Why is that anything they say about Cuba can't be true just because they are those "crazy Cubans?'' They are one of the most shunned people in the United States. They get accused of being people connected to Batista and/or people who exploit the poor. Julian Bennett, one of the classmates at my school, said to me that they fled cause they couldn't have "slaves" anymore. My maternal grandfather, who I argue with about politics a lot, asked me that why is it that people tell the Cuban-Americans to take their flags with them when they leave. He wasn't acting like it was bigoted but as something against that community. He also told me that they voted Republican and voted George Bush in and blamed them on the war on Iraq. He said that not a single one of the Cuban-Americans die in the war on Iraq.
People complain about their lobbying and that they count as part of the vote. Do you know what? They have a right to vote? They are citizens of a democracy and deserve the full rights of one. Many people falsely blame the Cuban-American community for the horrible economy in Cuba cause they supposedly cause the US embargo, which is supposedly causing Cuba to be economically bankrupt.
Imagine if they were saying the same things about Indian-American for campaigning against their dictatorship [India is a democracy but that was used as my example]. You'd be outraged. But that thing is going on with the Cuban-American community.
Why are they demonized?
As you can see, I already said why in the last two sentences. But I will explore further deeper into the reason. The Cuban-Americans have experienced first hand castro's horror. The people killed in the firing squads and sent to prison, gulags and labor camps are not only people who were connected to Batista but also people who disagree with Castro. Armando Valladares, a Cuban poet, was one of Castro's political prisoners. He was released in the early 1980's cause of international pressure, which according to him, it was his wife who pressured the world who pressured Castro to release him. "I had the luck, Mr. Chairman, of having people who was fighting for my freedom, and of having my wife who went from country to country, knocking on every door and on every conscience, on people and governments, pressuring them for my freedom. But the majority of those who suffer the violation of their human rights have one sole hope the international community. Against all hope, they only think of you, they only hope in you,"
Armando told the UN human rights commission. he was appointed to lead the human rights commission under Ronald Reagan. He addressed the UN human rights commission against Cuba. The text appears in Capitalism Magazine under the title Torture in Castro's Cuba. That was one factual example.
The pro-Castro propagandists know they can't refute the arguments of the Cuban-Americans head on. Only a handful of the Cuban-Americans were connected to Batista. the ones who fled were rich [them being rich under Batista did not mean they exploit the poor people nor does it mean they were connected to Batista], Middle-class Cubans and poor Cubans, who experienced first-hand Castro's tyranny. While Castro has much of his people killed and locked up in gulags, labor camps and prisons for disagreeing with him, he still wants to have good PR.
That's why he made Cuba seem great to tourists while neglecting the horrible economy he created for the Cuban people. "I never lived in Cuba myself. My father was not born into a rich family by any definition. He was actually born in a poor family and worked his way into a decent living before Castro and Che showed up and destroyed the entire economy of the island. He was the kind of person that the "revolution" was fighting for. And many more like him would escape that island gulag," said Rm06c, a member of Youtube in one of his comments under the Youtube video of Glenn Beck's interview with Cuban-American Humberto Fontova.
There were some users there who did make racist comments against Cuban-Americans. The Cuban-American community fled cause of the economy destroyed by Castro and/or cause of his human rights violations. Many Cuban-Americans lost their relatives and/or friends to the Castro regime. The Cuban-American community wants to free their country and tell the truth. Their determination to tell the truth are a threat to Castro's PR. That's why they're demonized by him and his supporters as well as the useful idiots who wear Che Guevara t-shirts. Many people believe these false racist arguments. Some just say,''Och, it's those crazy cubans again. We can't believe anything they say.'' They have no evidence that they're lying or that counter their arguments. So since you don't have the evidence to refute them, then that must be why they're demonized. If the Cuban revolution is so great, why won't Castro have a free election? The answer is cause Castro knows he'll lose the election and the truth will be revealed. If che fought for the oppressed people of Latin America, then why not help to turn Cuba back into a democracy instead of serving in a regime [he served in it until dismissed by Castro in 1965 to start other revolutions] that is far worse than Batista.
