A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana
cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this
weekend in a rare public commentary on racial beauty standards in Cuba,
where prejudice remains widespread and largely undiscussed.
... Behind closed doors and even in public, white Cubans have been known to
talk disparagingly about black Cubans in ways that have become socially
unacceptable in many other countries, describing them as criminals and
forbidding their children from dating Afro-Cuban schoolmates.
... Roberto Zurbano, a cultural critic and essayist at the Casa de las
Americas, a Havana cultural center, said the mostly white leaders of
Cuba's revolution had failed to realize the deeply rooted nature of
Cuban racism and implemented race-blind policies instead of programs
like affirmative action specifically designed to help black Cubans move
into positions of greater influence.
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