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'It was only under democracy that black people had leadership roles.' Cuban exile leader says 1619 Project founder 'needs to read some Cuban history' after she the claimed communist country has the 'least racial inequality' in the world
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 20 2021 | GREG WOODFIELD IN MIAMI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 07/21/2021 11:26:36 AM PDT by knighthawk

The leader of a US Cuban exile group has slammed 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones after she claimed Cuba had the 'least inequality between black and white people' thanks to its socialist government.

Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat spoke out against the New York Times journalist Tuesday after a 2019 podcast where she called the communist country one of the most 'equal' in the world, resurfaced online.

The Havana-born scholar, who is based in Miami, said Hannah-Jones's remarks do not 'reflect the reality of Cuban history', noting there has actually been a lack of black leadership on the island since the 1959 revolution - which saw dictator Fidel Castro ascend to power.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1619project; cuba; education; falsehistory; gutierrezboronat; hannahjones; racialinequality

1 posted on 07/21/2021 11:26:36 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
I wonder what Nicole Hannah-Jones thinks about the estimated 45 million dead from starvation caused by the ill-fated Great Leap Forward in China between 1958 and 1962.
2 posted on 07/21/2021 11:32:55 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: knighthawk

IF.. and that is a big IF, you could find the original group that fought in the mountains with Fidel, and took power, HOW MANY OF THEM HAD DOMINANT NEGROID genetic composition? How many held high level office and power? One thing to SAY you aren’t racist, but do a search and see how many people on the island of Cuba are dominant negroid DNA composition. But then, they need to apply some AFFIRMATIVE ACTION quotas and gt more crackers on the teams of the NFL and the NBA..just saying, everyone is a hypocrite.


3 posted on 07/21/2021 11:39:58 AM PDT by rovenstinez (. )
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To: rovenstinez

Same thing in Venezuela and Panama - “We don’t have racial discrimination”, but seemed all the high level government positions were held by light-skinned people. Even Chavez and Noriega were lighter skinned.


4 posted on 07/21/2021 11:48:32 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: knighthawk

Hmmm, Fidel, Raul, and Che all look pretty white to me.


5 posted on 07/21/2021 11:57:19 AM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: knighthawk; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Fidel Castro, a privileged White guy, overthrew the Black President, Fulgencio Batista. Guess that fact escapes the limited mind of this Nikole Stalinazi idiot.


6 posted on 07/21/2021 11:57:46 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: RayChuang88
I wonder what Nicole Hannah-Jones thinks

She doesn’t think. She doesn’t have to. She says whatever she wants and if people disagree than those people are called racist.

7 posted on 07/21/2021 12:01:37 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: knighthawk

Che didn't discriminate. He killed blacks and gays with equal cheerfulness.

8 posted on 07/21/2021 12:03:11 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: knighthawk
Miami-based Cuban exiles leader Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat (pictured on July 12) tore into 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones's 2019 claims that Cuba has 'the least inequality between black and white people' in the hemisphere in an interview with DailyMail.com
Miami-based Cuban exiles leader Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat (pictured on July 12) tore into 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones's 2019 claims that Cuba has 'the least inequality between black and white people' in the hemisphere in an interview with DailyMail.com
9 posted on 07/21/2021 12:05:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: knighthawk

Should make everybody question the accuracy of the “facts” in her “1619 Project.”


10 posted on 07/21/2021 12:06:36 PM PDT by Andyman (The truth shall make you FReep.)
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To: knighthawk

Lets do a swap. We’ll take any Cubans who want democracy but Cuba must take every last American who hates the flag and never return them.


11 posted on 07/21/2021 12:20:04 PM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy

I didn’t know Batista was part black. He wasn’t dark enough for it to be obvious.


12 posted on 07/23/2021 8:50:55 AM PDT by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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Batista certainly was racially mixed, and usually was described as having both Amerindian and black ancestry. Even while president, he was blackballed by all of the (all-white) social clubs to which he applied.


13 posted on 07/24/2021 3:22:52 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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I didn't know he was black either. Interesting. By USA standards, I guess he'd count as "black", though probably just be seen as "mixed" in Latin American countries like Brazil.

I recall that Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was pretty dark skinned and widely seen as "black" by western countries, but the Egyptians themselves were very irate at Lou Gossett Jr. being cast to play him in a Hollywood biopic, seeing it as an insult to have him portrayed by a black man.

Anyway, I DID know that Batista was an absolute dictator who seized power in a coop BEFORE Castro, resulting in Americans greeting Castro's overthrow of Batista with open arms and hailing him as a liberator. Of course, the honeymoon was short lived as they figured out within a few months that he was a Lenin style marxist figure and an even WORSE totaltarian dictator.

Makes me wonder when's the LAST time Cuba had some leader that was actually freely chosen in a democratic process.

14 posted on 07/24/2021 3:55:54 PM PDT by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; AuH2ORepublican

It’s hilarious Castroite apologist & fanboi loons still cite Batista as being so “horrible” and that Castro & Co. were “justified” in getting rid of him. Batista was fine with business as usual and keeping good relations with the United States (and, after all, Cuba still had a high per capita income by 1958, one of the wealthiest nations). We’ve seen what 62+ years of Castroite Stalinism has done to this once great nation.


15 posted on 07/24/2021 6:25:11 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Swapping Batista for Castro was a textbook example of “out of the frying pan, into the fire”


16 posted on 07/24/2021 8:23:22 PM PDT by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: BillyBoy

Or more like treating a small cut on your finger with a nuclear bomb.


17 posted on 07/24/2021 8:25:52 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj

That’s hilarious!

I bet they let him in while he was dictator.


18 posted on 07/24/2021 11:48:03 PM PDT by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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To: BillyBoy

1948. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Cuban_general_election

Bautisa of course had been freely elected President prior to taking over via coup.


19 posted on 07/24/2021 11:53:13 PM PDT by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj

Nope, even after he became dictator, they didn’t let him in. They were private clubs, and unanimity was required to let in new members (hence the literal “blackballing” of those who even one member opposed their admission, signalled by secretly placing a black ball instead of a white ball. Batista was no Castro, and he never went after private property even during his dictatorial times. He hobnobbed with celebrities and went to fancy parties, of course, but he never could become a member of the Casino Español or other exclusive social clubs.


20 posted on 07/25/2021 7:42:34 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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