White Lies: The Rumors
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Is There a Racial Element to the Mariel Cubans?
Fabiola Santiago was born in Cuba and left with her family after the revolution. She began her reporting career as an intern with the Miami Herald in the spring of 1980. Fabiola had gotten the job largely because she convinced the men who hired her that they didn't have enough Spanish speakers to cover an increasingly Spanish-speaking community. "There's a racial element to this suspicion and stereotype without question"
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