Racial Inequality In Brazil Essay

Like the United States, Brazil has and still suffers from the racial based social class hierarchy system. In Brazil, the influx of free foreign labor or immigration, began in the 19th century. With the coming of African and other non-European people, the issue of race started to become apparent. Brazil considers itself to be one of the few democracies that is not “racist,” but studies focusing on the relations among the races in Brazil shows otherwise. In 1950, the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) inspired the research in Brazil, revealing that Brazil is a multiracial country that also experiences discrimination and racial inequality. This racial inequality tends to focus on people without European ancestry, specifically those who are considered black or “negroes.”
The United States is known for being a country based off of the limits set and determined by slavery. Brazil also was influenced by this mindset where the slave masters (whites) were on top and the slaves (blacks) were on the …show more content…
First he said that in the United States, “prejudice tends to be more emotional and irrational than intellectual and aesthetic” (Nogueira xv). I completely do not agree with this finding because I believe that the same thing goes in Brazil. How can you possibly say that prejudice here in Brazil is intellectual and aesthetic solely? I think that prejudice in both countries are the same. Also, when he said that in Brazil, a person who is prejudice against non-white people may have a friend with someone who is non-white but not in the U.S. Maybe I am just being bias but I disagreed with his statements about America. The fact that he honestly think that Brazil is so different and better than the United States is shocking. As if he is in denial of the danger in Brazil. People is the U.S. can also be friends with people who are non-white without it being a big