THE MYTHS OF MARIEL. By Julio Capó, Jr.

Julio Capó, Jr.
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:30:39 +0000
The Myths of Mariel, migration

Escoria. Flojito. Lumpen. Loca. Gusano. These are just some of the pejorative words that have been used over the past thirty-five years to describe the Marielitos, or the Cubans who entered the United States from the Port of Mariel in 1980. All these words trigger images of an undesirable population, characterized as such by their …