Chinese Cubans: Transnational Origins and Revolutionary Integration

Authors

Kevin J. Morris, Georgia College and State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research Paper

Date of Project

Fall 2016

Faculty Sponsor

Dr. Stephanie Opperman

Faculty Sponsor Email

stephanie.opperman@gcsu.edu

Abstract

As a transnational group, Chinese Cubans or “colonos asiaticos” existed neither within the black-white racial binary standard in Cuban culture nor within the niche this paradigm provided to "mulatto" Cubans or other “mixed” Cubans of African-descent. While assimilation and various racial re-classifications offered some degree of integration, Chinese Cubans often appeared as wholly foreign to Cuban society until the extensive participation of Chinese Cubans in the Communist Revolution. This paper demonstrates that the extensive participation of Chinese Cubans in the Communist Revolution as well as implemented Revolutionary racial policies finally legitimized and normalized the Cuban peoplehood and nationhood of Chinese Cubans.

Recommended Citation

Morris, Kevin J., "Chinese Cubans: Transnational Origins and Revolutionary Integration" (2016). Russell Library Undergraduate Research Award. 3.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/rlura/3