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techniques. Today, this political culture
is overtaken by actions, and the very
wealth and broadness of perspectives
regarding issues like history, culture, and
politics both inside and outside the
island.
6- During the past decade, a positive
inflexion emerged in traditional rhetoric
about the “overcoming of racism,” when
the State’s highest leadership (Fidel
Castro) suddenly acknowledged the
survival and reproduction of problems
that tie the race issue to levels of poverty
and disadvantages when considering
inclusion and social ascension.
7- A paradigmatic example of this
position can be found in the project
(journal, forum space, etc.) Temas. See
http://www.temas.cult.cu/.
8- An institution financed by the Cuban
Ministry
of
Culture.
http://www.uneac.org.cu/
9See
the
Aponte
Commission’s
Declaration
at
http://martianos.ning.com/profiles/blogs/
declaraci-n-de-la-comisi-n-aponte-antela-convocatoria-de-la
10- Read about this debate in Espacio
Laical V: 18 (April-June 2009). Dossier:
“¿Existe una problemática racial en
Cuba?
Presentación.”
At
http://espaciolaical.org/
34-51. The
author seems to be unaware of the
importance and example derived from
the representational politics of U.S.
Afro-descendants as part of their identity
creation, and as part of the agenda of
their anti-racist struggle; it is used as a
way to defend the supposed “cultural
purity” of Cuba’s national culture.
11- See “Seguramente soy negra y no
me ha dado cuenta”, in Sección Catalejo,
Temas,
April
15,
2013,
at
http://temas.cult.cu/catalejo.php

12- Pedro de la Hoz “Justicia social y
color cubano: cercanas realidades”,
Granma, August 27th, 2013.
13- See Esteban Morales’ July 14th,
2014
text
at
http://estebanmoralesdominguez.blogspo
t.mx/. There is no factual or discursive
evidence to suggest that anti-racist
activists are fighting for a regime change
financed by the U.S. government. They
do persistently validate the black and
mestizo organizations that advanced the
issue of race in Cuba and demanded
basic rights like freedom of publication
and association, which were eliminated
by the State’s monopoly over the mass
media. This is part of the administered
and “demonized” view of human, civil,
and political rights that the Cuban
government promotes.
14- See the Declaration of the Aponte
Commission at the VIIIth UNEAC
Congress,
August
2013,
at
http://martianos.ning.com/profiles/blogs/
declaraci-n-de-la-comisi-n-aponte-antela-convocatoria-de-la.
15- The quotes around the word
‘miscegenat