http://www.rioinaweek.com/the-different-shades-of-black-in-brazil/
Peep this article on race in Brazil and read the comments of this Brazilian
“The infamous doctrine of having a “racial democracy” began when a few Brazilian historians compared their slavery to other slave countries like the United States. Despite less segregation in Brazil, they were the last country in the Americas to abolish it in 1888.”
Like many american specials, that love to omit key points, the author “forgot’ to metion that when “Casa Grande e Sezala” was writen, USA was still living its Aparthaid.
Harvard University professor of African and African American Research, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, on his PBS special, Black In Latin America, “forgot” to mention that in Diamantina the many blacks that intermixed with whites not only intermixed, but also had black slaves. Black landlords owning black slaves were not uncommom in Minas Gerais.
These are just exemples of points not mentioned is american “specials” like this.
Peep this article on race in Brazil and read the comments of this Brazilian
“The infamous doctrine of having a “racial democracy” began when a few Brazilian historians compared their slavery to other slave countries like the United States. Despite less segregation in Brazil, they were the last country in the Americas to abolish it in 1888.”
Like many american specials, that love to omit key points, the author “forgot’ to metion that when “Casa Grande e Sezala” was writen, USA was still living its Aparthaid.
Harvard University professor of African and African American Research, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, on his PBS special, Black In Latin America, “forgot” to mention that in Diamantina the many blacks that intermixed with whites not only intermixed, but also had black slaves. Black landlords owning black slaves were not uncommom in Minas Gerais.
These are just exemples of points not mentioned is american “specials” like this.