Brazzil

Ok Cristovam, you, again, pointed out several problems in our society. But, man, you are in the government now. We expect much more from you. We expect solutions, not problems. WHAT should we do to reduce illiteracy? HOW can we improve our educational system? What can we do to improve the quality of life of our fellow Brazilians?

Please, come with feasible and practical solutions. That is your JOB as an elected member of the Brazilian Senate.

I agree whole heartedly with the article. Everyone in Brasil knows this, right? What can be done, Mr. Buarque?

Translation:
Consider me an indispensible elected official and consider any mistake I make excusable because I "care about the children". Could you at least come up with ORIGINAL campaign tripe?

Sorry Cristovam: You are the govern. What I can do if you can not change the things. I am a poor man. I need to fight to live each day.
However, I do not agree with our salary program. Why we still using salary laws made by the facists.
USA, Canada, England all these Countries there are different labours laws. Why not make our salary equivalent of $7US hour as the minimu wage?
Why we need to follow salary rules and labour rules done 60 years ago?
We are living an international economic crisis.
CRISTOVAM. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR BABIES 20 YEARS BEFORE THEY BORN. We do not start to think about them after they were born.
We must change our attitude. Good articles but you are the govern now man.

Why has the PT Government done nothing about tackling Civil Servants extravagant benefits and pensions? No country in the world could possibly afford to pay its Civil Servants the same type of benefits as they do in Brazil without Bankruptcy.

My wife has relatives in the North East who are in both the Civil Service and Politics and what these people earn for what they produce is nothing short of robbery. Brazilians should vote with their feet and sack the “dead wood” then redirect the much needed funds into infrastructure.

Good roads and harbours operating with honest, efficient and competent officials will inspire confidence in investors and this will create further jobs for the population.

All governments have a hard time keeping their priorities straight. And in any country or city where it is out of hand, you have crime and other problems. People argue these people have no choice. As the recent victim of an assault by six men on the beach in Rio, I find that hard to believe. But such barbaric and idiotic behavior is indicative of a larger social problem. We see it around the world in various cities, and so often it is the result of a lack of proper social concern and attention by the government to the real issues that effect the quality of daily life for millions of people.

To me, with all its rich resources and land, Brazil has no excuse. It is a great country. And America has no excuse when this happens there nor does Europe. But people get rich and they forget to care about others. It is too bad. We should all pray and work hard to change this attitude. That is the only way things will change.

I wanna bash it...

Brazil like most of South America is still mired in old backwards ways of being and doing. In a lot of ways Brazil is still the same backwards country it was in the 16th century. Brazil is definitely without excuse. Brazil should actually be farther ahead than the US because it had a 100 year head start plus nearly 100 years more of slavery.

Brazil's problems is its backwardness and lack of progress. As long as you have 5% of the population owning all of the wealth you will continue to have huge problems of crime. Also why does Brazil still try to portray itself to the world as a blonde Aryan nation (you would think it was judging by what you see on Brazilian tv) when it is a nation dominated for the most part by black and brown peoples. Wasting time and money on being a fake pseudo blonde nation, neglecting your brown and black population is the reason you are the socially backwards nation you are today. Stop trying to be a fake Aryan country and spend more time and resources on your nonwhite population and you may see a little progress. If you fail to do this you will be the same backwards assed country you have been for the past 500 years.

The majority of Brazilian population is made of mix people. Even those white people that you see on TV have some thing inside of them of black or native. However, everybody wants deny it.

Lula received few days ago, two black women from USA. A model and a career woman. Both black and well educated. If you travel around Universities in North America you are going to see a big racial diversification in the academic environment. In many universities even white are rare as student. In Brazil you see only white people in the academia.
How many politics black we have? and natives?
Brazil needs a big change, a huge change. A change that if it will happen nobody that come in this forum will accept it.

Having blacks or natives in positions of power is all well and good , but if the history of latin america is any indicator, they'll be just as corrupt as the SOB's they're replacing. Pervasive institutionalized corruption is Brazils'chief problem,not racism.That, along with the antiquated economic theories held by parties like the PT,will ensure that brazzil remains a 1st rate 2nd rate country.when brazzilians in all walks of life stop saying "I got mine,f*&k you brother" then things will become better for all

When I was in the army in 1981 in RS state. My group had 64 men. Half of those people were white, german and italians descend from Colonies in North west of Rio Grande do Sul state, they were well educated, in general they had high school or almost high school. The other half of group were mixed people, black, natives, etc... people from the city with out education. They were though, mixed people no education, they used to come to the army drank, they did not care about uniform, they used to argument with everybody. Mixed people did not have discipline. Later to the service, did cut the hair, they did not shave themself.
White people better educated, good discipline, more organized. However, they started to show problems with venerian diseases, trafic and drug consumption, thief, homosexulism and other small infractions.
The big problem in Brazil is that the white dominant class always judge the mixed people in Brazil and they forget that such population come from poverty. Families broked by misery, no education, sub nutrition. Even so many mixed people from Brazil are doing better than the white population.
Stay one week in chat room like Brazilians living abroad, you are going to realize that our white elite goes abroad to learn English and are doing cash money through prostitution and drug trade.

Having just retured from Kenya
i agree a little with crap,but you are right also makes a point.Until the people can see the value of the disposable children,as the future of the country,and see a value to the future,they and the countrry stay the same. When we throw the petro of race on this smorting rag of dispair all hope becomes lost. Unlike us.you know who you are many "races" but almost
onepeople. The need to "pass "for white"on the world stage will in due time become as antiqued as the wareing of the white powered whigs of the pass It's all a learning process a caring process. We are all still growing into our skins,The internet is becomming a large part of that growth.I look foward to seeing Braisal soon.

Let's copy the American model, shall we? They achieved perfection in isolating every group of people against each other, based on race, ethinicity, gender, sexual preference, reliogion.....

Americans, you all need to shut-up and go back to your respective villages...They need their idiots back!

I am not suggesting Brazil copy the American model. America is a country at war with herself and with every other nation on earth. There is a lot of hate in America but at least that hate is acknowledged. Brazil still hides behind the myth of racial democracy when it is obvious to the rest of the world that Brazil has the same racial problems as America. It's just that Brazilians are in deep denial.

I would never suggest Brazil emulate America. America is the most messed up country. Take it from me I live there but at least in America black people have and continue to challenge the "liberty and justice for all myth" that America dishes out to the world. Black people in America are pretty much casualties of America's race war but at least it is acknowledged that there is a race war.

Brazil is a beautiful country with a lot of potential. You can't expect a people like the black, native and mixed populations who have suffered centuries of discrimnation and impoverishment to have the discipline of anyone else. In America it is not the whites who are disciplined it is the Asians. Be yourselves and stop emulating America

Hey, slow down there pal. You are making it too general. Saying that every brazilian has some black or indian ascendence is one of the most falacious arguments against racism. It's totally void and false. That may be well accepted in Rio or Bahia, two states with very large mixed population but not in the entire country. In the south, for instance, there was almost no slavery and, during the 20th century, a huge number of european immigrants arrived here. Only a few of those people have mixed. Those exceptions occur in all of the country. Yet one does not have to be racist for that.

In time of election, everybody talks about children. They even get them in the arms. After all, they forget about them.
You add a beautiful picture of kids brushing the teeth on a river but you do not know what is to make your physiologic needs in the bushes and then clean the ass like a dog in the grass.
Mr. Cristovam you do not know what is wait for the asphalt cool down, then we can cross the street. You do not know what is pick up food in the garbage or eat the rest of the others.
Mr. Cristovam, you do not have an idea what is to be used by politicians like you to hold a job.
It is very beautiful to speak. Words are words, nothing more than words. Where is the actions? There are no actions in a bias society.

Donald has three nephews, Luzinho, Zezinho and Huginho. We grow reading their adventures in the Donald Duck Magazines. However, during all years reading such magazines we never stop to ask where is the father of such children. They do not have father and mother, who care about it. When we are teenagers then we see the Global Soap Opera television. Sweet ladies, special the hookers, which in the end of the story make a good marriage with a handsome and wealthy guy.

So, soon our teenagers engage in sex adventures, be a whore or have a weird sexual behaviour is not anymore a problem, look the rate of homosexuals in Brazil. We are an open society, and then girls have a child, hoppss, it was an accident, any way we are in a modern society, soon she will find a husband and then another man come and a second child along. Some girls do not become single mother. They get a husband, have kids and then come the divorce and a new husband. If the woman is blond, she can try many marriages. However, if she is a black woman with two kids, she will never get a husband again.

The divorce men, in general they do not want pay alimony. Special if the ex-wife is f**king around. Professional men stopped to work, some even leave the country, others become gigolos since that there is a big demand in Brazil for heterosexual active man.

The women end using the kids to the society feels pity of them. They share the bed with a child and lovers and it is not unusual that lovers have sex with the children of such women.

What I want to say to you Senator. Brazil needs to change everything. Our constitution does not work because was made by the dominant class. Our laws are biases, how many men left from a marriage with their kids in the arms. Children in Brazil only stay with the whore. Even in the USA the standard of living of divorce women goes down at least 70% and the standard of living of the men goes up.

In Canada, children do not belong anymore to father or mother, children belongs to the state. In case of the divorce, the state will see a suitable family to watch the child. The child when born start to receive a bonus in money, amount that changes depends of the economic situation of the parents. Children have medical, dental treatment and free education in Canada. The govern struggle to comply with its obligations in relation to kids. The first thing that a toddle learns in Canada is if your mother or your father beat you, call 911. It works; parents worry so much that the kids will call 911 in Canada that many decide do not have kids.

Senator do you believe that there are futures for these children? Now they are made inside cars and they do not know even the father. Senator, the govern must to fix our values, family values, with a salary that allows a couple to grow a family. Nobody can build a family with financial difficulties. In a house with out money, everybody shout and nobody has reason.

Senator, please, Brazil is not a poor country. The cake is not well shared. Give a respectable salary to Brazilians. In Canada nobody makes more money than a construction labour. Many Brazilians come here to work as illegal; the majority of them came from slums. They can build a house with 5 bedrooms in less than 3 days. Such labours do not know how to read in any language but the salary is so good that they struggle to keep the job and do in a higher standard.

In fairness, his article points out an issue that people would lke to ignore. I believe that among people in government, Mr. Cristovam is one who would like to have the government act to change the situation. But first those in power need to acknowledge that "Something is wrong." I would like to see Mr. Cristovam's proposals. Better, I'd like to see proposals turned into action.

"Americans, you all need to shut-up and go back to your respective villages...They need their idiots back!"

In reading the comments, it appears that the issue of race was raised by Brazilians, not North Americans. So, there does seem to be a problem that you don't want to acknowledge. On the other hand, the article is not about race, but rather poverty. Your point is well taken. It would be best to see Brazilians work to solve the problem of poverty in the country (albeit very much bound up with the issue of race).

"Saying that every brazilian has some black or indian ascendence is one of the most falacious arguments against racism. It's totally void and false."

Well, you'd have point there if the poster had made such a claim (I wasn't the poster). But rather the poster stated "The majority of Brazilian population is made of mix people." Majority is more than 50%, not 100% as you claim in your retort.

Now, slowing down, it appears that the majority claim is wrong too. The information I have is that the population of Brazil as a whole breaks down approximately as follows: "white (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed white and black 38%, black 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%" Whether this is accurate, I cannot say. This doesn't seem to include indiginous people either (other?).

On the other hand, the poster also claims that many people deny the contribution of non-whites in thier heritage. I have no information that can assess the accuracy of that assertion.

The main point that Brazil needs to aleviate poverty is clearly correct. That is not an issue of race, but rather an issue of political and economic reform. If the instance of poverty can be reduced, that will clearly benefit the approximate 45% of non-whites who disporportionatley make up the percentage of people living in poverty in Brazil.

Well, while the article is typical of PT demogogery, at least we only had one attack on the usa by the readers. I think we are slowly weeding out the people who want to blame everything on the usa. I am glad to see some good points made above....now is the write would just act like a member of the governing body an d do something...we might all be happy.

Something is wrong,something is wrong...and WE ALL KNOW IT. Point the mistakes is really easy in such country like Brazil...but what about solutions? I'm a student...i've 17 years old and i'm brazilian, I'm tired of this..livin in a country so beautifull but so WRONG and unfair.So what? what i can do too?

Dog eat dog. Grab for yourself. Whine about injustice. Nothing changes. Commiunism,Socialism,Capitalism, have one thing in common: the top dogs win, everyone else get's scraps. Only when things get so bad that the peasants can't stomach anymore, is there any kind of possiblity of signifigant change. It's all about numbers. The rich have the dollars, the poor have the bodies. In between lie the middle class, or what's left of it. Brazils middle class is fearful of both the rich and the poor, and with good reason.The rich will tax them to death, and give them nothing of value in return. The poor will rob them or kill them, if given the chance. Not pretty, but if the shoe fits... Without a level of trust between members of a society, nothing will change for the better. Do you trust those strangers around you to take care of you? . Brazil is perhaps the future for America.

you a cry for soultions but dose anyone offer any. give us your soultions.
build schools and educate pay teachers well and feed the students. life for me as a child revolved round school not the streets not drug deales or sex and voilence or child labour. if i was cought out of school the police took be back and my parents taken to court.
give your kids a chance in life. if they have an education and still dont make it in life then the the balme lies with them not the goverment.
make a law that all childern are entitled to free education until the age of 16 end enforce it. make a law that punishes the parents of kids that are not in school.
if there were as many schools in brazil as there are churches. mabey the kids would have a hope of saveing themselves insted of hoping one day to be saved.

This constant refrain that the US is a victim of attacks and that Brazilians are always blaming the US is a real load of rubbish. The objection cited by the guy who "attacked" the US was understandable (though demonstrably a misfire in this instance) because Americans do have a penchant for claiming innate superiority and neglecting that the US has it's own problems. Again, the poster was off the mark, but I too am sometimes annoyed by the paternalistic attitude of some American's who feel that what is wrong with the rest of the world is that it's not enough like the US. It's really not surprising that occasionally Brazilians are provoked into testy posts against the US and it's people.

As for your swipe a PT "demagoguery," I have no idea what you are referring to. A demagogue is "a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power." What in the article qualifies, then as "typical PT demagoguery"? And by the way, are you Brazilian? How are you familar with "typical PT demagoguery"?

To the perons who said "the article is typical of PT demogogery": Are you suggesting that nothing is wrong in Brazil? Are you suggesting Mr. Cristovam relies upon "popular prejudices" and "false claims" in his argument that something is wrong? If your objection is that the concerns of Mr. Cristovam speak to the plight of the vast number of poor in Brazil, you'll have to do better in your criticism. Please explain.

Do you know when they are lying? When they open their mouth.

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Ola a todos, Este post eh a traducao em portugues de um old post que eu coloquei na parte do forum em ingles (race). Pensei que poderia ser interessante para alguem em termos de ampliar o conhecimento sobre o nosso povo. Apos ler velhos topicos eu percebi que algumas pessoas que nao sao brasileiras tendem a fazer colocacaoes sobre assuntos que eu acredito seriam muito dificil de acreditar que eles tenham algum conhecimento profundo, ate pq eu acredito que alguns brasileiros as vezes tambem possuem uma ideia errada. Apenas para ilutrar o que eu tenho dito sobre o meu estado (Rio Grande do Sul) negros tem uma natureza diferenciada dos demais e o tipo de relacionamento com o branco gaucho/brasileiro eu vou passar alguns exemplos de pessoas que tem o seu nome na historia e alguns sao da atualidade e no presente momento estao fazendo coisas que eu nao ainda nao vi um numero significativo de negros de outros estados realizarem ate mesmo contando todos eles juntos. Mais uma vez isso refere-se apenas ao meu estado e eh importante considerar que em outros estados negros eventualmente podem ser maioria (e no Rio Grande do Sul eh minoria absoluta)

Enquanto em Sp, RJ, Bahia etc os ultimos negros estavam ainda deixando de ser escravos, no Rio Grande do Sul o negro Adão Latorre (negro Adão) era Coronel na revolucao federalista de 1893 (chimangosXmaragatos). Enquanto nenhum negro no norte ocupou posto de oficial ao menos ate 1930 e na maior parte dos casos nao passaram do posto de tenente e apenas depois de 1960 negros atingiram postos mais elevados e nao antes de 1990 o Brasil teve o primeiro negro general de Exercito. Partindo deste principio eu concluo que os negros do sul estavam algumas geracoes adiantados em relacao a igualdade e respeito. Enquanto no norte negros estavam ainda sendo libertos o sul ja tinha um comandante negro e varios outros oficiais nas tropas gauchas eram negros. Para mim isso demonstra que o povo do sul estava pronto pra respeitar as pessoas por seus meritos.

Durante a guerra do Paraguai (maior guerra lutada na America Latina) 2/3 do Exercito Brasileiro eram formados por gauchos. Considerando que a os negros eram 50% da populacao no Rio Grande do Sul (lembre-se que os europeus como alemaes, poloneses, italianos, ainda nao estavam em numeros consideraveis a esse ponto) a quantidade de gauchos negros na guerra foi enorme. Eu vou mencionar Marcilio Dias, que hoje eh uma lenda na Marinha Brasileira e tem um cruzador nomeada em sua homenagem. Ele era um marinheiro negro nascido em Rio Grande/RS que foi altamente decorado nas primeiras campanhas e deu sua vida por seu pais na batalha de Riachuelo. Sua conduta, valores e moral foram reconhecidas por todos os membros da Marinha de Guerra e ainda hoje sao examples de bravura, honra e correcao.

Glória aos piratas, às mulatas, às sereias Glória à farofa, à cachaça, às baleias Glória a todas as lutas inglórias Que através de nossa história Não esquecemos jamais Salve o Navegante Negro Que tem por monumento As pedras pisadas no cais Outro gaucho negro que esteve na Marinha tomou parte neste memoravel ato, e pq nao dizer a maior acao revolucionaria feita no Brasil partindo de uma camada pobre da sociedade, pessoas exigindo mudancas do regime. Ele entrou pra historia conhecido como "Almirante Negro" e estou grande gaucho tinha o nome de Joao Candido. Depois de entrar para a Marinha enquanto estacionado no Rio de Janeiro ele articulou a revolta da Marinha exigindo o fim dos maus tratos (Revolta da Chibata) revolta essa sem auxilio extero onde a frota foi capturada no porto do Rio de Janeiro e apontou seus canhoes "na cara do governo Brasileiro" (Palacio do Catete e etc) e exigiu um tratamento justo.

Se brancos no meu estado nao gostam de negros e nos temos a menor populacao negrao que tem o unico representando no senado brasileiro no momento que tambem eh o unico negro no Brasil que ja foi presidente do senado? (antes de lula e nao por beneficio mas por meritos)

O senador gaúcho Paulo Paim (PT) assumiu ontem interinamente a presidência do Senado e veio a ser o primeiro negro a ocupar a posição.

Se gauchos nao gostam de negros como eh que a minha cidade natal Porto Alegre (considere que o RJ tem ao menos 4 vezes mais negros que nos proporcionalmente Salvador tem 6 vezes mais negros e essas cidades nunca tiveram um prefeito negro) e Porto Alegre teve o advogado negro Alceu Collares como prefeito duas vezes e se tornou governador do Rio Grande do Sul e foi membro do Congresso Nacional.

Agora eu gostaria de pedir a qualquer brasileiro comentar sobre algum negro dos estados do norte que tenha feito algo significante e que seja exemplo a ser seguido. POR FAVOR NAO MENCIONE JOGADORES DE FUTEBOL, CANTORES DE AXE,PAGODE, FUNK ETC ETC.
Meu pensamento final eh que se tu fores um homem honrado, correto em tuas atitudes, comprometido com os teus objetivos o resto nao importa. Racismo ou qualquer outra coisa nao serao uma barreira se tu fores maior do que isso.Sincera e Fraternalmente

O estado do RGS mesmo sendo uma das menores populacoes negras (por estado) do pais, tem um senador e dep**ados negros? Que ja teve governadores e prefeitos negros na capital do estado (ao contrario de outras grandes capitais) que o unico bispo negro da igreja catolica vem do RGS. que oitenta 80% dos oficias negros do Exercito Brasileiro sao gauchos. Que proporcionalmente eh o estado com o maior numero de negros com formacao superior na uniao? Que o indice de analfabetismo entre esta raca eh o menor do Brasil? (quase 0, superior a muitos estado de populacao branca) que eh o unico estado cujo o simbolo eh um negro (Negrinho do Pastoreio) e outros inumeros e comendaveis fatos associados a historia do Rio Grande desde a sua formacao. Ai eu te pergunto uma coisa... o portuga com a razao??? sobre o que??? Esta parecendo que tu sabes menos do teu pais que o abobado do portugues (que pelo menos tem desculpa pra ser babaca pois eh portuga)

HERANÇAS DO NEGRO NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL



Considerando a raça negra como um componente significativo na formação da sociedade sul-rio-grandense, embora menos que nas outras regiões do Brasil, não se pode menosprezar a sua contribuição em todas as áreas: cultural, artística, religiosa, culinária e folclórica.

Considerando a produção folclórica associada à negritude, divide-se, a contribuição do negro em três categorias:

a) um folclore africano, considerado puro e fielmente;

b) um folclore Negro, que poderíamos chamar de crioulo, já nascido na América, seja espontaneamente como expressão dos sentimentos dos negros em face dos brancos, seja artificialmente, como técnica de evangelização das massas de cor:

c) um folclore branco, que os negros em sua conta de ascensão e de assimilação, tomaram de empréstimo, enquanto os brancos, por sua vez, tomavam de empréstimo ao negro certas danças ou músicas, para, mediante manipulações, faze-las ultrapassar o limitar da civilização.

Na vida cotidiana, o negro conviveu com o branco lado a lado, especialmente na estância, onde era encarregado do cuidado das crianças, das lides domésticas e de outras atividades. Crianças livres e escravas foram criadas juntas, aprendendo os mesmos costumes e maneiras. Por isso, muitos hábitos e costumes foram herdados pela convivência cotidiana com o negro, e nem nos damos conta disso.

Legados culturais: são muitos e diversificados, já pela própria origem dos negros oriundos de diversas regiões da África. Através da música, carnaval, samba e ritimos africanos; língua – o africanismo em nosso dialeto, tais como: anta angico, angu, banana, batuque, caçula, cachimbo, fandango, macaco, mulata, ; da lenda, como Negrinho do Pastoreio, Lagoa Negra, credos, costumes diversos, muitas vezes até antagônicos entre si.

Na linguagem, herdamos expressões e termos como "Cabeça de porongo", "Macaco velho não bota mão em cambuca", "Porongo sempre dá cuia", "Quem não tem medo de mandinga, não usa patuá", "Mexer em casa de marimbondos". Tudo isso foi incorporado em nosso linguajar diário. Termos como: anta, angico, angu, banana, batuque, bambaquerê, bombear, cacimba, caçula, cachimbo, fandango, matungo, macaco, monjolo, mulato, milonga, quitanda, sanga e muitas outras palavras de uso corrente do nosso falar.

Nas artes, também houve influências marcantes como o ritmo, os instrumentos, o carnaval. Instrumentos como o atabaque (tambor ou tamborinha), o berimbau, o sopapo-tambor de tamanho avantajado que se diz ter origem entre os negros rio-grandenses; o age (chocalho) bem conhecido e usado no RS.

Na alimentação – A gastronomia gaúcha foi temperada pelas mãos sábias das negras velhas,que se esmeravam para fazer gostosos quitutes em forno e fogão. Assim temos como herança – o mocotó, a feijoada, o quibebe, a pipoca, os molhos condimentados, as doçarias saborosas, além da culinária de cunho religioso e cheio de misticismo.

No vestuário – a mulher gaúcha assimilou com graça os adereços como brincos, colares, pulseiras, figas, chinelos, cabeção rendado, turbante, saias amplas e rodadas, babados e rendas, etc. Vale registrar, que negros dos Moçambique usavam bombachas ao invés de calças.

Nas festas populares e folguedos tradicionais – No carnaval, não se concebe a ausência do negro e do mulato. Nas festas religiosas como de N. Srª dos Navegantes, do Divino Espírito Santo, São Jorge, São Benedito, São Miguel, etc. o negro marca presença com toda a sua tradição.

Nos tipos populares – vendedores, cantadores, benzedeiras, parteiras, o "Tio Anastácio", "Tio Domingos", Nhô Venâncio, Nhá Donata, Siá Inácia, etc.

Na religiosidade: é grande a influência dos rituais africanos nas crendices populares do RS. Há diversos cultos afros num sincretismo com o cristianismo e o espiritismo, o mais conhecido no RS é o batuque praticado em terreiros de candomblé. Muitas crendices, como benzeduras, simpatias, uso de figas, etc, são heranças bem africanas ou afro-brasileiras.

No folclore – Além de tudo o que já foi citado, o negro legou ao nosso folclore um toque especial nas lendas, que todos nós conhecemos. No terreno do lendário sul-rio-grandense, grande é a presença do negro. Na mais genuína lenda gaúcha, o Negrinho do Pastoreio, a figura central é um jovem escravo mandado açoitar á morte por seu senhor. A lenda Ressuscitado, alusiva à transmigração da alma, recolhida por Apolinário Porto Alegre. A lagoa da Pinguela, descrita por Dante de Laytano. A da Lagoa Negra, mostrada por Francisco Antonio Stenzel, além de Papai Manoel, Andorinha, Pai Quati, Cambaí, Santa Josefa e outras.

As nossas cantigas de ninar, de trabalho, de rodas, os brinquedos, os folguedos, tudo tem um pouco de colorido negro. Festa de Iemanjá, as Congadas de Osório, os Quicumbis e Moçambique de Mostardas, o Bumba-meu-Boi, já quase em extinção.

E assim ainda poderíamos enumerar uma série de contributivos afros aos nossos costumes, o pouco que ainda resta do muito que eles nos legaram e que tão pouco assimilamos daquilo que o tempo ainda não ofuscou.

Nao, eu nao tenho fotos no momento... mas apenas como referencia posso citar duas pessoas da midia ...a primeira negra a ser miss Brasil vem do Rio Grande do Sul (Deise Nunes) e a atual Campea Mundial e Pan-Americana de Ginastica Olimpica (favorita ao Ouro nas olimpiadas) eh a negra gaucha Daiane dos Santos. O Rio Grande tem mulheres negras muito lindas mas isso nao eh novidade pois "todas" as mulheres gauchas sempre foram e sempre serao as mulheres mais lindas do Brasil. Independente de sua aparencia todas tem o fato de serem gauchas como um grande ponto a favor

Nos Estados Unidos, quem tem um ancestral negro até a quarta geração é negro. E ponto. Mesmo que a pele seja branca e o cabelo liso. No Brasil, essas fronteiras são bem mais tênues e mais ligadas à classe social. Preto rico vira quase branco. E branco pobre, ah! esse é quase negro. Esses “quase” é que dificultam a conversa. Como argumentar que existe racismo, quando o Brasil é conhecido como a terra do “preto doutor”? Ou quando nosso maior escritor, Machado de Assis, cultuado por todo o mundo branquela, era mulato? Ou quando um dos engenheiros mais presentes na cena urbana do século 19, André Rebouças, era descendente de negros? Fácil: todos foram pretos quase brancos. A vida é bem mais dura para os pretos pobres. Sempre foi assim e ainda é. E esse é o argumento de quem defende as cotas no Brasil. É preciso proteger o mais ofendido. Dar mais oportunidades a quem não teve nenhuma. E é aí que se encontram os pretos pobres. Fazer justiça à imagem dos negros é um imperativo no Brasil. Desvencilhá-la da noção de inferioridade é condição para o encontro do país consigo mesmo. Afinal, a participação do negro na vida de todos nós é imensurável. Está em tudo. Está na nossa alma, na nossa fé e língua, nas nossas comidas e festas, na nossa ginga. É o nosso tempero. Mas fato é que por séculos e séculos o Brasil não pôde ou não quis enxergar, reconhecer ou nem sequer se lembrar de tamanha contribuição.

Some people do not accept that there are a lot nigers and native in the RS state because the white women demand a lot sexual activities from them. So, such black and native people become by the way white. There was an old german man that used to say to me that a black man, which was living among German immigrants since he was toddle during second war, he became a community leader and he used to say. "We Germans must keep united". It was so funny.

Dear Sir. Senator Cristovam Buarque:

I read your article, it is very good. Congratulations! I also read some comments like Luizinho, Zezinho, Huginho was also nice comment.
However, I think that Brazilians should focus in only one problem that is lack of solidariety among their own people.

Brazilians do not know a basic fact, what is happening in the neighbour's house is going to happen in his own home.

Solidariety, solidariety, solidariety is what Brazil needs.

Brazilians are egoist, envy, self center, unpolite, low self steem, careless, racists, promiscuos. They deserve all the social violence, which they created by themselves.

Really? You think "they" are all those terrible things? I wonder, where are you from and why you read Brazzil.com magazine (a magazine for people "who feel a kinship with the Brazilian way of life, politics, economy, culture, and soul"), since you have such a low opinion of Brazilians? I find this curious.

Thanks for your information. It seems to me that such magazine is so weird. Since all freaks come here not to solve Brazilian problems but to give information to CIA and FBI about Brazil also to criticize Brazil.
f**k you .

I agree. Americans are nosy freaks who only come to Brazil as CIA spooks to spy on Brazil (as they do every OTHER country in the universe) and to generally start shyt. Wherever the US goes in the world, she messes up the country and leaves it in worse shape than it was before the US started nosing around.

The US wants to remain the only world power so she finds ways to keep other people down so she can have the earth's spoils. Americans are the most messed up people on earth - highest divorce rate, highest domestic violence rate, highest prison incarceration rate of black men, highest percentage of illegal and legal drug use, highest rate of serial murders.

America can criticize no other nation on earth. American citizens are the most f=cked up greedy psychotic, violent people that ever walked planet earth.

Okay, well,…

Beijos.

Right…Brazzil.com magazine is a hotbed of information on Brazil of great value to the CIA. A powerful instrument of Brazilian oppression. That's a hoot! You're either a paranoid idiot or a frigging genius! I'm thinking you need a tinfoil hat…make it nice and pointy so as to keep the rays from collecting your valuable thoughts.

You americans are just so god damned smug and annoying. I think, until you can find a way to come off of your Americanism high horse, you should not be induging in other countries affairs; you will just end up causeing problems for everybody, like you always do." It's no f**king wonder the world hate you guys".

What the hell was up with the whole n****r, Native( why not call Natives wagon burners, or chugs, like we do up here) bulls**t from earlier. If the black guy wants to identify himself with German people, then let him. I am half black myself and Canadian, and I for one hate Germans, as do most of my Polish and european friends, as well as my grandparents, so I could care less about your obvious and high regard for the people . As I'm sure many other would agree.

I think the only country that could be any more disliked than Germany, would have to be America, and you are a shinning example as to the reason why... USA! USA!! USA!!!..Hale Hitler!.. Think about it...

Please, increase the tinfoil…it's not working yet! And up the meds while you're at it.

"You americans are just so god damned smug and annoying."

That is sometimes a correct statement, I must admit. But, really, do increase your dosage of what ever medication you are on. And maybe attend an anger management course.

Why don't you people focus on what's the issue here. Don't point fingers and say you Americans are hated. Bulls**t! You people are hypocrites. I think everybody have to find within themselves what they can do to make their lives better no matter what the obstacles are. I'm no American but in fairness you can't blame one country just because you are having this kind of problem. Everyone needs everybody. Brazil exports a lot to America therefore you need American money and it's silly to say f**k the Americans. Think and know your facts before you people even open your mouths. First thing that you guys should do is look within yourselves and figure out the best thing to do to make things better and let your politicians know what you exactly want. Try to follow up as well and that means all the time. Being well informed with the right facts is also helpful.

Don't have enough money to buy a building? You should not worry, just because it's real to take the home loans to solve such kind of problems. So take a consolidation loan to buy everything you want.