This may seem a little off subject from what I've tackled in the past but I have to address this because those who are speaking out against it are fucking goons.
The problem....
Jay-Z and Beyonce went to Cuba. I know, the fucking humanity right?!
This whole situation has apparently put a very bad taste is the mouths of American government officials, something about an embargo and how Fidel Castro is a horrible horrible dictator and they can't be trusted, Marco Rubio (Senator from Florida, born to Cuban parents) even said that Jay-Z needs to "inform himself" about his Cuban buddies since Jay-Z is an apparent fan of Che Guevara. Even though Obama has opened up some travel restrictions for those from Cuba and those who have family living in Cuba, travel for us "normal" Americans to the island is still a no-go because of the Embargo against them that started MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO!
I know why there was an embargo in the first place (I'm not an idiot) my parents grew up during that time, I know there's human rights violations, I've heard the stories and I don't think a lot of adults in my age group and younger really grasp just HOW close the world was to nuclear war, but....the United States needs let it ride. It's been long enough. Who is the embargo really hurting? Castro? No. It's hurting the people of that country - which is screwed, it's not their fault.
But wait a tick...the sole purpose of the embargo was to make the Cuban government treat their people better and stop corruption because as American's we're freedom lovers and want everyone else to have to same freedoms we have... right? Well then, what the FUCK are we doing supporting and sending money to countries that have FAR WORSE human rights problems than Cuba?
China basically owns us, we get a lot of goods from them and they're also notorious for human rights violations - censorship, religious persecution...pollution (they know how bad their air is) to name a few.
In Egypt we supported Hosni Mubarak (A DICTATOR), Saudia Arabia where women aren't allowed to drive, Iraq but, they have oil so it's ok.
Then there's Afghanistan, Jamaica, various African countries and if anyone knows how to abuse human rights it's Africa
And you know what? Even WE have human rights abuses.
So all this hoopla about two American celebrities going to Cuba for a cultural excursion is ridiculous and those who oppose them going there and support the embargo need to take a good long look in the mirror. The United States needs to get their shit together on who they support and for what reasons
Look, I'm not condoning how the people of Cuba are treated, and we've seen that in a lot of "communist" countries (in parentheses because communism doesn't work, if it was socialism MAYBE and yes there IS a difference between the two) but enough is enough, like my Cuban co-worker told me the other day "The American government should allow its people to experience my country. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people. Forget the government it's the people who make the country!"
