Author Description

By Promoting An Anti-discrimination Ethos, Diminishing Class Differences At The Onset Of The Revolution, And Declaring The End Of Racism, Castro Was Able To Unite Belief In The Revolution To Belief In The Erasure Of Racism. The Ideology Is Bolstered By Rhetoric That Discourages Racial Affirmation. The Author Examines Public Opinion On Race In Cuba, Particularly Among Black Cubans. She Examines How Black Cubans Have Indeed Embraced The Dominant Nationalist Ideology That Eschews Racial Affirmation, But Also Continue To Create Spaces For Black Consciousness That Challenge This Ideology. Todos Somos Cubanos: How Racial Democracy Works In Cuba -- De Aqui Pa'l Cielo: Black Consciousness And Racial Critique -- Marti's Cuba: Racial Ideology And Black Consciousness Before 1959 -- Institutionalizing Ideology: Race And The Cuban Revolution -- There Is No Racism Here: Anti-racialism And White Racial Attitudes -- The Power Of A Frame: The Characterization Of Racism As Prejudice -- Todos Somos Cubanos, Pero No Todos Somos Iguales: How Racism Works In Cuba -- Uncovering Blackness And The Underground: Black Consciousness -- The Seeds Of A Black Movement? Racial Organizing And The Above-ground Movement. Danielle Pilar Clealand. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.