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Vol 4, #11: January 2009

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

Publisher’s Note

 

From the Editor

 

Reflections on the Race Problem in Cuba

Silence and its Accomplices

Leonardo Calvo Cárdenas

 

Cuban Color: Untrustworthy Discourse

Juan Antonio Madrazo

 

Why are the Police Racist?

Manuel Cuesta Morúa

 

Black is the Color of a Judge’s Robe

Camilo Loret de Mola

 

The Race Issue in Cuba: A Perspective

Cubabarómetro

 

An Epic Tragedy

José Hugo Fernández

 

Internalized Racism

Lourdes Chacón Núñez

 

Nappy Hair Searches for its Identity

Mara Michelle

 

Tributes

Miriam Makeba: Death and Everything Else

Jorge Núñez Vega

 

José Martí and Aesthetic Discrimination against Blacks

Miguel Cabrera Peña

 

Testimonies

Crime without Punishment (I)

Jorge Luis García PérezAntúnez

 

Elections in the United States

Excerpts from an interview

Pablo Milanés

 

Obama’s Reception in Cuba

Edilberto Luaces

 

Religion

Afro-Cuban Religion: Did it leave Cuba?

Rodolfo R. Bofill Phinney

 

Art and Literature

Poems

Kevin Sipp

 

Documents

Declaration of Principles and Objectives. Plan of Action

Citizens Committee for Racial Integration

 

Prisoners of Color

Orlando Zapata Tamayo

Rogelio Montesinos

 

Two Natural Catastrophes

Hurricanes Gustav and Ike