Marti and the Racists

That Jos6 Marti, poet, essayist, and ap6stol of Cuban independence was a sincere champion of equality and a penetrating critic of racism has been pointed out by a number of contemporary writers.' That Marti's raciological liberalism stands out in sharp contrast with the attitudes of a significant group of Spanish American essayists of the 1890's and early years of the present century has, however, seldom been emphasized. This contrast may best be appreciated in the light of the prevailing climate of opinion regarding the race question among Marti's Spanish American contemporaries. The primary problem of the meaning of the race concept and the secondary problems stemming from it-the question of whether or not racial char

Art · Cuban History and Society · Latin American and Latino Studies · Spanish Literature and Culture Studies

• Myths of Racial Democracy

  Open Access•Alejandro De La Fuente•Latin American Research Review•1999

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