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Too black for Brazil?
Fine, we'll take Anderson Silva.
You get to take Hitler.
Fine, we'll take Anderson Silva.
You get to take Hitler.
Better dump this one @Ruprecht. I'm feeling triggered.
Nah, this one's fine.
There are a lot of race threads recently but most take place in America so here's one that takes place in Brazil. At the very least you guys can peep at some Brazilian Samba ladies.
Cliffs
-Nayara Justino, a black woman, wins the Globeleza contest via popular vote(53%) which means she will act as a sort of mascot for the Carnival coverage on Rede Globo(Largest TV network in Latin America and 2nd in the world) and will be featured in a short clip that precedes any content covering the Carnival
-Once the contest airs she receives a backlash because she's too black
-She is stripped of the position without explanation and is replaced
My impression has always been that in Latin America they are more sensitive to issues of class than race but clearly race is still a point of discussion and controversy over there. How do you think racism in Brazil and in the Latin American context more generally compares of that of the US? Input of Brazilian and Latin American posters would be appreciated.
Also am I the only one who thinks Nayara looks like Anderson Silva?
Lol! Has nobody learned that the world is racist? I'm honestly shocked that people are shocked, when they hear racist crap from every race in the world. I know it's hard to see when the media just blasts white on everyone else racism, but it is common among ALL people of this planet. Doesn't mean I don't want it destroyed, but I'm never surprised when I hear about people being racist.
There are a lot of race threads recently but most take place in America so here's one that takes place in Brazil. At the very least you guys can peep at some Brazilian Samba ladies.
Cliffs
-Nayara Justino, a black woman, wins the Globeleza contest via popular vote(53%) which means she will act as a sort of mascot for the Carnival coverage on Rede Globo(Largest TV network in Latin America and 2nd in the world) and will be featured in a short clip that precedes any content covering the Carnival
-Once the contest airs she receives a backlash because she's too black
-She is stripped of the position without explanation and is replaced
My impression has always been that in Latin America they are more sensitive to issues of class than race but clearly race is still a point of discussion and controversy over there. How do you think racism in Brazil and in the Latin American context more generally compares of that of the US? Input of Brazilian and Latin American posters would be appreciated.
Also am I the only one who thinks Nayara looks like Anderson Silva?
While the population history is very similar to the USA, where an european power(Portugal) killed off most of the natives and drove the rest to reservations and imported blacks to do agricultural work and later on brought large numbers of other europeans(italians and germans mostly) to do industrial labor, it's different than America.Brazil is a bit unique within Latin America. In my experience other non-Brazilian Latin Americans can be pretty racist with Cubans sticking out in my mind whereas I've noticed Brazilians tend to be less racists, which is not to say they're not racist at all as evidenced by this video.
Argentina is the whitest country I've ever been to. I spent two weeks in Buenos Aires.
Of course the people don't look like they are from Sweden, but they are still white. Their ancestors came from Spain so it would make sense they look like the Spanish.
I've been to Spain as well, and just like the rest of Europe Spain has tons of Africans.
Also I'm from a small city in Canada which has a smaller ratio of white people than Argentina.
how we used so little clothing
This is Brilliant.
Yeah I've heard about all that, its quite fascinating. The lack of segregation and the one drop rule really made a difference. Like you point out there are similarities to America but its crazy that pure blacks are only 7& with Mulattoes being roughly 5x larger as a population.While the population history is very similar to the USA, where an european power(Portugal) killed off most of the natives and drove the rest to reservations and imported blacks to do agricultural work and later on brought large numbers of other europeans(italians and germans mostly) to do industrial labor, it's different than America.
There was never segregation in Brazil.
There are no black/white/native gangs. It's not uncommon to see police arrest a gang where there are 9 black guys and a blonde blue eyed guy in the middle.
There is no big "black community" in Brazil, as in groups of blacks that stick together to defend their interests, most people are individualists or try to distance themselves from their black heritage. There are of course small african supremacist groups.
Mulattoes usually consider themselves as distinct from pure blacks(only 7% of the population), there is no 1 drop rule.
If you have some distant black or native heritage but you look white, you're considered white like Ronda Rousey.
Having said that, blacks are former slaves, they are poorer and are usually considered low class and not desirable, almost all famous tv celebrities are white, most girls prefer to marry white guys(especially black girls, unlike in the US where they all love the BBC).
Rich blacks try to appear as white as possible. Example:
Neymar:
Anitta(local singer):
Think of Terry Crews in White Chick, he is a black guy that doesn't like other blacks. That's very common around here.
I'm the opposite, I love hearing Brazilians speak Portuguese.Can't watch that. I just hate the sound of Brazilians speaking Portuguese. It's like the way a lot of people react to the North Carolina twang. Makes everything sound stupid as shit
it's not just latin america, try the whole worldThey are more racist in Latin America, they just get a pass because somehow this stupid meme of Anglos being the worst is perception.