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The United States and Brazil were the largest slave-trading
societies of the New World. The demographics of both countries
reflect this shared past, but this is where comparisons end. The
vast majority of the "Afro-Brazilian" population, unlike their U.S.
counterparts, view themselves as neither black nor white but as
mixed-race. "Legacies of Race" offers the first examination of
Brazilian public opinion to understand racial identities,
attitudes, and politics in this racially ambiguous context.
Brazilians avoid rigid notions of racial group membership, and, in
stark contrast to U.S. experience, attitudes about racial
inequality, African-derived culture, and antiracism strategies are
not deeply divided along racial lines. Bailey argues that only
through dispensing with many U.S.-inspired racial assumptions can a
general theory of racial attitudes become possible. Most
importantly, he shows that a strict notion of racial identification
in black and white cannot be assumed universal.
The United States and Brazil were the largest slave-trading
societies of the New World. The demographics of both countries
reflect this shared past, but this is where comparisons end. The
vast majority of the "Afro-Brazilian" population, unlike their U.S.
counterparts, view themselves as neither black nor white but as
mixed-race. "Legacies of Race" offers the first examination of
Brazilian public opinion to understand racial identities,
attitudes, and politics in this racially ambiguous context.
Brazilians avoid rigid notions of racial group membership, and, in
stark contrast to U.S. experience, attitudes about racial
inequality, African-derived culture, and antiracism strategies are
not deeply divided along racial lines. Bailey argues that only
through dispensing with many U.S.-inspired racial assumptions can a
general theory of racial attitudes become possible. Most
importantly, he shows that a strict notion of racial identification
in black and white cannot be assumed universal.
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