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but it started in like 4th grade
we lived in Miami & people would keep saying "Cuba is so wild bc Spanish-speaking! but everyone from there is blond & blue-eyed!" I was like, tf are they on about. none of my classmates from Cuba are blonde https://twitter.com/Maureen_Lapis/status/1279860397546377217
but it started in like 4th grade
we lived in Miami & people would keep saying "Cuba is so wild bc Spanish-speaking! but everyone from there is blond & blue-eyed!" I was like, tf are they on about. none of my classmates from Cuba are blonde https://twitter.com/Maureen_Lapis/status/1279860397546377217
then one day 20+ years later it was like OHHHHH girl you were working-class in Scarface-era Miami
you were hangin with the Marielitos
not an underworld per se but definitely A Deep Cut Subniche
you were hangin with the Marielitos
not an underworld per se but definitely A Deep Cut Subniche
for those not familiar w Scarface-era Miami, when they say "Cubans = blonde" what they mean is "folks who owned the plantations & fled Fidel in the '50s are blonde." It's a lot like the US that way.
the Mariel boatlift was a much more comprehensive cross-section of Cuban society
the Mariel boatlift was a much more comprehensive cross-section of Cuban society
years later, ran into a fellow grad student at UF who also grew up in Miami & we started talking about it
he mentioned he's Cuban & I was like "yeah" and he said "omg thanks for believing me, nobody does" ... because he's Black
the myth of White Cuba is, uh, messed up
he mentioned he's Cuban & I was like "yeah" and he said "omg thanks for believing me, nobody does" ... because he's Black
the myth of White Cuba is, uh, messed up
