Racialized gaps in non-state economic ventures

Abstract

The Cuban state has not renounced, in terms of equity, to protect and exalt human dignity, however, when going through an adverse economic context, some manifestations of racism and racial discrimination have re-emerged. In the scenario of the new economic actors, in particular, within the non-state management forms, some manifestations of racial inequality and inequity have reappeared, hence the objective of the present study was to analyze the racialized gaps present in non-state economic enterprises in the city of Pinar del Río. For this purpose, three economic actors were selected: The Non-agricultural Cooperative Café Pinar and the small service enterprises Dainelys's Secret and Café Ortúzar. The empirical methods used were participant observation, unstructured interview and ethnographic with a qualitative and intersectional approach. As a main result, it was possible to make an initial approximation of racialized gaps in non-state enterprises in the aforementioned municipality, given the lack of specific data on the subject, an issue that reveals the presence of significant challenges that require attention in terms of social policy to promote racial equity in the non-state economic sector.