Recitation #7: ¿El Color No Importa? (all) From Survival of the Fittest to Survival through La Lucha Prof. Roland The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective.

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Recitation #7: ¿El Color No Importa? (all) From Survival of the Fittest to Survival through La Lucha Prof. Roland The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective ANTH 1115

Remember the Maine?  Warship explodes in 1898  U.S. enters Cuba’s decade’s long War for Independence  Treaty of Paris (btwn Spn and US) transfers Cuba (etc) to U.S. sphere  1902 Platt Amendment makes Cuba a U.S. protectorate  Cubans frustrated  Patriot José Martí’s warnings

Cultural Clashes in the Neo-Colony L. Am. Cultural EvolutionismAnglo-Am. Social Darwinism Hierarchically ranked cultures can be made equal Racial Democracy ▫"El color no importa" ▫Ideal that all racial groups are politically, economically, socially equal Races are separate and should never mix Segregation/"Separate but Equal" ▫Today's U.S. from Boas  Cultural Relativism  Cultures are equal and should be understood on their own terms

Cuba as U.S. Neo-Colony ▫Puppet presidents support U.S. interests  Gen. Fulgencio Batista props/downs administrations  Platt Amendment abrogated under Batista in 1934  1940 Constitution is a point of pride  Batista's Coup of 1952 ▫Fidel Castro on the ballot for Senate

Revolutionary Beginnings July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and followers try to overthrow Batista January 1, 1959 Batista flees beginning the Cuban Revolution

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From Lukewarm to Ice-Cold: U.S. and the Revolutionaries Fidel begins nationalizing U.S. properties ▫Labeled communist U.S. imposes sanctions "Chess match until 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion May 1961 Cuba aligns with USSR ▫Revolution declared socialist

Socialism v. Communism Forging a New Society of Hombres Nuevos ▫Sacrifice for the revolution ▫Morally incorruptible ▫Utopic Cultura and the Remnants of Race ▫Knowing social rules/how to act ▫Generosity ▫Cycles of giving/receiving ▫Conversation ▫Colored tinge

Living through La Lucha in post-Soviet Cuba 1980s fall of the USSR Widespread hardship Saving socialism with $$ Luchando to survive Tourism revisits race

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Cuba Today and Tomorrow  President Raúl Castro (2008)  Increasing reforms  President Barack Obama (2008)  Nominal changes to U.S. policy  End of Esperar?

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