Antiracism in Cuba

Devyn Spence Benson is assistant professor of history and African and African American studies at Louisiana State University, USA.

"Antiracism in Cuba is well-rounded in its coverage of intellectual, political, and social terrain, and it marshals a wide range of sources in its convincing analysis"--American Historical Review "A rare, impressively researched study of Cuban racial politics in the post 1959 era."--New Orleans Tribune "Beautifully weaves together the commonalities of nineteenth-century anticolonial struggles, twentieth-century revolutionary ideologies, and state practices."--Journal of American History "Benson's thoughtful book challenges many ideas about race in Cuba and in general. . . . Provides a perspective not otherwise found in studies of the Cuban Revolution, and stresses Afro-descendants' ownership of their place in Cuba's history. Highly recommended."--CHOICE "Offers readers an unflinching analysis of the equally significant achievements and failures of the revolutionary government's three-year antiracism campaign."--Latin American Research Review "Succeeds admirably in providing a textured, multifaceted account of the early revolutionary period, and specifically Cuba's contradictory campaign to end racial discrimination."--H-Net "This is an impressive piece of research as it digs deep in order to explain the ways the new government [in Cuba] addressed the thorny issues of race and racial discrimination."--Canadian Journal of History "Unearths the substrate of historical successes, hypocrisies, and strategic elisions underlying contemporary debates about Cuban race relations. . . . Powerfully complicates the oft-repeated idea that racism 'returned' to the island during the trying post-Soviet economic crisis of the 1990s."--Michael J. Bustamante, NACLA Report on the Americas