Identidades in English No 1, February 2014 | Page 4
Contents
From the Editor ....................................................................................................... 5
Race, class and gender in Cuba and the world
Vindication of the Blackbird ................................................................................... 7
José Hugo Fernández
Against Fractures and Divisions ............................................................................. 10
Leonardo Calvo Cárdenas
Trauma and Social Neglect: A Challenge for a Future Cuba ................................. 14
Eleanor Calvo Martínez
For Cuban Blacks, a Touch of Marginalization or Social Exclusion ..................... 17
Veizant Boloy González
Racism and Translation........................................................................................... 20
Enrique Del Risco
Brazil: A Democratic Country for Whom? ............................................................. 24
Simone Cruz
Afro-Descendant Women: Challenges for Racial and Gender Equality ................ 26
Cecilia Moreno Rojas
Challenges for Female Leadership.......................................................................... 28
Yaremis Flores
The Plight of Africans in Australia ......................................................................... 30
Christine Ayorinde
Cuban Rap
Limitless Censorship or The Other History of Cuban Rap ..................................... 35
Alina Guzmán Tamayo
Rastafarians in Cuba
Rastafarians in Cuba: The Hidden Truth ................................................................ 38
Guillermo Ordóñez Lizama
The Cuban Civil Movement and Its International Repercussions
CIR 2013: The Consolidation of a Commitment .................................................... 40
Rogelio Montesinos
A Seminal Encounter .............................................................................................. 45
Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Declaration of the Plataforma de Integración Cubana .......................................... 46
Letter to Raul Castro
Leo Casey. Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute ....................................... 48