Comments on: Racism, the Brazilian way

By: Hong Cianflone

Hong Cianflone — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:21:23 +0000

Well, this page looks way more professional than my yahoo blog. I think I might use WordPress aswell.What do you think? Regards.

By: Regina

Regina — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:11:41 +0000

Yeah, I totally agree. How scary is that? It is so deeply ingrained in everybody’s brains.

By: Fly Brother

Fly Brother — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:29:09 +0000

I, as an African-American educator living in Brazil, certainly appreciate this post. Whenever I bring up issues of race and color, I’m the racist one. In fact, I don’t think Brazil’s racist at all, since the concept of race as we know it in the former British colonies doesn’t really exist here; it’s colorist. They’re just not that fond of dark-skinned people (except, of course, for singing, sports, and sex).

By: Darker middle class | Deep Brazil

Darker middle class | Deep Brazil — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:24:57 +0000

[...] slow ascension of the Afro-descendants is still very far from solving the Brazilian disparities (racism was the topic of a recent post), but it deserves to be celebrated, anyway. March 29th, 2010 | [...]

By: Deep Brazil

Deep Brazil — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:39:51 +0000

I think the difference between the US and Brazil is political – even if racism is very present in the US, there are so many social and legal mechanisms to inhibit it (mostly due to the civil rights movement, that happened earlier than in Brazil and was stronger) that prejudice is normally more “ashamed”- it is not so easy to practice it in the daylight.

By: soufavelado

soufavelado — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:23:08 +0000

I love this article! Yesterday I was just telling my coworkers about racism in Brazil. Yes everybody mixes between races but me a afro-american has experienced more racism in Brazil than the states. I’ve been stopped once by the police because they thought I was a drug dealer, and they began to search me for drugs. Also it seems as if everytime I go into a nice mall that the security gaurds are following me. I notice the security gaurds to move where I move. Also there is just a feeling that you are of a lesser class. I never experienced anything as bad as this in the states. I think maybe because I always pass for a brazilian I don’t really dress American, and I’m usually travelling alone. But I still love Brazil!

soufavelado.com

By: Deep Brazil

Deep Brazil — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:59:32 +0000

Great, Eloisa Sangue Bom! Check also my post on Besouro and capoeira, one of the very rare Brazilian films where black people take the lead.

By: Eloisa

Eloisa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:50 +0000

Hey Regina,
That’s a cool video. Someone could and will say, “Oh well, it’s anecdotal, one incident does not prove anything”. But we all know that it is not one incident. We see it every day, it’s nice that finally people are feeling outraged about it.
I will blog about the video and this post later on today! Thanks for posting.
bjo elo