The racist face of Brazil’s miscegenation |
The racist face of Brazil’s miscegenation
Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent
2013-05-22
Jarid Arraes
Cariri, Ceará, Brasil
The issue of miscegenation in Brazil is often oversimplified and romanticized. It is not uncommon to hear that Brazil is a mestiço (mixed race) and plural country and, consequently, all its inhabitants had their ethnicity inevitably mixed at some point in their ancestry. But under the axiom of a mixed country hides a violent and racist reality: the generalization of whiteness in a predominantly black country.
If all Brazilians are mixed and have black and Indian blood in their veins, why are many people reluctant to recognize their own ancestry?…
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