As outgoing Cuban president Raul Castro tells it, even too many of the radio and television newscasters in Cuba are white. That the first administration in 60 years without a Castro would include so many women and Black officials was notable in Cuba, where increasing business opportunities have only swelled economic racial disparities. “Wouldn’t it be great if they used those positions to say, ‘As a Black Cuban, I am against injustice against Black people in Cuba?’ ” he said. Before the revolution, social stratification was profound, with Black Cubans open to far less opportunity and enduring far more discrimination than their lighter-skinned fellow citizens. “If you go by the one-drop rule like you have in the United States, Cuba is like 90 per cent Black,” Colas said with a laugh.

Source: thestar April 22, 2018 22:52 UTC