Celebrating Black History Month with Cuba's racist oppressors disgraceful WashTimesOpEd
Last week, the U.S. Embassy in Havana disrespected the people of our homeland by celebrating Black History Month with the Cuban Ministry of Culture and Cuban Institute of Music, two communist regime agencies responsible for targeting and censoring Black artists and dissidents.
Even more ironic is the fact that the embassy celebrated Black History Month by collaborating with two communist regime agencies widely known for restricting artistic freedom, censoring Black Cuban artists and targeting dissident rappers. To preempt dissent, the Ministry of Culture promised a dialogue with artists that was never borne out. Instead, the regime unleashed a retaliatory wave of police brutality and character assassination campaigns against Afro-Cubans.
Despite these facts, the U.S. Embassy in Havana elected to celebrate Black history with the very institution that has persecuted these two, heroic Black artists turned democracy activists. They also neglected to pay homage to Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, a Black singer who was killed by the Cuban regime one day after the July 11 protests swept the island.
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