Wow – thanks to Meredith’s vigilance on the subject, I just watched the latest in the series of documentaries about being Black in Latin America being written and produced by Dr. Henry Luis Gates, Jr. I posted about his important series previously.The episode was: "Brazil: A Racial Paradise?" Fantastic. Take the time. Watch the documentary.
Issues of race are complicated here in Brazil, as they are in the United States. But these dynamics can be SO DIFFERENT (and also the same) when it comes to the history of Africans, slavery, integration, opportunity, true equality.
The struggles of the descendants of slavery in the US and in Brazil are in many ways similar – but in many ways they are completely different.
This is an EXCELLENT video program that explores this material.
Here are the first few minutes of the film.
Here are the first few minutes of the film.
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awesome, now if telefonica works with me. I might actually be able to watch it one day. But I am going to recommend my students who call America on the racism card to watch it.
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