Unity Among Cuban Exiles

Robert over at the 26th Parallel posted yesterday about a Miami Herald article regarding Raices de Esperanza, an organization whose vision is "to unite the Cuban community in exile and within the Island across generational, ideological and economic divides, in the pursuit of a pluralistic and democratic Cuban society."

Raices' is a noble mission of unification whose Herald treatment should have gone without exagerrated (and even false) knocks against the Cuban exile community. In Robert's words:

You see, it's about inclusiveness, not exclusiveness. That's what Raices is all about, and that's what most of us here in Miami want as well. Despite [Herald writer Oscar] Corral's attempts to exclude and divide right from the get-go, the truth eventually comes out in the article.

Corral and others are more than welcome to write constructive and critical articles on differences in the exile community. But when it's included in articles about what is supposed to be a united effort amongst different exile groups, it defeats the purpose and only serves to perpetuate misperceptions.