The changing discourse on race in contemporary Cuba

Abstract

This article explores the changing discourse on race in Cuba since 1990. From a taboo subject to one being explored in the popular and academic press, race is slowly re-emerging into the realm of permissible debate. The article documents this change, examines which aspects of race relations are now open for discussion and which remain silenced, and probes why this change is taking place at this particular moment in Cuban history. The argument draws on works on contemporary race relations published in Cuba since 1990, and on the author?s research trips to the island during the last decade.