RE: Brazilian Atheists have to hide in the closet?
June 6, 2013 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2013 at 1:40 pm by festive1.)
(June 6, 2013 at 12:03 pm)ideologue08 Wrote: http://www.france24.com/en/20130606-braz...ide-closet
The funniest but very sad part of the article is this: In Brazil, there is more violence against blacks or homosexuals because they cannot hide
I was under the impression that Brazil has a very complex racial stratification system... They have native Brazilians, people of European heritage, and a lot of Africans too, but they've all intermarried and the social stratification includes mulatos, mixes of African and the native Indian populations, etc. The article does go on to say that 84% would vote for a black candidate... I guess my question is how prevalent is racially motivated violence against blacks in Brazil? I'm off to investigate!
ETA: So about 48% of the Brazilian population are "white," 43% are "brown" (mixed race), 8% black, 1% Asian, and 0.5% Amerindian. Brazil's Wiki page notes that there is a lot of social and income disparity, disproportionately effecting blacks. Racism in Brazil Wiki page states that most homicide victims are black (overwhelmingly), but not whether the crimes were racially motivated or not... and it doesn't discuss mixed race peoples...
My thoughts... it's unclear how rampant racism is based on this info... Class is often related to race, but they aren't substitutable for one another.
I thought we had some Brazilian members... maybe they could shed some light... or someone who's been or studied Brazil. My curiosity is peaked...
