In Cuba, Black Lives Matter to No One

Cirle Tatis Arzuza, an Afrolatina Influencer from Colombia, was brought to tears by the racism she encountered in Cuba.

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More than six decades after Fidel Castro’s Revolución, racism against blacks — and particularly against Afrolatinas — continues without pause. The revolution promised to end racism, an evil attributed to capitalism itself. Yet racism continues to flourish in this classless society. It is institutionalized by the Cuban Communist Party, or the Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC), and the Council of…

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