Julian658 wrote:The main groups in Cuba are Spanish, African, and indigenous. Mostly a mix of all three with a minority of very African on one side and Spaniards on the other side. However, many are very even blend of all three groups over a very long time. The article by Gates clearly states Cubans classify themselves as Cuban. Gates pressed and baited Cubans into doing race identity, but they refused. Cuba is a monocultural country with three very different racial roots. And you admire Cuba for its low level of racism, I do too. As a typical American Gates wanted to inject multiculturalism and race identity politics which in my opinion is toxic.
First of all, your claim is about how Cuba’s monoculturalism is responsible for the lack of racism.
Gates’ essay does not discuss monoculture at all. The closest thing it discusses is nationalism, and Cubans are quite nationalist. But this nationalism does not have anything to do with any single unifying culture.
Secondly, you are ignoring other factors and looking solely at multiculturalism. Other factors such as colonialism, a history of slavery, economic reinforcement of racism, classism, and other factors also influence how much racism there is a society. You seem to be ignoring all of this just so you can talk about your opinion about multiculturalism.
Cuba had slavery until 1886----longer than in America. The black Cubans have put slavery in the past,----------they do not dwell on it--------------Cuba does it better with monoculturalism. They are happy people!
You seem to be ignoring the fact that I just disproved your claim that multiracial states with a single unified culture will not be racist.
I gave you an example of a multiracial state with a single unified culture that was extremely racist.
Yes, blacks feel that they are part of the system and do not perceive racism. Please read the article by Gates. The Cuban blacks feel everybody has equal opportunity and that is all that matters.
Yes, and this is because the Cuban Revolution got rid of the classist and capitalist structure that supported the racism and gave everyone on the island the same economic opportunities.
There is no equality. Even identical twins with the exact same DNA achieve differently. To try to achieve equality is the root of the evil of communism. We are not ants in a colony.
If you think that we mean “absolutely identical in every single way” when we say that people should be treated equally, then you do not understand what we are saying.
Fortunately, I have already addressed this in this very thread and can simply repeat the answer:
Equality before the law, also known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, legal equality, or legal egalitarianism, is the principle that each independent being must be treated equally by the law (principle of isonomy) and that all are subject to the same laws of justice (due process). Therefore, the law must guarantee that no individual nor group of individuals be privileged or discriminated against by the government. Equality before the law is one of the basic principles of liberalism. This principle arises from various important and complex questions concerning equality, fairness and justice. Thus, the principle of equality before the law is incompatible and ceases to exist with legal systems such as slavery, servitude, colonialism, or monarchy.
Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law". Thus, everyone must be treated equally under the law regardless of race, gender, national origin, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, or other characteristics, without privilege, discrimination or bias. The general guarantee of equality is provided by most of the world's national constitutions, but specific implementations of this guarantee vary. For example, while many constitutions guarantee equality regardless of race, only a few mention the right to equality regardless of nationality.
Not two Cubans are alike, However, everybody is treated the same. And they do this thanks to monoculturalism. In the eyes of the Cuban government everybody is Cuban. People are NOT classified according to looks, skin tone, type of hair, height, culture, religion, etc, etc. In other words they practice what MLK preached in America back in the 1960s.
How do you know that Cuba is monocultural?
You keep saying that, but I do not know why you believe that, unless you are confusing Cuban nationalism with monoculturalism.
Do you know why Cubans are so nationalist?