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Title: Beyond El Ajiaco: Eviction from el Exilio (1959–1979) and Miami’s (White) Cuban Wall

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This chapter focuses on the racially democratic myth of Cuban identity and community, documenting the socioeconomic differences and experiences Afro-Cuban exiles faced as some attempted to settle in Miami among other Cubans during early stages of ethnic enclave formation. I position my findings in the “ethnic enclave” and immigrant-adaptation literature, further questioning not only the Cuban success myth, but place the local Afro-Cuban condition as central to the “reclaimed whiteness” local Cubans repossessed. I also question the literature that posits that “culture” or “behavior” serves as an impediment to economic mobility, and began explaining how extending from Cuba (or newly formulating) a black American identity was crucial in local Afro-Cuban adaptation.

Url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-57045-1_3

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Authors: Aja, Alan, A

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Pages: 61-106

Volume Title: Miami’s Forgotten Cubans

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publisher Location: New York

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

Countries: United States