Schucman points to what she calls “the racism of intimacy” as a unique feature of Brazilian culture arising from its history. |
[Lia Vainer] Schucman points to what she calls “the racism of intimacy” as a unique feature of Brazilian culture arising from its history. In contrast with the segregationist racism that prevailed in South Africa or the South in the United States, what we have in Brazil is a kind of racism that presupposes interaction between ‘whites’ and ‘blacks’. This relationship may even be moderated by positive feelings of affection without ceasing to be racist. “My aim was to analyze how ‘interracial families’ experience, negotiate, construct or deconstruct racism in their intimacy,” she said.
José Tadeu Arantes, “Study investigates marks of racism in “interracial families”,” Agência FAPESP, June 14, 2017. http://agencia.fapesp.br/study_investigates_marks_of_racism_in_interracial_families/25475/.
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