FACE demands an apology from the Miami Herald after hateful attack on Cuban American community
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Here is the letter from FACE:
TO: Miami Herald, Ms. Nancy A. Meyer – President, Ms. Monica R. Richardson – Executive Editor, Ms. Nancy Ancrum – Editorial Page Editor
RE: Facts About Cuban Exiles (FACE) replies to charges of racism.
Ms. Fabiola Santiago’s column of April 7, 2021, The Miami Herald “Miami’s Republican Cuban Americans need to soul search and confront their racism”. We at FACE, Facts About Cuban Exiles, a non-partisan, non-political organization, reject the charge of racism, so dangerously thrown around by this writer against our fellow Cuban Americans who belong or vote for one party.
We demand an apology to the community that comprises 34% of the population of Miami-Dade. How can this newspaper publish such hateful language? It is unacceptable to call any group racists; a scarlet letter we will not wear. She claims to wear “veiled and blatant comments every day”. We certainly do not hear this among our friends and associates. We continue to be proud of who we are, and where we came from.
No Ms. Santiago, Cubans are not racists. No, anyone that does not agree with your political views is not racist. Being Cuban does not give you the right to libel. It is dangerous and reckless behavior.
We do not accept being associated with implicit bias, and racism. Our community–and our organization– has worked hard for the improvement of a society characterized by the greatest advancements in human history in the social, economic, and political realms. These charges are tearing the fabric of U.S. society, and we will not stand by in the face of this vicious and divisive attack.
Ms. Santiago calls “deterioration” what happened when many Cubans supported one candidate and party in the last election. This is an example of her dangerous tearing apart which counters everything FACE stands for, which is goodwill among all sectors of the Miami-Dade community.
No, Ms. Santiago, we have not been bitten by the “hate bug,” Cuban Americans prioritize freedom of expression and education, which must go together. You charge Republican Cuban Americans with bigotry “during the mostly peaceful BLM protests.” It should be self-evident that Americans, Democrat or Republican, must reject looting, fires, and especially physical attacks, on people and police. People must not be marginalized for expressing views Ms. Santiago disagrees with. Ms. Santiago, we are not ashamed of our people. You are apparently a true believer in what you charge. We are equally true believers; we believe in the decency of our people.
Respectfully,
Ed Garcia
edgarcia@treogroup.com
Chairman of the Board
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President Trump has made significant inroads in the important Cuban exile community in Florida. Inroads that were deemed impossible by the RINOs and demo-commies. Now the demo-commies are in a panic, as evident by this attack.
Also in 2020 elections two Hispanic, maybe Cuban, Republican candidates dethroned the demo-commie incumbent. One seat was the one held by the Clinton crony Shalala.
If more conservatives and Republicans would fight back against the racism b.s. like this group did it would vanish.