The largest suppression for people of color I see in today's world is the notion that we need someone's help to succeed. And if you look at the politicians in the US who claim to care for minorities and claim to want to help the social structure of minorities, they are wealthy white men who come from wealthy white families. Keeping themselves "needed" by the people is how I see it. I say make the people able to function and be successful without their help...their social programs, and their suppressive agendas.
I am not going to compare history to the current world. That is apples and oranges. You learn from history, you understand the mistakes of history to not make the same again, but most certainly one should not use history as a crutch and an excuse. Too often that is the case. I am well aware of the predjudices that existed in early Cuba.....even up to the 20th century. I am from Santiago de Cuba, where the whites who fled Haiti came with their black slaves....the birthplace of Santeria. I know about racism in our mother country. I know about racism here. I live with a white face and a spanish surname. That puts me inbetween. I am not latina enough for the latinos, nor am I white enough for the whites. I do speak, read and write my native tongue, as well as my adopted one. But never is it a reason for me to believe that anyone has the ability to stop me from doing anything it is I want to do. And I would feel the same if my face were morena...or cafe con leche....or any other color inbetween.
And I will continue to dislike what Castro has done to Cuba. If he were providing a viable productive way of life.....people wouldn't risk their lives to flee. Nor would he feel it necessary to punish those who attempt it and are not successful. Communism in theory can sound like an enlightened way of life. In application it is impossible and oppressive. As is socialism. Capitalism may seem unfair....and it is. The strongest survive the most talented and intelligent prosper and those less fortunate get left behind. Surely we all understand that there should be some middle ground.
