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<blockquote data-quote="Teutatis" data-source="post: 1053383" data-attributes="member: 5002">They weren't given automatic citizenship, they were given a pathway to citizenship that still took years, but I agree that policy wasn't fair to other countries.They consider themselves white because they are white, they're mostly spaniards with some other euro mix. In fact they're &quot;whiter&quot; than lots of white Americans that claim to have some indian or black ancestry since white Cubans can be very racist and in general don't mix much.I don't think Cuba will become Haiti but Going Strong is right about the demographics. The reality is that the majority of the white Cubans has left the island and is now living in the US and a few other countries. Cuba's population is now mainly black, so much so that when someone speaks of Cubans they picture a black guy or girl, not white, so Cuba will never be what once was or it could've been, communism destroyed Cuba forever. Not to say that it can't be a successful country once again, it surely can but it won't ever be what Cuba was, it will be something different, unless there was a massive exodus from Florida to Cuba from the white Cuban community, but I don't see that happening at all.The white Cubans living in the US are highly educated and successful and are also as anti socialist as it can be, the Cubans coming to the US nowadays are more diverse both ethnically and politically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teutatis, post: 1053383, member: 5002"] They weren't given automatic citizenship, they were given a pathway to citizenship that still took years, but I agree that policy wasn't fair to other countries. They consider themselves white because they are white, they're mostly spaniards with some other euro mix. In fact they're "whiter" than lots of white Americans that claim to have some indian or black ancestry since white Cubans can be very racist and in general don't mix much. I don't think Cuba will become Haiti but Going Strong is right about the demographics. The reality is that the majority of the white Cubans has left the island and is now living in the US and a few other countries. Cuba's population is now mainly black, so much so that when someone speaks of Cubans they picture a black guy or girl, not white, so Cuba will never be what once was or it could've been, communism destroyed Cuba forever. Not to say that it can't be a successful country once again, it surely can but it won't ever be what Cuba was, it will be something different, unless there was a massive exodus from Florida to Cuba from the white Cuban community, but I don't see that happening at all. The white Cubans living in the US are highly educated and successful and are also as anti socialist as it can be, the Cubans coming to the US nowadays are more diverse both ethnically and politically. [/QUOTE]

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