Quote: (08-09-2010 08:26 PM)PinkElephant Wrote:
I am convinced that none of you have been to Brazil. Probably just watch American rap videos shot in favelas. The Brazil I see is much whiter than the America or Canada I see. I admit, I have never been to a favela (and neither have most Brazilians). I don't like Samba (neither do most Brazilians). I don't visit Recife (neither do most Brazilians). I prefer Eurodance (massive in Brazil), trips to Floripa, and try to hit Oktoberfest in Blumenau every year. Funniest thing is everyone thinks I am Brazilian until I start talking!
Can't comment on Canada since I have never been but the more blacks in America comment had me rolling.
I've been to Brazil (Rio, Salvador, Sao Paulo) and saw many black people (especially in Bahia and in Rio). Based on my observations I know for a fact that Brazil is far more blacker then America (and I grew up in some heavily black areas, Atlanta Ga, Rivera Beach Florida, lived with my uncle in Detroit for a while). Brazil is far blacker then the areas I've mentioned.
There are lots of white people (much more in the south then the north) but the south had a lot of black people too (Rio). I would even say there are more people of color (black-brown-light skin brown) then white people in Brazil. When I was touring in Bahia one of the college professors said that Brazil had the most black people in their country outside of the continent of Africa and based on the empirical data I've gathered I rendered his contention correct.
Blacks in America account for roughly 13% of the American population (give or take a percentage point). I think we can agree that how Black is defined in America and how Black is defined in Brazil are two completely different definitions. I would venture to say that if we had the Black American definition of Black applied to Brazil (i e dark skinned all the way up to Malcolm X light) the majority of Brazilians would be considered black.
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