Archive for the 'Cuba' Category
Richard Blanco Delivers the Inaugural Poem–He Is Who He Is In Spite of His Cubana Grandmother
• January 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
The Ancestors Bring Historian Basil Davidson, 95, Home
• July 10, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Brazil, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Journalism and Ethics, Nigeria, Race, Senegal, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II, Zimbabwe
Tags: "Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson", "The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation State", African, African Americans, African History, Africanist, Afrocentrists, Amazon.com, American History, Anti-Colonialism, Anti-Fascist Fighter, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Racism, Basil Davidson, Basil Risbridger Davidson, Blacks, Britain, British, Colonialism, Edward Said, Eric Hobsbawm, European History, Historian, History, Journalism, Journalist, Racism, Texas School Board, The Atlantic Slave Trade, The Slave Trade, The West
Remembering Lena Horne: “Now” by Santiago Alvarez, Film About Civil Rights Demonstrations Set to Lena Horne’s Singing
• May 11, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Film, Hate Crimes, Music, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Hava Nagila", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Activist, Civil Rights Demonstrations, Cuba, Cuban, Folk Song, Jew, Jewish, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Paul Robeson, Racism, Santiago Alvarez, The Sixties, הבה נגילה
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A People's History of the United States", "Memory of Fire", "The People Speak", Alice Walker, Anti-War, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Civil Libertarian, Dresden, Eduardo Galeano, Heart Attack, Hiroshima, Historian, Howard Zinn, Iraq, James Bond, James Carroll, Jeff Zinn, Marian Wright Edelman, Matt Damon, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Nazis, Noam Chomsky, Royan France, Spelman College, The Greatest Generation, Tokyo, Vietnam
President Obama Explains “Why Haiti Matters” in Newsweek
• January 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Foreign Policy, Bailouts, Black People, Class, Crime, Cuba, Education, Haiti, Health, History, HIV Positive, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: Artibonite Valley, Ayiti, Barack Obama, Blacks, Castro, Creoles, Dirt, Fair-Skinned, Fidel Castro, Floods, François Duvalier, Globalization, Haiti, Haitians, HIV Virus, Hurricanes, Immigration, Intestinal Parasites, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Katrina, Leftist, Light-Skinned, Malaria, Mudcakes, Mudslides, President Aristide, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roosevelt Administration, The Black Republic, The Caribbean, The Nineties, Tourist Trap, Tuberculosis
Afro-Cuban Santéria Priests Predict World Will See Turmoil in 2010; But Whose World?
• January 3, 2010 • Comments Off on Afro-Cuban Santéria Priests Predict World Will See Turmoil in 2010; But Whose World?Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Cuba, Health, History, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 2010, African Religion, Afro-Cuban, Age, Baba Eyiobe, Babalawos, Betrayal, Brujo Major, Carlos Lage Davila, Catholicism, Coups d'Etat, Cuba, Cuban Americans, Elderly, Exile, Exiles, Felipe Perez Roque, Fidel Castro, Forecasts, Foreign Minister, Former Slaves, Lazaro Cuesta, Miami, Obatala, Oya, Predictions, Priests, Raul Castro, Ricardo Alarcon, Santéria, Social Unrest, Successors, Tarot, The Mainstream Media, The Young, Victor Betancourt, Witches, Youth
A Can of Watermelon-Flavored Soda: Another Racist Depiction? (w/Update)
• October 18, 2009 • Comments Off on A Can of Watermelon-Flavored Soda: Another Racist Depiction? (w/Update)Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, History, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: Advertising, African Americans, Barack Obama, Blackface, Blacks, Canada, Cawy Bottling Co., Cawy Lemon Lime, Central America, China, Coco Solo, Common Sense, Depiction, Jupiña, Mainstream, Makeover, Market, Materva, Mexico, Miami FL, MInstrelsy, New Mexico, Post-Racial, Racial, Racism, Racist, Self Image, Spain, Target Stores, The Mainstream Media, Utopia, Watermelon Soda, Yerba Mate
“How can we help President Obama?”
• April 13, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Cuba, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: 125th Street, 7th Avenue, 8th Avenue, Black Nationalism, Charlie Rangel, Ché Guevara, Communism, Congressional Black Caucus, Dick Gregory, Drug Cartels, Fidel Castro, Gays, iPhone, Lesbians, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Neo-Colonialism, Neo-Imperialism, Nikita Khrushchev, Pan-Africanism, Redd Foxx, Ron Brown, The Embargo, The Hotel Theresa, Voudou
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