Quote: (08-10-2010 11:57 AM)Global Baller Wrote:
Quote: (08-10-2010 01:20 AM)IshGibbor Wrote:
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.
Ish
I co-sign, bruh. Brasil is a country of people-of-color -- with Afro-Brasilians dominant.
The funny thing is that many white Brasilians think Brasil is mostly white. Maybe this is because they don't travel outside their own states. Or -- what I believe personally -- to maintain economic and political dominance.
I guess the Dutch South Africans thought they were the majority as well. My former friend Dale who was Dutch South African always used to complain about how hard whites have it now since apartheid ended. I almost had sympathy for him.