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A street performer moves through the streets during the Carnavales celebration of Santiago de Cuba.

News Roundup: Race in Cuba and Obama’s visit

I’m always interested in race and racism. Cuba isn’t exactly the same as the US – but it’s not that different, either. So in Cuba I see a lot of the same racial dynamics I’m used to in the US. My first glimpse of this was police harassment of a Black Cuban colleague, who was presumed suspect when the rest of us (including a bunch…

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