CANF letter to the Washington Post

In a moment of silence, where the most powerful Cuban voices have opted out of arguing in favor of Cubans, and when they have accepted the racism of the Washinton Post as a fact of life, at least the Cuban American National Foundation have had the balls to write to that newspaper. Among the few Cubans who have expressed their feelings in a very objective and poignant way are Humberto Fontova and Professor De La Cova.
A number of bloggers have roasted the Washington Post and Mr Oliphant, and for us, the roasting is still on.
Our readers have been writing letters and calling the Washington Post withuot response, as far as I know.

Unfortunately, many prefer silence, among them the big political honchos, journalists, artists, writers, sports people, entertainers, and specially a particular chaste that we call professional Cubans.
BUCL has been silent, as well.

This is the CANF letter to the Washington Post:

"Pat Oliphant’s cartoon published in the Washington Post on August 24th is so incredibly bigoted and exceedingly inaccurate in its portrayal of Cuban-Americans, the fact that you would allow such a cartoon to appear in the pages of your paper is outrageous. To characterize a community which according to the latest U.S. Census bureau is more educated, affluent, and likely to vote in an election than their Anglo counterparts, as a ‘nuisance’ demonstrates the depiction is based on its creator’s personal biases, not any real fact. Cuban-Americans have contributed greatly to the landscape of this great nation not just through our economic successes but through our academic, social, and cultural achievements, accomplishments which we believe are greatly welcomed and appreciated by most Americans. We are proud citizens, many of us born in this great nation and as such, we believe in the importance of participating in the American political system; and perhaps we have a greater appreciation for democratic elections because it is ever present in our minds that the Cuban people live deprived of such an opportunity. Our community’s participation as voters in the election was characterized as ‘interference’ which would imply that our vote was not as valuable as the next American’s- the last time I checked all votes in this great nation are considered equal, regardless of who casts them."

(Hat tip RSNLK)

Can you imagine if the Washington Post had dared to portrait Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Mexicans, or any other racial, religious, or ethnic group in this fashion?

Update: Reader HM tells us that Professor Carlos Eire has also written a letter to the Washington Post. I certainly hope that the Washington Post editor has some answers for the people who have written letter, prominent or not.