Castro, Race and the Black Congressional Caucus: An Inconvenient Truth

Ray Walser / April 10, 2009

It is not every day that the Washington Post and the Heritage Foundation sing from the same sheet of music. Today, on the problem of Cuba, we generally do. One must read the Post’s lead editorial “Coddling Cuba.”

The reaction to the recent visit of the Black Congressional Caucus to Cuba will, we predict, do little to strengthen the hand of those anxious to rush the Obama Administration unconditionally toward a complete normalizing of relations with Cuba. The adulation and exoneration lavished on the Castro brothers, the readiness to shift the blame for Cuba’s ills to the U.S., and the arrogant dismissal of deep-seated human rights concerns are already percolating through the U.S. body politic. (more…)