Talk:Demographics of Cuba/Archive 1

According to History of Cuba, there is a native Cuban population on the island whose "descendants are maintaining their heritage" (although that sentence may refer to people of part native Cuban, part Spanish descent). Only few decendants remain. Also, if there is no native Cuban population, I may have misinterpreted a statement about Wifredo Lam when I wrote the article about him. Can anyone find out? (I've checked and I was correct about Lam) --Malcohol 15:19, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Are there still communities of Russian, East European, or Vietnamese still living or working in Cuba, or have they all gone back after 1991? User:Le Anh-Huy 1:30, 11 Mar 2006 (UTC)

Where does the claim that Cuba is 51% Mulatto originally come from (I know it can be found in the CIA World Fact Book, but where does it originally come from)? The Cuban Census gives a figure of 65% White, 24% Mulatto(url: http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/censo/index.htm ) which would also be much more in line with the 90%+ Whites among Cuban-Americans. Lewis

I agree with Lewis, something is not right about the information in this article, According to the "demografia de Cuba" article, the results of the Cuban government's 2002 census reported the following numbers: Blancos : 65.05 % Negros : 10.08 % Mulatos : 24.86 %

This information can be found in the Spanish article on Cuban demographics. --Jutland86 22:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The article states that in 2006, the population growth rate was +0.3%. But the Cuban statistics site states that for that year deaths exceeded births by 300. So how the positive PGR? Net immigration was positive? Also the site tells that 70% of the babies born were white(Blanco). But the article states that only 65% are Blanco. Axxn 18:32, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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I removed the latter part of this: Studies done in Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Cuba have revealed that a significant number of mixed raced individuals label themselves 'white', either to gain social advantage or to ward of discrimination.

I removed the portion that begins with "either" and ends at the "." because Latin American views on race are different from the U.S.A.'s. That portion is not the causality for Cubans identifying as white. 71.195.153.149 (talk) 06:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Native American Heritage
I find it odd that this article completely neglects the possibility of indigenous heritage in the Cuban population. First, there are mountain communities such Caridad de los Indios that have been identified by neighbors and other outsiders as "Indian" communities for many years. You can also find plenty of references to surviving populations of "Indians" in Cuban historical records as well as anthropological studies. The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have high frequencies of Amerindian mtDNA, and like them, Cuba retains a lot of indigenous cultural elements in its vocabulary, cuisine, art, and in its rural customs. You can argue the extent of Cuba's indigenous ancestry, but you can't deny that it is there as an element. --74.220.50.16 (talk) 08:02, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

black people in 2002 census
The following statements "The 2002 census figures supplied by the government claim that 65% of Cubans were white.[1] The Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami says 68% are black.[1]" suggest that Cuban government is trying to hide black people in its statistics for some reason. This feels rather silly to read on Wikipedia. The article should explain different methodologies used in various counts. I guess those with 65% of black ppl are estimations based on one-drop rule that is not characteristic of of Latin America in general. Census on the other hand was how people personally identified themselves and I'm not surprised light-skinned mixed-race people declare they're white83.10.98.20 (talk) 10:43, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Religion
Why keep this section, if there is already an article on Cuban Religions?

There is one source for this entire section, and most statements are un-cited. This section says nothing of Cuba's particular form of Roman Catholicism--which does not explicitly abide by the Catholic Catechism, or other papal decrees, because of the island's cultural isolation, the "practical religion" ethos cultivated during colonialism, and its more recent periods of religious suppression. The number of dioceses doesn't really say much about the religion, and it breeds the false assumption that Cuban Catholicism is just like Catholicism everywhere else.

The sub-section on "Afro-Cuban" religions is useless. It doesn't mention prominent religions like Lukumi, Palo, etc.

There is also a great deal of information about Cuba's Jewish and Muslim minorities.

Why does it say "Many tomatoes were sent by the Portuguese" under the Religion section?--146.115.186.235 (talk) 10:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

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