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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> South Asians for Global Justice, The
Western Hemisphere Project at MIT <br>
and the July 26 Coalition</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>present a talk titled - </span><br>
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<b><span>About the Black in Cuba: Illusions and ‘pipe
dreams’</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>by <span>Tomás Fernández
Robaina</span></span></i><br>
Senior Researcher at the <b>National Cuban Library</b>
and<br>
professor in the Art, Communication and Social Sciences
Department - <b>University of Havana, Cuba</b><br>
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<span>Introduced by Anthony Van Der Meer</span><br>
Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies, U Mass Boston</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Date</span></b><span>: <span>Saturday,
February 2nd, 2013</span><br>
<b><span>Time</span></b>: 3-5 PM.<br>
<b><span>Where</span></b>: <span>MIT Room <b>4-237</b></span></span><br>
[<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4" target="_blank">http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4</a>]</p>
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"Skin color discrimination and racial prejudices are
essential components throughout the social history,
political and economic, of Cuban society until the
triumph of the revolution. If, until the XIX century,
Black Africans constituted the main work force that
would enrich the colony, both materially and
spiritually, this system was articulated to reactionary
theories and doctrines, justifying the utilization of
slave work, in the Republican period the black was
double exploited in her or his condition as a worker and
for having dark-skin."<br>
<b>Tomas Fernández Robaina</b>. <b><i>Black in Cuba
1902-1958</i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tomas</b> is the author of Black
in Cuba, 1902-1958 (1994), Speak out Santeros
(Santerians) and Paleros (Priests) (1997), and
Afro-Cuban Identity: Culture and Nationality (2009).
Amongst many published papers on the subject of
Afro-Cubans are: For a more Participatory Debate on the
Cuban Independent Color Party (2012); The Battle against
Racism in Cuba (2012); Cuban Independent Color Party,
were they Racists or Annexionists? (2012); Racism in the
Cuban Cartoon (2011); Why is it Necessary that All
Afro-Descendants from Latin America, The Caribbean, and
North America Know more about each other? (2011); Toward
the Centennial of the Founding of the Cuban Independent
Color Party: Three New Contributions to Critical
Approach (2008); The Black Topic and its treatment in
RAP Music (2002).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Professor Van Der Meer</b> is the
former Chairman of the Black Political Task Force of
Boston. Professor Van Der Meer’s area of research is
focused on African diaspora religion and culture and its
image in the mass media.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More information about him is
available on AfroCubanweb<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.afrocubaweb.com/tomasfr.htm">http://www.afrocubaweb.com/tomasfr.htm</a><br>
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