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2. Another Angle: Human Football - The Cuban/American Battle
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Culvert,Edward R. (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 1999-12-15
- Published:
- Jamaica, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- New Voice of New York, Inc.
- Journal Title Details:
- 37 : 11
- Notes:
- The news media showed pictures of the immediate family and family friends. What I found amazing is that it appears that only light-skinned Cubans are trying to escape from their homeland. I saw the Cuban basketball team in the late Olympics. I have also seen pictures of Cubans in a television special one by Harry Belafonte. What I saw were dark-skinned Cubans having the time of their lives. It made me wonder, in light of what I have been told by African people living in Florida, that the light-skinned Cubans are more racist that some southerners. What is really going on in Cuba, and what is this Elian Gonzales issue about? The more I got into thinking this way, the more questions were raised. Why are most of the people trying to escape from Cuba light-skinned? Why are the majority of the athletics in the Olympics dark-skinned? The women's basketball team and the volleyballs teams were the bomb. They were some big, pretty sisters. I also thought of the Haitians. Why are Haitians sent back to Haiti and Cubans allowed to stay in America? They are both supposedly oppressed people. The Haitians are dark and the Cubans, who are trying to escape, light. Is there something more than meets the eye?
3. Belize: Identity and Ethnicity in a Multi-Ethnic State
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Premdas,Ralph R. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Published:
- Charlottetown, P.E.I: University of Prince Edward Island
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism/Revue Canadienne des Etudes sur le Nationalisme
- Journal Title Details:
- 31(1-2) : 1-21
4. Black Cubans Are Proud Of Their Dark Skin, Thick Lips, Wide Hips
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hall,Wiley A.,III (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2000-07-12
- Published:
- Jacksonville, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The Jacksonville Free Press
- Journal Title Details:
- 28 : 3
- Notes:
- "You must understand that we are very different in Cuba," insisted Gabriel Molina Franchossi, director of Gramma newspaper, the official organ of the communist party in Cuba. "To Afro-Cubans, big lips and big backsides are objects of beauty. To us, such images represent the feminine ideal." Afro Cubans also seem naive. Cubans are fond of saying that Fidel Castro abolished racism when he came into power 40 years ago, as though this can be accomplished by a simple decree. What they really mean, of course, is that Castro outlawed discrimination And again, who am I to say he hasn't? In the United States, discrimination didn't become illegal until the mid-60s when Congress passed a series of civil rights laws effecting voting rights, equal employment, and fair housing. By 1968, Richard Nixon was ending a wave of white backlash into power and the process of undermining those gains began. Blacks appear to have had a different experience in Cuba, where better than 40 percent of the population is either Black or mestizo (mixed) and where a fair percentage of those who are considered "white" acknowledge some degree of African or mestizo blood in their heritage. "We in Cuba are not so easily categorized as in the United States," said Reynaldo Calviac Lafferte, director of the International Press Center. He pointed to a wall in his office. "In the same family, there are some who are as white as that wall." Then he slapped his patent leathers. "And there are some who are as black as my shoes. For us, race is not an issue like it is for you."
5. Black community held hostage by police
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Smith,Jason T. (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- May 1-May 7, 2002
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Miami Times
- Journal Title Details:
- 35 : 1A
- Notes:
- Protesters gathered at the corner of 64th Street and 22nd Ave., carrying yellow placards reading "Stop Using Black Men as Target Practice," and "Free Haitian Refugees." "If we can't vote people in the positions to do the right thing then we have no other alternative than to protest," said [Lorraine Goddard], who held a sign that read "No Justice, No Transit Tax." "We demand that the police who have been guilty of killing our youth be prosecuted and put in jail," said Mel Reeves, an organizer with the coalition. "We also demand that they free the Haitian refugees who are being held in the Chrome detention center."
6. Blacks uniting to defend immigrant rights: Protest planned for Saturday
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lafortune,Jean (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 20-Feb 26, 2002
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Miami Times
- Journal Title Details:
- 25 : 1A
- Notes:
- Arbitrary detention of Haitian refugees should not be part of U.S. foreign policy. Minors should not be held captive, nor should any of the refugees be denied due process or the right to legal representation. In the past, all Haitian refugees were considered economic refugees. Today, even the president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is claiming that he is being persecuted. While the U.S. Special Forces and the State Department are busy chasing Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, on the island nation of Haiti, a powerful and deadly drama is unfolding. Mob killings of reporters and shootouts in broad daylight between mayors and congressmen have become common occurrence.
7. Cuba's anti-black racism a major shortcoming
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Mullin,Corinna (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 1999-04-30
- Published:
- Miami, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Caribbean Today
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 : 8
- Notes:
- These articles mostly concerned [Castro]'s cracking down on terrorism and crime committed against tourists in Cuba. In reaction to incidents of hotel bombings, and in one case, the murder of an Italian tourist, Castro's government had passed a series of strict new laws to deter crimes that would further injure the country's leading source of foreign currency - tourism. One evening in Santago de Cuba, I was discussing the race issue with a few Cuban friends, among whom was a loyal Castro supporter who had fought for four years in Angola with the Cuban army. He argued that what was happening in his country wasn't so much a problem of racism as it was an honest attempt on Castro's part to protect the country's main source of revenue, tourism, upon which the U.S. embargo had made Cuba dependent. Although the once-again blatant debasing of my friend's civil rights incensed me, I did understand his point. Most of the tourists now coming to Cuba are from predominately white European countries, or they are upper-class whites from Latin America. Most of the tourists now coming to Cuba are from predominately white European countries, or they are upper-class whites from Latin America. Most of these white tourists come to Cuba with racism ingrained in them from their own cultures. In fact, it is unofficially acknowledged that a large percentage of the foreign currency in Cuba comes from sex tourism, which generally comprises white men drawn to Cuba by the lure of "exotic" mulatto women.
8. Developmental Characteristics of African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Attributions Regarding Discrimination
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Seaton,Eleanor K. (Author), Caldwell,Cleopatra H. (Author), Sellers,Robert M. (Author), and Jackson,James S. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Sep 2010
- Published:
- Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Research on Adolescence
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(3) : 774-788
- Notes:
- Examined discrimination attributions in the psychological well-being of Black adolescents. Findings are based on a representative sample of 810 African American and 360 Caribbean Black youth, aged 13-17, who participated in the National Survey of American Life.
9. Educação e diferenças: os desafios da Lei 10.639.03
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Müller,Lúcia (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- Cuiabá, MT Brazil: EdUMFT
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 147 p.
10. Educação superior e relações raciais
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Silva,Anderson Paulino da (Author), Brandão,André Augusto (Author), and Marins, Mani Tebet A.de (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- Niterói, RJ: EdUFF
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 212 p.
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