“Without question, blacks have benefitted from the Revolution, now there is much greater social and employment mobility. There are many black professionals and as many blacks in graduate school as whites.” -A Portrait of Cuba

“In order for our party’s leadership to duly reflect the ethnic composition of our people, it must include those patriots of proven revolutionary merit and talents who in the past have been discriminated agaisnt because of their skin color”. -Fidel Castro

“While one may criticize Castro on many counts, the fact that the Afro-Cuban population has scored tremendous gains under the Revolution is unquestioned. The last thing Afro-Cubans want is a return to the old days, to the system that existed prior to the Revolution; they want real equality. They want representation that reflects their majority role, and they want the freedom to practice their traditional religions, If Castro can assure them that the Revolution is moving toward both goals, I have no doubt that Afro-Cubans would fight for the Revolution…. If the conservative white exiles from Miami got back in power, it would mean the end of all the gains Afro-Cubans have made since 1959”. -Carlos Martinique, a Cuban exile and critic of revolutionary Cuba.

-Black Agenda Report response to allogations of racist practices in Cuba.
-Also on a related note, remember that time that Cuba helped defeat the U.S. backed Apartheid regime in Angola?

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