Staying Out of Trouble

Going to Cuba

Hello family, friends and strangers. This page will be my Travel Blog. I will update this page with stories, events, and what ever is on my mind while I am abroad in Cuba. As you may know, I will be going to Cuba in the hopes of making a film about the connections between Afro Cuban Art and African American Art. I will be talking to different artist about their work while working with a tutor who is a world renown editor (Nelson Rodriguez). So far I have been taking Spanish Immersion at Hampshire during January, chilling with friends, and getting my affairs in order. After all the research that I have done for this trip I still don’t know what to expect. It’s a given that my experience will be different due to my ethnicity, complexity, and origin (the Bronx). I’ve heard some horror stories from other students of color who have participated in this program but all of them have also enjoyed their time spent there. “Racism doesn’t exist in Cuba” the Cuban government states, but there are still visual disparities between the have’s and the have nots even in the communist state. While I meditate on this particular issue everyone else reminds me of the malleability of the Cuban State. Castro is sick and his brother is in power. This is an interesting time to be in Cuba. When I first told my father I was going to Cuba he gave me a double take and asked me if it was safe. As I said before I’m not sure what to expect and no one can predict the future, but I will make sure to document almost every detail of my experience and I hope to hear from others about what is happening in the states. 7 months ago