Cuba’s Black Population Marginalized And Ignored, Says Study
5 December 2008, 9:00 AM. By Alex Alvarez
An independent survey by Cubabarómetro shows that Cuba’s population believe people of mixed heritage are marginalized and ignored in politics and society and that there is a “remote” chance that Black Cubans will hold any sort of position of power on the island anytime soon.
In response to the question:
¿Ve posibilidades de que algún negro sea elegido presidente después que termine el mandato del actual gobernante?
Do you see the possibility of a Black person being elected president once the current term comes to an end?
80.7% of those surveyed answered “No,” 12.2% said they didn’t know or have an opinion and 7.05% said “Yes.”
We’re slightly surprised 99.9% didn’t say, “When ‘this term comes to an end?’ Hahahahahahahaha! Coño, that was funny.”
We’re also surprised at the results of this survey and find ourselves wondering who, exactly, participated. Did all these people forget that Presidente Batista was considered a mulatto? Any photograph or video out of Cuba shows that a sizable chunk of the island’s population is Black and we’d go so far as to the majority of Cubans in Cuba right now are mulatto. Does this reflect a population with pessimistic — and arguably realistic, given social norms — hopes for its own future?
The survey also revealed that Cubans believe being White or light-skinned is an asset when working in certain industries, like tourism. And, not unlike Latin American media in the U.S., many of the survey-takers also noted that White people dominate Cuban movies and TV.
Los negros en Cuba: olvidados y distanciados del poder [Miami Herald]
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I don’t remember the last time ANYTHING coming from Cuba or about the situation in the island being seen as positive by the Miami Herald or the über right wing, cuban-american exile population in south florida that supports and to an extent runs that newspaper. So i would question the validity of these “conclusions” specially when the vast majority of the research and plain facts about cubans of african in descent in the island are much better of and have a higher place in society than they ever did during batista’s time or for that matter in most countries in latin america.
I will say the shift in the island’s economy to tourism after the stop of russian aid did create an industry that values white employees rather than black or brown ones, I didn’t realize that until last time i visited the island.
who is writing this crap guanabee, “coño”!?