"There were other post-Bush differences in the direct-to-Cuba zone. The lines had grown fewer and shorter. Most noticeable, the Cubans on our flight — a mixture of Cuban-Americans and returning Cuban nationals who had been in Florida or D.C. on visas of their own (some people do move back and forth) — weren’t carrying as much stuff. The crowd cast a fairly normal profile. Last time, people had multiple pairs of shoes tied around their necks by the laces. Thick gorgets of reading glasses. Men wearing 10 hats, several pairs of pants, everybody’s pockets bulging. Everybody wearing fanny packs." - John Jeremiah Sullivan, the author of Where Is Cuba Going?
- http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/thawing-relations-teaching-about-cuba-and-the-u-s/#more-154199
Yay! I love when we can make up and be ok:)
ReplyDelete-Kennedi Mayes
It's very strange, I think, for our generation to see this embargo taking place currently, because of the long-held tension between the U.S. and Cuba that seemed normal as we had not seen anything other than this reality before. However, I can truly understand the great importance and excitement that this peace-making: this allows for Cuban visitors who came with visas to be allowed to return to their original country; this provides new possibilities for trade and economic partnering; this allows for more tourism to come to Cuba, expanding and diminishing the country, yet stabilizing the economy and providing more growth; and this gives both the U.S. and Cuba a chance to rely upon each others military strength, unifying the two and creating a (hopefully) long-lasting allegiance.
ReplyDelete- Sophia Davison -