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Danielle Pilar Clealand
My book, The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution, was published by Oxford University Press in 2017 ( winner of the Best Book Award from the Race, Ethnicity and Politics section of the American Political Science Association & W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists). The book outlines the ways in which black consciousness and solidarity, born out of experiences of marginalization, have challenged structural racism and the narratives that support it. My second book project, with Devyn Spence Benson, builds an oral history of black Cubans in the United States, not only giving voice to the black experience in the Cuban Diaspora, but mapping patterns of segregation and exclusion within this community, particularly in South Florida." -- www.blacklatinasknow.org/danielle-clealand |
Latin American Studies congress will host Cuban colonel who supported crackdown
on protests 5/4/2022 Miami Herald: "Danielle Pilar Clealand, an associate
professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of the book “The
Power of Race in Cuba,” is listed as a presenter in the same panel. But she said
she was added to the panel late in the process and was not aware of Santamaria’s
work with the interior ministry. Clealand said she was invited to participate by
Milagros Martinez, a professor and administrator at the University of Havana who
has co-chaired the Cuba section in the past. Clealand has stressed in media
interviews the central role of Afro-Cubans and racial inequities in the protests
last year. She said she was still undecided about how to move forward with the
panel. “This is a difficult position to be in,” Clealand said. “I think my voice
and participation are important here because of my alternative perspective on
the protests.”"
Black Lives Matter Issues Statement in Support for Cubans 7/20/2021 BNC
News: "However, numerous progressives and activists, including associate
professor of Latino studies Dr. Danielle Clealand, took to Twitter saying the
U.S. and Cuban governments are to blame for the country's problems; targeting
the U.S. embargo fails to acknowledge the issues that Black Cubans have faced
with systemic racism from the Cuban government for years. Dr. Clealand and Ajamu
Baraka, national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace, joined Marc Lamont
Hill on “Black News Tonight” to talk about BLM’s statement."
Will protests lead to lasting change in Cuba? 7/19/2021 The Griot: "“This
is the first time that Cuba has really risen up and protested the government,”
Clealand told theGrio. “And so it’s a really exciting moment. And it’s also a
very scary moment because we don’t know what the state response exactly has been
and we don’t know what it will be.”
Black folks on the left 7/15/2021 Danielle Clealand, Twitter: "As Black
folks on the left we can support Revolution and also be critical of it -
especially on its attention to dismantle white supremacy. Any political system
can be anti-Black and in the West, they all have been."
Piden a la comunidad afroamericana que exija al régimen cubano la libertad de
Otero Alcántara 5/20/2021 Radio Marti: ""Firmé esta declaración dirigida a
la comunidad afro en los Estados Unidos como una manera de encender la
conciencia de muchos afroamericanos, quienes todavía creen que el régimen cubano
ha sido bueno con la población negra cubana, a la que de manera regular ese
régimen reprime, desde que cobró conciencia de que el racismo y su arma letal,
la discriminación, en vez de finiquitar como anunció Fidel Castro, se ha
multiplicado”, puntualizó el periodista Gilberto Dihigo, quien junto a el
escritor Pablo Betancourt, el ex profesor de Filosofía Enrique Patterson, el
empresario Miguel Candelario, la profesora de Ciencias Políticas Danielle Pilar
Clealand y la escritora Rita Martin, firmaron el llamado."
What is the future for Latino voters in the US? Five experts weigh in 11/10/2020 The
Guardian: "A large portion of Latino voters in Florida are conservatives for
whom the legacy of the Cuban Revolution – and, more recently, Venezuela’s move
to the left – are central to their voting decisions. To that end, Republicans
worked overtime this election to paint Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as
socialists, despite the candidates’ moderate positions within the Democratic
party. But that’s not the entire story. The narrative about socialism was
bolstered by conservatives’ labeling of Black Lives Matter supporters as
Marxists and communists. Support for Trump among certain Latino populations in
south Florida must be seen within the context of anti-Blackness, heightened by
the Black Lives Matter protests and a Black woman as the vice-presidential
candidate. Mislabeling Black Lives Matter as “communist” was a way to repackage
racism among white Cubans and other white-identifying Latinos and make that
racism politically palatable."
Who Are the Black Revolutionaries?: Resistance in Cuba and the State Boundaries
that Endure 6/30/2020 Souls
Who Are the Black Revolutionaries?: Resistance in Cuba and the State Boundaries
that Endure 6/30/2020 Souls: by Danielle Pilar Clealand - "To be a black
revolutionary as defined by someone who fights for black equality, progress and
power, has always accompanied a contentious relationship with the Cuban state.
Nonetheless, those that are defined as black revolutionaries are often those
that are aligned with the state. I call for a wider definition of this term to
include those outside of Cuba, those that are independent and critical of the
state as well as Cubans that remain in private spaces, outside of the public
sphere. In addition, I ask what have been the boundaries since 1959 in which
black revolutionaries have had to live, act and dialogue? The growth of social
media and increased networks coupled with the worsening of racial inequalities
due to economic reforms suggest that the state is at a critical juncture. Black
progress will not come without resistance from the ground and these new,
independent dialogues and private spaces serve as the foundation to black
resistance."
The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the
Revolution 9/24/2019 Kellogg Institute: "In her talk, Clealand considers
the rhetoric and policies of the state regarding racism and racial inequality in
Cuba and the resultant racial norms produced through the decades of the
revolution. Amidst the ideology of racial democracy (present throughout the
Americas), Clealand explores what racial consciousness looks like among black
Cubans and how racism affects their daily lives. She will discuss the role of
the state as well as counter-narratives and political activism often propelled
by recent access to social media."
The Power of Race in Cuba (Review) 12/1/2018 Academia: by Katherine A Gordy
- "In the first part of the book, Clealand shows how racial ideology or racial
democracy has served throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to
silence discussion of institutional and structural racism, hide its existence,
and further the illusion either of racial equality and/or black inferiority.
This ideology or set of norms emphasizes national identity and unity over racial
identity, denies the existence of structural racial hierarchies, and reduces
racism to individual prejudice."
Latin Americans still think blackface is funny. It isn’t. It’s dehumanizing. 6/1/2018 Miami
Herald: "The recent controversy surrounding the play Tres Viudas en un Crucero —
“Three Widows on a Cruise” — featuring a Cuban-American actress in blackface,
reveals Miami’s long-standing history of bigotry and is a consequence of the
silence surrounding the issue."
Libro editado en Estados Unidos aborda la racialidad en Cuba 12/1/2017 IPS: "Publicado
en inglés por el sello editorial de la Universidad de Oxford, el texto de 272
páginas lleva la rúbrica de Danielle Pilar Clealand, una investigadora del
Departamento de Política y Relaciones Internacionales, en la Universidad
Internacional de la Florida… En sus estancias, dialogó “con varias personas que
están abordando este tema con mucha dedicación y son parte del movimiento
antirracista cubano actual”, dijo. Entre ellas, mencionó al intelectual Roberto
Zurbano, la escritora y periodista Gisela Arandia, la cineasta y activista
Gloria Rolando, además de los investigadores Tomás Fernández Robaina y Tato
Quiñones."
FIU conference focuses on race in Cuba 2/27/2015 Miami Herald: "Ada Ferrer,
Historian at the University of New York, proposed a rereading of Jose Antonio
Aponte - a man condemned to be hung for leading an abolitionist rebellion at the
start of the 19th century. At the same time, Alejandro de la Fuente, a professor
at Harvard University, analyzed the contributions of the Antillano Group and
delved into how forgotten it is in Cuba's cultural history. Andrea Queely and
Danielle Clealand, both professors at FIU, presented some conclusions about
their investigative efforts in Cuba about racial prejudice and negro
consciousness respectively. Other panels involving similar topics included the
development of the racial problem since the time of civil rights movement in
Cuba, social integration, national identity, literature, cinema and dance, among
others."
Expertos analizan el futuro de Cuba en conferencia de FIU 2/26/2015 Nuevo
Herald: "Andrea Queeley y Danielle Clealand, ambas profesoras de FIU,
presentaron algunas conclusiones sobre sus trabajos de investigación en Cuba
acerca del prejuicio racial y la conciencia de la negritud, respectivamente."
Uncovering Blackness: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness in Contemporary Cuba, UNC Chapel Hill, 2011, Phd Thesis
CV, FIU
souls.uic.edu/2020/08/24/black-cuban-revolutionaries-vol-21-4/
www.blacklatinasknow.org/danielle-clealand
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