Abstract:The study of race relations was established in Brazil from a comparison with the United States. One of the most prominent aspects of this comparison was the existence of a classification scale for color, with more than 300 terms used for self-classification in Brazil, in contrast to the American binary system. Despite the wide range of possibilities for classification, social indicators for income and education indicated the existence of just two categories: black and white. From the 1970s and the demands made… Show more
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