Tag: race
Mayors Are Up for Election in Brazil. It’s a White Game
Brazil, a country where a majority of residents identify as non-white, will head to ...
What Brazil Can Learn from the US on Race and Education
Since 1996 I have had the pleasure of visiting Brazil many times. On each ...
Playing the Race Game in Brazil’s Shopping Malls
Sociology teaches us that spaces are not neutral; just as race or color are ...
Brazil’s Quota Foes Conveniently Forget US Affirmative Action’s 40-Year Success
Late last month, in the same week when the Federal University of Rio Grande ...
Blacks Learn in Brazil They Won’t Be Human Until They Become White
My own research on racial exclusion in Brazil has given me ample reason to ...
Contrary to Myth, Brazil Is Ashamed of Being Mestizo
In my last essay I cited João Vargas’s term "the hyperconsciousness of race" to ...
Through Globo TV Lenses Brazil Is a White Dreamland
For approximately a year now I have been a subscriber to Rede Globo Internacional ...
Brazil’s Own One Drop Rule
Since I first began my travels to Brazil in September of 2000, my views ...
Brazilian Blacks Meet With OAS Representative
The president of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and special reporter for the Organization ...
Brazil Debates a Plan for Racial Equality
Blacks, whites, Indians, gypsies, Arabs, Palestinians, Jews, Asians, Muslims, and descendants of runaway slaves. ...
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