Tag: black
The Typical Brazilian Homeless Is a Young Black Man with a Job
Male, between the ages of 25 and 44, black, literate, with a paying job. ...
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 ...
Swiss National Taken to Jail in Brazil for Calling Airport Agent a Monkey
Brazilian authorities arrested a Swiss citizen in Rio's international airport Antônio Carlos Jobim, charging ...
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 ...
Brazil’s False Image of Racial Harmony Has Accomplice: the Black Population
In retrospect, I often ponder the following questions: Do people really not see the ...
Contrary to Myth, Brazil Is Ashamed of Being Mestizo
In my last essay I cited João Vargas’s term "the hyperconsciousness of race" to ...
Brazil’s Own One Drop Rule
Since I first began my travels to Brazil in September of 2000, my views ...
3% Fewer Brazilian Women Call Themselves Black
White women form the majority of female heads of households in Brazil. This finding ...
African Diaspora Finds in Brazil That Education Is the Way
The 3rd Conference of the Association for the Study of World African Diaspora (ASWAD), ...