood into quadrants in the
1960s, Overtown’s economic stability collapsed, and so did its claim to fame as
the entertainment capital of the South."
Five Signs the Florida Democratic Party Still Doesn't Get It 12/16/2018 Miami
New Times: "Andrew Gillum was a strong candidate for governor. Ron DeSantis and
Rick Scott were grotesque, cretinous candidates and seemingly awful human
beings. Everything looked so easy. So of course the Florida Democrats blew it.
They're the Florida Democrats! They're a group of party apparatchiks and
generally privileged white people who treat political representation like a club
and a hobby instead of seeing politics as the dire, important,
often-life-altering issue it is. The party is staffed by people who reward those
who stress loyalty and tradition over good ideas."
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history 12/4/2018 The
Conversation: "Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives
of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of enslaved
Africans escaping from Protestant Carolina to find religious sanctuary in
Catholic Florida. In 1738, these runaways formed Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de
Mose, the first free black settlement in what became the U.S. The excitement of
that discovery encouraged me to keep digging. After doing additional research in
Spain, I followed the trail of the Mose villagers to Cuba, where they had
emigrated when Great Britain acquired Florida. I found many of them in
18th-century church records in Havana, Matanzas, Regla, Guanabacoa and San
Miguel del Padrón."
Gov. Rick Scott's Wildly Biased Voting Rights Board: Here's How He Reportedly
Boosted Republicans and Disfavored Black Voters 10/25/2018 Alternet: "According
to the Post's findings, Scott has restored the voting rights of twice as many
whites as blacks, even though whites and blacks were released from state prisons
at roughly the same rate. Furthermore, Scott re-enfranchised a higher percentage
of Republicans, and a lower percentage of Democrats, than any governor since
1971."
Miami Republican chairman reportedly planned Pelosi protest with Proud Boys 10/20/2018 Think
Progress: "Now another Republican has been connected to the Proud Boys. After an
angry mob confronted and cursed at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
during a campaign event for Donna Shalala (D-FL) in Coral Gables on Wednesday,
the Washington Post reported the Florida protest “appears to have been organized
by Nelson Diaz, the chairman of the Republican Party in Miami-Dade County.”"
Miami GOP Chairman just caught leading Proud Boys in attack on Democratic
campaign office 10/19/2018 The Stern Fact: "Chairman Diaz even told me that
he never heard of the Proud Boys, even though the Miami New Times caught local
GOP Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart posting a photo of himself with one candidate
of the group’s members just two months ago. But the video doesn’t lie, and it
depicts Diaz only a few feet away from Miami Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio
when he yelled: “Open up! It’s some Proud Boys in here.”"
Third police officer sentenced to prison for framing black males 10/19/2018 Nation
of Change: "After pleading guilty to framing innocent black men and punching a
handcuffed suspect in the face, a third Florida police officer was sentenced
Thursday to 27 months in prison for conspiracy to deprive a person of his civil
rights and deprivation of civil rights under color of law. Two other officers
have been sentenced to one year in federal prison, while their former police
chief awaits sentencing next month."
Miami GOP
Chairman Nelson Diaz leading Proud Boys hate group in attack on Democratic
campaign office 10/19/2018 YouTube: "The Republican Party Miami-Dade's
County Chairman led an angry mob of partisans with the local leader of national
hate group the Proud Boys in an attack on a Democratic campaign office the
week."
Why Young Men of Color Are Joining White-Supremacist Groups 9/4/2018 Daily
Beast: "Tarrio, who identifies as Afro-Cuban, is president of the Miami chapter
of the Proud Boys, who call themselves “Western chauvinists,” and “regularly
spout white-nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists,”
according to the Southern Poverty Law Center."
Here Are 5 of the Most Disturbing Facts About Florida Republican Gubernatorial
Candidate Ron DeSantis 8/30/2018 Alternet: "The Florida gubernatorial race
could become a referendum on Sanders’ ideas versus Trump’s ideas, and DeSantis
is way beyond conservative—he is extreme."
After surprise primary victory, can Andrew Gillum win the Florida governor's
race? 8/30/2018 NBC: "But the state remains divided stubbornly 50-50, which
means Democrats need to both energize their base and win over swing voters, said
Steve Schale, a Florida Democratic strategist who backed Graham. “It's still a
state that is very evenly balanced,” said Schale — who, like Graham, quickly got
behind Gillum. “Democrats that think Andrew's not going to be able to connect
with suburban white women, and typical swing voters aren't paying attention to
what's happening around the country.”"
Black lawmaker says Miami Democrats have ‘lynched’ him in primary 8/16/2018 Miami
Herald: "Hardemon, in interviews with the Miami Herald, said his party doesn’t
like black people — “especially black men” — and claimed the chairman of the
Miami-Dade Democrats recruited a Haitian-American candidate to boot him from
office. This week, Hardemon went one step further, lobbing a racial accusation
during a meeting of Democratic leaders in Doral. “It’s surprising to be lynched
from the Democratic Party,” Hardemon said from a stage, standing next to
Chairman Juan Cuba."
Miami Congressman Diaz-Balart Posts Photo With Alt-Right "Proud Boy" 8/10/2018 Miami
New Times: "The Proud Boy who met with Diaz-Balart describes himself online as a
military veteran and National Rifle Association "certified pistol instructor."
He's repeatedly taken photographs with Miami-Dade County Republican Party
members and appears to be involved with Carla Spalding's campaign for Florida's
23rd Congressional District, a seat currently occupied by Debbie Wasserman
Schultz. Spalding has been endorsed by Roger Stone and has appeared on InfoWars,
so it's perhaps not surprising that her campaign seems to include a Proud Boy,
as well."
As Algae Bloom Grew, Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart Took $27,200 From Big Sugar 8/8/2018 Miami
New Times: "From the beginning of June until early July, an algae bloom in Lake
Okeechobee grew and grew until it covered 90 percent of the lake's surface. Then
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released water from the lake, letting the algae
migrate to both coasts of Florida. The nasty, toxic sludge — caused in
significant part by polluted runoff from sugar farms — has killed wildlife,
lowered property values, and wrecked tourism. It's also made campaign
contributions from the sugar giants a major political liability."
Cops, courts in Miami-Dade harsher on blacks. New study details stark racial
disparities. 7/19/2018 Miami Herald: "No group in Miami-Dade County gets
treated more harshly in the criminal justice system than blacks, according to a
joint study released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union and
University of Miami. Researchers, who analyzed five years of data between 2010
and 2015, found stark differences across the board."
Police chief, officers in Florida town accused of pinning crimes on blacks to
help stats 7/12/2018 Miami Herald: ""If they have burglaries that are open
cases that are not solved yet, if you see anybody black walking through our
streets and they have somewhat of a record, arrest them so we can pin them for
all the burglaries," one cop, Anthony De La Torre, said in an internal probe
ordered in 2014."
A conversation about racism in Miami should include all groups – not just Cubans 6/2/2018 Miami
Herald: "In my life — and in 38 years as a journalist covering every topic in
the book in South Florida — I've witnessed racist and prejudiced words and acts
from members of every group in our community. Yet the flurry of outrage and
calls for conversation seem to happen only when the offender is Cuban or
Cuban-American." [Cuban privilege!]
Afro-Latinos Say Miami Blackface Play Is Part Of Bigger Problem With Racism In
Latino Communities 5/29/2018 WLRN: "And supporters of the play kept telling
her this was tradition, but Afro-Latinos say this is bigger than a play. For
them, it's part of larger problem in Latino communities, where blackness is
demonized and deemed inferior through art, entertainment and everyday
conversations."
This Miami parody features an actress in blackface and the audience 'loves it' 5/19/2018 Miami
Herald: "A popular Spanish-language theater near Miami’s Little Havana
neighborhood has been entertaining its audiences for months with a parody that
would spur outrage in many other cities. One of the leading actors in the play
performs in blackface. The response from most of this audience: applause and
laughter. “It has been a hit and no one has complained ... on the contrary, she
is one of the favorites," said Marisol Correa, who oversees the venue where the
play is showing. “The character is typical of the Cuban theater, the negrito
cubano, but the person is never discriminated.”"
Publix bankrolling the campaign of Florida GOP Adam Putnam 5/17/2018 Ybor
City Stogie: "Latinos who shop at Publix - Check this out… ----- Its heirs and
past and present leaders are bankrolling the campaign of Agriculture
Commissioner Adam Putnam at unprecedented levels. ----- Putnam is a vocal
supporter of Trump’s vitriolic anti-immigrant policies, and while he served in
Congress before Trump existed, he cast anti-minority votes. ----- His voting
record clearly shows he’s all about suppressing the vote of minorities who are
U.S. citizens."
Justice for Keegan Von Roberts 3/5/2018 AVAAZ: Petition with a good
explanation - "The state of Florida is attempting to justify his murder with
this law all due to a small part of his car being parked on the sidewalk. His
murderer lives all the way across the street. We wont let the state brush this
under the rug all because they don't have time or do not want to deal with it.
If your mindset is where all of ours is after reading this we ask that you
please sign this petition and share as we all just want "JUSTICE FOR KEEGAN"."
Estate of Keegan Roberts v. Michael Centanni Evidence Locker 3/5/2018 John
M Philips Esq: Contains numerous call recordings and statements by Keegan Von
Roberts' murderer, the white supremacist Centanni.
Manolín: "Vivimos en EE.UU. y le estamos muy agradecidos pero no hay por qué
callar" 2/16/2018 Cibercuba: "Manolín, El médico de la salsa, ha publicado
un texto en su perfil de Facebook a propósito del tiroteo en una escuela
secundaria de Broward, el pasado 14 de febrero, en el que murieron 17 personas y
otras 15 resultaron heridas. Más que aludir directamente a la tragedia, el
músico cubano ha ido a la que considera la causa principal, el gran problema de
origen: la venta de armas."
Miami Latinos Have Avoided Electing African American County Mayors, But That
Could Finally Change 1/29/2018 Remezcla: "In 1983, Puerto Rican Miami Mayor
Maurice Ferrer won his sixth consecutive two-year term against Cuban-born Xavier
Suarez after a campaign that began to uncover the growing tensions between
Miami’s Cuban majority and the Black minority. Many Black voters campaigned for
Ferrer, resentful of the “Cuban takeover” of the city. Suarez’s supporters, in
turn, were found holding signs that simply urged, “Cubans, vote Cuban.” As Luke
wrote, only one Black county mayoral candidate has gotten a close chance at the
seat: Arthur Teele, Jr. in 1995. Teele won a majority of the Black vote, but
barely gained any Latino neighborhoods, while his opponent, Cuban born Alex
Penelas, garnered 90 percent of the Latino vote come election day."
TRES VIUDAS
EN UN CRUCERO llega a la Sala Catarsis de Miami 1/25/2018 YouTube: "Tres
viudas que viven que en el mismo Condominio en Hialeah, deciden tomar un crucero
por el Caribe. Lo que nadie imagina, es lo que les ocurre mientras lo planeaban,
y después que regresan del viaje. En esta comedia le aseguramos una risa
continua y una diversion constante . Más info en www.teatrotrail.com" [Con una
negrita en blackface…]
Hispanic Voters Will Never Elect a Black Miami-Dade County Mayor 1/22/2018 Miami
New Times: "When he was seeking reelection in 2012, Gimenez showed up at every
rally and black church to drum up endorsements. Though the black vote can push a
candidate over the top in a countywide election, we somehow always select the
best Cuban candidate. And once the Cuban candidate wins, he tosses the
African-American community into the garbage. All we get in return is a giant
F-you."
In 1959, "white" Cubans started emigrating to Miami on a massive scale and pushed aside the then thriving Black American and Bahamian communities, who many still remember had built Miami. Black jobs and neighborhoods were taken over by the federally financed refugees while Blacks were relegated to Overtown, Liberty City, and Opa-Locka, among others. Until then Overtown in particular had a rich history and was called the Harlem of the South, it is no longer, though that is likely due to the Feds passing I-95 through there. Overall, there should be a good reparations case against the Federal Government for this ethnic cleansing that started only 60 years ago.
Cubans coming to Miami continued to be mostly of Ibero-Spanish origin until Mariel in 1980 and the balseros who followed. Even then, many Black Cubans blended in with Black Americans or moved to New Jersey and New York, rejected by their white Cuban counterparts. This was recently referenced in the Academy Award winning film, Moonlight: “Lotta black folks in Cuba but you wouldn’t know it from being here [in Miami].” (How Oscar Favorite ‘Moonlight’ Subtly Illuminates the Erasure of Miami’s Black Cubans 1/6/2017 Remezcla). This same article references a 2016 book, Miami’s Forgotten Cubans by Alan A. Aja, which is one of the few studies of AfroCubans in Miami.
From the start of the Cuban invasion, the two wealthiest and most important Cuban American families, the Bacardis and the Fanjuls, who own Domino Sugar, funded terrorist groups such as Alpha 66 that attacked Cuba repeatedly and killed over 3,000 civilians. They form the exiled plantocracy, complete with their stable of politicians: the Diaz Balarts, Ileana Ross Lehtinen, Marco Rubio and their cohorts.
Throughout this process, many Black Americans were killed every year by Florida police, whose officers were increasingly Cuban Americans or Latinos.
In 1990, the Miami City Commission rescinded a proclamation welcoming Nelson Mandela to the city during his tour of the U.S. after his release from prison in South Africa. The city's Cuban-American mayor and four other Cuban-American mayors from the area publicly criticized Mandela for not denouncing human rights violations in Cuba. Of course they ignored the fact that Mandela was out of jail because of the Cuban victory in Southern Africa. The response from Black Miami, then 21% of Miami's 359,000 inhabitants, was swift: they declared a national boycott that cost Miami anywhere from $40 million to $3 billion in lost revenue and forced a settlement 3 years later.
As more and more balseros or raft people poured in from Cuba throughout the 90's, US intel agencies took notice that many were Black and sent out memos to their Cuban American client organizations to start integrating Black Cubans in a classic imperial divide and conquer approach. CIA agent Jose Basulto took the lead and trained his people in nonviolent protests at the Martin Luther King Institute (Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009). Having devastated Black Miami, the exiled Cuban plantocracy appropriated US Civil Rights icons in their struggle to regain influence over the now largely Black homeland. The exiles are using race as their main wedge issue to try and destabilize Cuba, and we have been tracking this since at least 2001.
These facts are not in dispute. The real question is why this whole process, especially the ethnic cleansing of Miami, has been so ignored, both in Cuba and the US, and what can be done about that. This ignoring has already caused problems by making the Cuban rap and hip-hop community vulnerable to persuasion and money from Miami, USAID, and NED, leading to needles state repression.
-- Andy Petit
The White Man's Burden (1899)
Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden,
Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile,
to serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
En 1959, muchos cubanos "blancos" comenzaron a emigrar a Miami y dejaron de lado
a las entonces prósperas comunidades afroamericanas y bahameñas, que se acuerdan
bien como habían construido a Miami. Los negros y sus barrios fueron asumidos
por los refugiados financiados por el gobierno federal, mientras que los negros
fueron relegados a Overtown, Liberty City y Opa-Locka, entre
otros. Overtown en particular tiene
una historia rica y
fue llamado el Harlem del Sur, pero no lo es ahora, aunque esto es mas la culpa
del gobierno federal directamente, que paso la autopista I-95 en medio del
barrio. Pero en general, debe haber un buen caso de reparaciones con el
gobierno federal por esta limpieza étnica que
comenzó hace solo 60 años.
Los cubanos que vinieron a Miami siguieron siendo en gran parte de origen
ibero-español hasta la onda de Mariel en 1980 y los balseros que siguieron.
Incluso entonces, muchos cubanos negros se mezclaron con negros americanos o se
mudaron a Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, rechazados por sus homólogos cubanos
blancos. Esto fue recientemente mencionado en la película ganadora del Premio de
la Academia, Moonlight: "Mucha gente negra en Cuba, pero no lo sabrías por estar
aquí [en Miami]." (How
Oscar Favorite ‘Moonlight’ Subtly Illuminates the Erasure of Miami’s Black
Cubans 1/6/2017 Remezcla). Este mismo artículo hace referencia a un libro
de 2016, Miami's Forgotten Cubans de Alan A. Aja, que es uno de los pocos
estudios de los AfroCubanos en Miami.
Desde el comienzo de la invasión cubana, las dos familias cubano-americanas más
ricas e importantes, los Bacardis y los Fanjuls, propietarios de Domino Sugar,
financiaron grupos terroristas como Alpha 66 que atacaron a Cuba y mataron a más
de 3.000 civiles. Ellos forman la plantocracia en el exilio,
con su conjunto de políticos: los Diaz Balarts, Ileana Ross Lehtinen, Marco
Rubio y sus cohortes.
A lo largo de este proceso, muchos estadounidenses
negros fueron asesinados cada año por la policía de la Florida, cuyos
oficiales eran cada vez más cubano-americanos o latinos.
En 1990, la Comisión de la Ciudad de Miami rescindió una proclama dando la
bienvenida a Nelson Mandela a la ciudad durante su gira por los Estados Unidos
después de su liberación de la prisión en Sudáfrica. El alcalde cubano-americano
de Miami y otros cuatro alcaldes cubano-americanos de la zona criticaron
públicamente a Mandela por no denunciar las violaciones de los derechos humanos
en Cuba. Por supuesto, ignoraron el hecho de que Mandela estaba fuera de la
cárcel debido a la victoria cubana en el sur de
África. La respuesta de Black Miami, entonces el 21% de los 359.000
habitantes de Miami, fue rápida: declararon un boicot nacional que costó a Miami
de $40 millones a $3 mil milliones en ingresos perdidos y obligó a un acuerdo 3
años después.
A medida que más y más balseros llegaban de Cuba a lo largo de los años 90, las
agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses advirtieron que muchos eran negros y
enviaron memorandos a sus organizaciones clientelares cubanas para comenzar a
integrar a los cubanos negros en una clásica división imperial. El agente de la
CIA, José Basulto, tomó la iniciativa y entrenó a su gente en protestas no
violentas en el Instituto Martin Luther King (Invoking
MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009). Después de haber
devastado a Black Miami, la plantocracia cubana exiliada se apropió de los
iconos de los Derechos Civiles de los Estados Unidos en su lucha por recuperar
la influencia sobre su patria hoy en gran parte negra. Los exiliados están
utilizando la raza como su principal problema para tratar de desestabilizar a
Cuba, y hemos estado rastreando esto desde al menos 2001.
Estos hechos no están en disputa. La verdadera pregunta es por qué todo este
proceso ha sido tan ignorado, tanto en Cuba como en los Estados Unidos, y qué se
puede hacer al respecto. Esta ignorancia intencional ya ha causado problemas al
hacer que la comunidad de rap y hip-hop cubana sea
vulnerable a la persuasión y el dinero de Miami, USAID y NED, lo que lleva a
una represión estatal innecesaria.
-- Andy Petit
IDEOLOGY, RACE AND CURRENT DISCOURSE, Lisa Brock 1994
While there has been substantial scholarship on the U.S. domination of Cuba,
projects devoted to uncovering the historical connections between
African-Americans and Cuba have been minimal. Aside from Willard Gatewood's
several volumes, Johnnetta Cole's short 1977 article on African-American
solidarity with Cuba, and Rosemari Mealy's 1992 collection of testimonials on
Fidel and Malcolm, there is little else. In fact, given African-American
sentiments concerning the Cuban-American community today, it is difficult for
one to believe that any feelings of closeness ever existed.
African-Americans under age forty - like their peers - have come to know Cubans
through the opinions and activities of Cuban emigres in Miami. Enraged at the
revolution, the latter have been promoted and given political clout by
successive U.S. administrations and the national media. Unlike previous
Cuban-American populations, Cubans in Florida are largely White and drawn from
Cuba's pre-revolutionary elite. Implicated in police brutality and overtly
racist politics, they have attained dispropor- tionate power in Florida. 4
Police shootings have incited Blacks in Miami to riot in the section known as
Liberty City. The differential treatment of Haitian and Cuban emigres has
prompted persistent demonstrations. Haitians, when not turned back, are held for
months in detention camps while Cubans often attain political asylum within
twenty- four hours.
Tensions peaked in 1990 when Miami mayor Xavier Suarez, a Cuban- American,
became the only United States official to refuse to greet African National
Congress head Nelson Mandela-whose organization was known for its ties to Cuba-
when he visited that city. Mandela had been invited to attend the national
convention of the American Federation of State and Municipal Employees, a trade
union long active in the anti-apartheid struggle. Mayor Suarez' position so
angered the trade unionists and Black residents of Miami that they called for a
convention boycott of Miami. The boycott was effectively sustained for three
years and called off only when the city's politicians negotiated a deal with
prominent Blacks for greater Black empowerment. In addition, the rightist Cuban
American National Foundation, through its ties to the Heritage Foundation,
became known for its support of right-wing contra wars in southern Africa.
Many African-Americans have only known Cuba through such experiences, creating
for them a somewhat muddled assumption that all Cubans are fascist and racist.
The 1989 publication of Carlos Moore's Castro, the Blacks and Africa, added fuel
to this fire by attacking Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution as consciously
racist. A few prominent African-Americans such as Maya Angelou and St. Clair
Drake endorsed the book, which boosted readership in the Black community. Even
though Moore's book was of poor scholarship and based more on hearsay than
in-depth analysis, to it kneaded an already ethnically and ideologically charged
situation. But more importantly, the work has served to whittle away at some of
the support base of the Cuban revolution in the Black community. Paradoxically,
it has served to relocate some African-Americans to the counter-revolutionary
side of the U.S. government on the one hand, and on the other, bolstered the
Congressional Black Caucus in its call for an end to the blockade. The CBC has
argued that only an end to the United States blockade can better the lives of
Black Cubans.
Florida
South Florida Black Journalists Association
Visit Florida Where to Learn About Florida's Black History
History of Florida/Modern Florida, 1900-1945, WikiBooks
Miami
Dr Marvin Dunn, historian, organizer
www.facebook.com/thenewblackmiami
zipatlas.com/us/fl/miami/zip-code-comparison/percentage-black-population.htm
www.facebook.com/thenewblackmiami
Liberty Square Rising
www.youtube.com/channel/UCA35_jPnej5Sy0cbaKU5CnA/videos
Race riots in Miami - Wikipedia
Look Back at Miami’s Vibrant African American and Caribbean Heritage, Miami and Beaches
www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/photo_exhibits/black_history/
www.bahlt.org
Black Archives, Miami
The Bahamian Influence on the South Florida Shotgun House, Kisla Foundation
"If the family represents the soul of the community, then the house is the
soul's vessel. In West African culture, religious rituals made clear the belief
that the traditional clay artifact – the home – contained the soul of the
ancestors. In many ways, the simple nature of the shotgun houses – long,
straight and narrow – found in Miami and other southern cities, affirms the
lives of intimacy that the Bahamian builders' West African ancestors led. The
structure of the shotgun house is illustrative of cultures where concepts of
personal space suggest a closeness among family members that was uncommon in
Western societies."
Miami, 1959 - 1980, USC
Miami History, Soul of America
"The federal government designated Miami to be the point of embarkation and
assistance for Cuban immigrants. To use a chess metaphor it was a “Queen” in the
Cold War Cuba Policy directed at Russia. Towards America’s Cold War objective,
the U.S. government awarded 50 times the amount of business loans and grants to
immigrant Cuban businesspersons than to black Miamians in the 1960s. The federal
government also persuaded Miami, Dade County and Florida officials to award
public service jobs and more home loans to Cuban immigrants. As a result, U.S.
government leaders could parade successful Cuban immigrants to Latin America as
an example that Democratic-Capitalism works better than Communist-Dictatorship.
Anglo-Americans could own businesses and live anywhere in South Florida. Like
the rest of America, many chose new suburban communities with larger homes, new
malls and jobs nearby. New freeways to suburban communities were built. The
first purpose of the Interstate Highway System was to easily transport military
equipment and forces nationwide, so extending I-95 Freeway to Miami was a top
priority. Given the unprecedented geo-political-racial-transportation climate,
swift policy decisions with bad unintended consequences were inevitable.
Since Black Miami was a Pawn on the chessboard of Cold War Cuba Policy, federal
and state governments permitted construction of a major freeway interchange in
the heart of economically stable Overtown. The freeway interchange had a
dagger-like effect on the black community. With only historic churches remaining
as anchors, Overtown became a worn-out husk of its former self. Middleclass
residents moved from Overtown to Broward County, points north or out of state.
City officials offered the poorest Overtown residents opportunity for public
housing in Liberty City. As a unincorporated district without a tax base or
political power, despair in the concentrated poverty of Liberty City was
palpable.
The federal, state and city government did not develop a comprehensive plan to
preserve & enhance black businesses and middleclass homes in and adjacent to
Overtown concurrent with Cuban Immigrant assistance. When urbanologists and
historians look back on 1959-1990 Miami, they can easily document how Cold War
Cuba Policy destabilized Miami’s black community."
Dayton
A Timeline: Black History in the Miami Valley 1798 to 2001, Dayton Daily News
Orlando
Orlando Minority Media Outlets
Central Florida Black Journailst Association
cfabj.org
Cuba and Florida
The US, the Exiled Plantocracy, and Race
Cuba's Plantocracy: Cuban American business and terrorism
Questions about Black Cubans in Miami, City-data.com
Ife-Ile Afro-Cuban Dance Company, Miami
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/mose.htm
Alan A. Aja
Miami’s Forgotten Cubans
Race, Racialization, and the Miami Afro-Cuban Experience, Palgrave MacMillan,
2016
This book explores the reception experiences of post-1958 Afro-Cubans in South
Florida in relation to their similarly situated “white” Cuban compatriots.
Utilizing interviews, ethnographic observations, and applying Census data
analyses, Aja begins not with the more socially diverse 1980 Mariel boatlift,
but earlier, documenting that a small number of middle-class Afro-Cuban exiles
defied predominant settlement patterns in the 1960 and 70s, attempting to
immerse themselves in the newly formed but ultimately racially exclusive “ethnic
enclave.” Confronting a local Miami Cuban “white wall” and anti-black Southern
racism subsumed within an intra-group “success” myth that equally holds Cubans
and other Latin Americans hail from “racial democracies,” black Cubans
immigrants and their children, including subsequent waves of arrival and
return-migrants, found themselves negotiating the boundaries of being both
“black” and “Latino” in the United States.
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Michelle Hay
"I've Been Black In Two Countries": Black Cuban Views
on Race in the US, 2009
Hay describes how black Cubans experience racism on two levels. Cuban racism
might result in less access for black Cubans to their group's resources,
including protection within Cuban enclaves from society-wide discrimination. In
society at large, black Cubans are below white Cubans on every socioeconomic
indicator. Rejected by their white co-ethnics, black Cubans are welcomed by
other groups of African descent. Many hold similar political views as African
Americans. Identifying with African Americans neither negatively affects social
mobility nor leads to a rejection of mainstream values and norms. Those who
identified most with African Americans were college-educated professionals, some
of whom credited African American traditions for their achievements, their
affirming feeling about blackness, and their ability to negotiate racism.
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Monika Gosin
Primary research interests include: Afro Cuban and other Afro Latino immigration experiences in the U.S.; African American and Latino relations; immigrant incorporation into US society. My current research focuses on the impact of two waves of Cuban immigration, the 1980 Mariel boatlift and the 1994 Balsero crisis, on the African American and Cuban exile communities in Miami. The project also foregrounds the experiences of Afro-Cubans in the U.S., a demographic which grew in the course of these migration waves. This work is the basis for a broader study utilizing data from interviews I previously conducted in Miami, Los Angeles, and Cuba to examine the effect of migration experiences on Afro-Cuban notions of race and identity; experiences which challenge U.S. and Latin American racial and ethnic categories, as well as notions of whiteness, Pan-Africanism, and of Pan-Latinidad. -- www.wm.edu/as/sociology/directory/gosin_m.php
Gosin, Monika. 2017. "A Bitter Diversion: Afro-Cuban Immigrants, Race, and Every day-Life Resistance." Latino Studies.15:4-28.
The Death of “la Reina de la Salsa:” Celia Cruz and the
Mythification of the Black Woman
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-59874-5_4
www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2009418980_Monika_Gosin
Antonio Lopez
Unbecoming Blackness
The Diaspora Cultures of Afro-Cuban America
In Unbecoming Blackness, Antonio López uncovers an important, otherwise
unrecognized century-long archive of literature and performance that reveals
Cuban America as a space of overlapping Cuban and African diasporic experiences.
López shows how Afro-Cuban writers and performers in the U.S. align Cuban black
and mulatto identities, often subsumed in the mixed-race and postracial Cuban
national imaginaries, with the material and symbolic blackness of African
Americans and other Afro-Latinas/os. In the works of Alberto O’Farrill, Eusebia
Cosme, Rómulo Lachatañeré, and others, Afro-Cubanness articulates the African
diasporic experience in ways that deprive negro and mulato configurations of an
exclusive link with Cuban nationalism. Instead, what is invoked is an
“unbecoming” relationship between Afro-Cubans in the U.S and their domestic
black counterparts. The transformations in Cuban racial identity across the
hemisphere, represented powerfully in the literary and performance cultures of
Afro-Cubans in the U.S., provide the fullest account of a transnational Cuba,
one in which the Cuban American emerges as Afro-Cuban-American, and the Latino
as Afro-Latino.
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