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Younger Cuban Americans who have decided to go to the island always come back telling me "that isn't the country my grandparents have told…

— Mark Falcoff

I have not been to Cuba, though if you count the stories my grandma told me growing up, I've been there in my head…

— Jennine Capó Crucet

I'm actually Cuban-born, born in 1956, the year Fidel Castro came into power, and my father moved my family to Miami a few years…

— Steven Bauer

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

— Compay Segundo

I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restaurant anywhere in Miami, and we're practically…

— Kat Dahlia

As the son of a Cuban refugee and cousin and nephew to many Cubans on the island, I cringe when Americans visit Cuba for…

— Phil Lord

People in America think of it as a sad and downtrodden place, and I guess it could be, but it's not because that's not…

— Mark Kurlansky

I'm truly blessed, because many of my friends come to Cuba. They like it here-they can relax and not worry about drive-by shootings or…

— Assata Shakur

You can go to Spain, and Cubans are looked down upon. It's strange how people chop up where you're from.

— Prefuse 73

I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants.

— Guillermo Diaz

I don't know what it's like to be Cuban-American, but I know what it's like to have family under Communism and to get up…

— Molly Qerim

Growing up in Miami, being Cuban is integrated into our culture. When we greet anyone, we give them a kiss on the cheek.

— Lauren Jauregui