FYI Little Hawk, and of course for anyone else who is interested, here's a link to http://www.afrocubaweb.com/raceident.htm#cuban%20authors

And here's the introduction to one of that site's pages:

"AfroCubans: Race & Identity in Cuba
There is an increasing focus on race & identity in Cuba, from both within and outside the island. Here we present some resources and references on issues relating to AfroCubans as these are complex and often poorly understood. We will be adding to this and welcome suggestions.

Some observers estimate that over 70% of the Cubans inside Cuba are of African descent. Both the Cuban government and analysts at the US State Department and the CIA agree on a number around 63%. A much smaller percentage of Cubans abroad are of African descent. In Miami, some estimate that over 97% of Cubans are of Spanish origin. At the very least, 85% of them describe themselves as being white in a recent survey. In New Jersey, there are more AfroCubans among the Cuban exiles there.

The very term Spanish Cuban tends to hide the fact that Spaniards themselves have a strong African heritage, the result of being next to North Africa and receiving African culture over the millenia, including the 8 centuries the Moors occupied southern Spain, from 710 AD to 1492 AD. This gives rise to a famous quote from Simon Bolivar, himself a mulatto who was often held in contempt by "pure blooded" Spaniards: "We are no longer European just as Spain is no longer European, because of its African blood, character and institutions."

Cuba also has a Chinese community, centered around Havana's "Barrio Chino."   Many Chinese were brought into Cuba towards the end of the last century as it became more difficult to kidnap and import Africans.

There is a very small, but still surviving Indian community, mostly in Oriente and consisting of Taino people, related to the Taino of Puerto Rico. According to Cuban researchers working over the past 20 years, Native Cubans survived in far greater numbers to a much later date than was commonly accepted: part of the continent wide myth of the "vanishing red man". See Native Cuba.

There is also a Jewish community which has been reconnecting with Jews outside the island."

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Here is a listing from another section of that site:

What Cubans say:

Flor Amalia Donde Esta Dios? - a play on racism by playwright Amalia
   
Gisela Arandia A Panorama of Afrocuban Culture and History: One Way to Strengthen Nationality. Author Arandia is a researcher on race & identity issues at the UNEAC
   
Miguel Barnet Biography of a Runaway Slave. Author Barnet is head of the Fundacion Ortiz.
   
Ulises Cabrera Independent journalist, writes vehemently against the Cuban government. Blacks and Whites
El Blanco y el Negro

Digna Castañeda Fuertes Between Race and Empire : African-Americans and Cubans Before the Cuban Revolution (1998).   A professor at the University of Havana.
   
Fidel Castro Has discussed the topic on a number of occasions, with increasing frequency and openess.
   
Raúl Castro "Raúl Castro stated that if a person is denied entry to a hotel because he or she is black, then that establishment should be closed, thus applying our laws, even if the installation concerned is a joint venture." -- On Gender and Racial Equality, 3/00

Miguel De La Torre Masking Hispanic Racism: A Cuban Case Study, Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology,