Towards the elimination of racial gaps: Youth and programs of the revolution

Authors

  • Rodrigo Espina Prieto Universidad de La Habana

Abstract

The policy of the Revolution, from the very triumph of 1959 has been testing the high effectiveness of policies to boost the universal equity accelerating processes of upward social mobility for the popular sectors and in particular for the improvement of disenfranchised racial groups, majority, usually within these sectors. Despite this equity gaps remain racialized, associated with unfavorable starting conditions involving social mobility barriers. This implied the need to combine universal instruments comprehensive affirmative action in response to a large extent, the programs are explained in the article.

Keywords:

race relationships, racial equity, youth policies