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Race In Brazil

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Although Brazil and the United States may have some similarities in other aspects of culture, the way they view race is totally different to the United States. I found this extremely thought provoking and enlightening at the same time because I wasn’t even thinking of how other countries view race. According to the textbook, Brazil actually has way more terms describing the color of a person’s skin rather than group people by physical characteristics the way the United States does. For example, in Brazil the terms used are as followed alva which means pure white or alva-escura meaning off-white, the color gradient just gets darker from there on out. Additionally, race in Brazil is not only based upon the color of a person’s skin but even their

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