Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction......Page 17
1 Race Cycles, Racial Hierarchy, and Inclusionary Discrimination......Page 25
Race Cycles......Page 27
State Crisis......Page 29
Transnational Politics......Page 30
Critical Events......Page 32
State Consolidation......Page 34
Racial Ideology......Page 37
Racial Ideology and the Case of Cuba......Page 40
Latin American Exceptionalism......Page 45
Marxist School......Page 52
Black Nationalism......Page 55
Racial Hierarchy: Charting the Vast Middle Ground......Page 58
2 Freedom and Discrimination......Page 60
Race and Politics Before the Revolution......Page 62
Race and Repression: Consolidating and Creating the Cuban Nation......Page 67
The Development of Pan-African Sensibilities......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 72
3 Race and Revolution......Page 73
Cuba on the Brink......Page 74
Race and Revolution......Page 75
Revolution, Race, and Internationalism......Page 82
Black Crackdown and State Consolidation......Page 88
The Gains of the Revolution......Page 93
Rectification and the Special Period......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 101
4 Match Made in Heaven or Strange Bedfellows?......Page 103
Historical Development of Black Nationalism......Page 105
African Americans’ Experiences in Castro’s Cuba......Page 112
Robert Williams......Page 113
Stokely Carmichael......Page 114
Eldridge Cleaver......Page 117
Angela Davis......Page 119
Assata Shakur......Page 121
Conclusion......Page 124
5 Race and Daily Life in Cuba During the Special Period......Page 126
The Special Period......Page 131
Tourist Apartheid......Page 132
Remittances......Page 134
The Black Market......Page 136
The Sex Industry......Page 138
Legal Employment Outside the Tourist Industry......Page 141
Police......Page 142
Housing and Migration......Page 144
Black Consciousness......Page 146
Interracial Marriage......Page 148
Afro-Cuban Culture......Page 150
Raising the Race Question......Page 152
The Comparative Case......Page 154
Conclusion......Page 155
6 Race and Daily Life in Cuba During the Special Period......Page 158
Methods......Page 159
Racial Categories and Hierarchy......Page 160
Race and Life Chances......Page 162
Racial Attitudes......Page 165
Perceptions of Discrimination......Page 167
Race and Civic Involvement......Page 169
Race and National Attachment......Page 172
The Case for Comparison......Page 174
Conclusion......Page 176
7 Racial Politics in Miami......Page 178
Silk Stocking Exodus, 1959–62 and 1965–73......Page 179
Mariel and Beyond, 1980–94......Page 181
Mobilization from the Right......Page 185
Carlos Moore......Page 188
Nelson Mandela......Page 189
Mario Leon Baeza......Page 192
Andrew Young......Page 194
Latino National Political Survey, 1989–90......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 198
Race Cycles......Page 199
Race in Contemporary Cuba......Page 201
Cuba’s Racial Future......Page 202
Cuba’s Lessons for Understanding Racial Politics......Page 204
Bibliography......Page 207
Index......Page 217