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