NewTimes Aug 08, 2003:
More Racial Foolishness:
Celia Cruz was not black or white or purple -- she was Cuban:
As a Cuban I was very offended by Celeste Fraser Delgado's article about Celia Cruz
("Over Her Dead Body," July 24) and how she made a racial issue of the whole affair.
In my family, as in most Cuban families, we have all shades of color. As we say:
"Tenemos de la pinta. "
It's unfortunate that Ms. Delgado seems caught up in the racial foolishness that infects
this country. It is always said in Cuba: "Si no tiene del Congo tiene de Carabali" --
we are all of color, even the blond-haired, blue-eyed ones.
We Cubans are one blood, one soul, one heart. It really saddens me to read this at a
time when the world mourns the loss of a great person.
Angelo Figueras
Sgt At Arms LOA-FLA
Miami